We had a fun evening with the Workington Branch. It was a night celebrating the Scottish poet Robert Burns. We ate nips(mashed turnips) tatts (mashed potatoes) haggis (sheep heart, tongue, liver and kidney cooked in a sheep stomach). Sister Blunck ordered chicken but Elder Blunck was adventurous and ate all his haggis. Unfortunately he had a stomach ache for the rest of the evening but he got it all down. Many of the branch members were watching him to see if he would like it and if he would eat it all.
This is Elsie. She is 83 years old and is a crazy fun senior citizen. She wore her Scottish kilt and midge (tiny mosquito) t-shirt. She sang Scottish songs, danced and read poems all evening. She even told jokes of the Lochness monster and sang a children's song about centipedes with thousands of legs. She made us all laugh most of the night. We hope we have that kind of energy when we become her age.
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This sounds like the most fun event ever!! Haggis...not so much. Not sure I would have been brave like that. :) I so wish I could be there and join in on these celebrations!!
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