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A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), the author of many Scots poems. The suppers are normally held on or near the poet's birthday, 25 January, known as Burns Night (Scots: Burns Nicht; Scottish Gaelic: Oidhche na Taigeise) [1] also called Robert Burns Day or Rabbie Burns Day (or Robbie Burns Day in Canada).
The menu is accompanied with a portrait of Robert Burns surrounded by drawings of poetic scenery. The seventy-first annual supper had on its menu egg mayonnaise, scotch broth, haggis, roast turkey, pear melba, and coffee. On the right of the menu is the toast list which reads as the following: The Queen ・ ・ ・ ・ The Chairman Interval
Big Burns Supper was founded by Graham Main in 2011, [6] who celebrated Burns Night with friends across the world and invited them to his hometown Dumfries on 25 January 2010, only to discover that there were no events that local people or visitors could take part in.
The first Burns supper was established in around 1801, attended by Robert Aiken and the address was delivered by Hamilton Paul and within ten years many annual celebrations of the bard's life and works were taking place to the extent that the Reverend William Peebles, a target of Burns' wit, felt compelled to publish a poetical work entitled "Burnomania: the celebrity of Robert Burns ...
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The poem is most often recited at "Burns supper" a Scottish cultural event celebrating the life of Robert Burns where everybody stands as the haggis is brought in on a silver salver whilst a bagpiper will lead the way towards the host's table. The host or a guest will then recite the poem while slicing open the haggis at the right moment with a ...
Vietnam: Pho. Though it was probably only created in its current form around 1900, pho is considered Vietnam's national dish. It's often sold as a street food, especially for breakfast and dinner.
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