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[snowbear156 86]

Address To A Haggis, Robert Burns (continued)
Is there that owre his French ragout
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad make her spew
Wi' perfect sconner,
Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view
On sic a dinner?

 

[snowbear156 86]

Address To A Haggis, Robert Burns (continued)
Poor devil! see him owre his trash,
As feckles as wither'd rash,
His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash;
His nieve a nit;
Thro' blody flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!

 

[snowbear156 86]

Address To A Haggis, Robert Burns (continued)
But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread.
Clap in his walie nieve a blade,
He'll mak it whissle;
An' legs an' arms, an' hands will sned,
Like taps o' trissle.

 

[snowbear156 86]

Address To A Haggis, Robert Burns (continued)
Ye Pow'rs, wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o' fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer
Gie her a haggis!

 

[snowbear156 86]

Haggis is horrifying.

It's OK. It's pretty bland since it's mostly oatmeal.

The Scotch makes it palatable.

 

[limr10 8]

I'll leave the haggis to someone else and just stick to the Scotch, then.

Mostly oatmeal it may be, the rest of it is still made of yuck.

 

[snowbear156 86]

And it's not January 25th.

Burns is timeless, and therefore calenderless!

 

[limr10 8]

Remember that I am not a meat eater except for the occasional piece of fish.

 

[snowbear156 86]

And you're not in Scotland.

I'm not that far from Scotland, MD.

 

[limr10 8]

And it's not January 25th.

Burns is timeless, and therefore calenderless!

Aye, well if that's the case...

 

[snowbear156 86]

I once saw vegetarian haggis.

 

[limr10 8]

And you're not in Scotland.

I'm not that far from Scotland, MD.

Well then I should find some Italian or Egyptian poems since I'm not too far from Rome or Cairo (NY). Probably farther than you are from Scotland, MD, though.

 

[snowbear156 86]

I would have been tempted to try it, but it was in a can.

 

[limr10 8]

Was it called "oatmeal" or "gruel"?

 

[snowbear156 86]

We make a veggie chili that's pretty good. My wife worked at an agency where there were quite a few vegetarians.