On the one hand, you don’t need a menu\/program at a Burns Supper with just a few friends in your home.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, why not?\u00a0 Attendees will have a tangible memento of the evening (to jar the many intangible mementos in their brains), plus if you’re the host (it’s your house), the chef (you fix the food), or the chairman (master of ceremonies), a Bill o’ Fare can help keep you on track with what comes next.<\/p>\n
Don’t get me wrong.\u00a0 The bottom line is fun and good fellowship.\u00a0 The bottom line is to enjoy being with other guests, eating good food, and enjoying the humorous, witty, brilliant, insightful, often earthy (occasionally bawdy) poems and songs of Robert Burns.\u00a0 But sometimes, having fun and relaxing happens better with a certain level of preparation ahead of time.\u00a0 A program can be just the thing to keep\u00a0the event on\u00a0course.<\/p>\n
Here’s the one we’ll be using this year:<\/p>\n
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Burns Supper 2011<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Bill o\u2019 Fare<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Starters and beverages*<\/strong><\/p>\n Salmon and crackers and Scotch Eggs<\/em><\/p>\n Grace<\/strong><\/p>\n Some hae meat and canna eat, Soup<\/strong><\/p>\n Cock-a-Leekie soup<\/em><\/p>\n The Haggis<\/strong><\/p>\n Wi\u2019 tatties and neeps.<\/em><\/p>\n Main Course<\/strong><\/p>\n Roast Angus Beef<\/em><\/p>\n Mashed Potatoes<\/em><\/p>\n Vegetables Tipsy Laird (Scots Trifle)<\/em><\/p>\n Cheese and Oatcakes<\/em><\/p>\n Coffee and liqueur<\/em><\/p>\n Toast to the President<\/strong><\/p>\n Immortal Memory<\/strong><\/p>\n A few words about Robert Burns and a toast<\/em><\/p>\n Works by Burns<\/strong><\/p>\n Tam O\u2019 Shanter<\/em><\/p>\n Auld Lang Syne<\/em><\/p>\n *Cheers: Slainthe Mhath (slawn\u2019-che-va)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On the one hand, you don’t need a menu\/program at a Burns Supper with just a few friends in your home. On the other hand, why not?\u00a0 Attendees will have a tangible memento of the evening (to jar the many … Continue reading
\nAnd some would eat that want it;
\nBut we hae meat, and we can eat,
\nSae let the Lord be thankit.<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nDessert<\/strong><\/p>\n