As we always do on the 25th January, we had a Burns Night supper last night.
It included everything mentioned in this weekend's Weekend Quick Cryptic crossword (see here), and also some cranachan for afters.
Beforehand we had rather a nice post-sunset evening sky.
It was my first time making cranachan. Here's how it went...
I did half quantities as it was only the two of us. Here is everything assembled.
To finish with we had a wee dram (or two) of some Benriach 10-year-old whisky which is a typical Speyside and, to me, had notes of heather honey.
Thank-you Jane! It's very good.
Yum yum. We went to a great Burn's Night supper and dance in the Chew Valley. The haggis was piped in then the address to the haggis was recited from memory by a true Scot currently on missionary duty in the South, in his glorious Scottish accent, along with fierce brandishing the knife before it was duly stabbed and served. A he hateful of the traditional food then set us up for over an hour of energetic dancing.
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