From: smaill@SPAMinf.ed.ac.uk   
      
   James Silverton  writes:   
      
   > On 3/14/2015 4:01 PM, Alan Smaill wrote:   
   >> James Silverton  writes:   
   >>   
   >>> Did you go to a Burns supper this year? If so, were you served mashed   
   >>> neeps (Rutabagas or Swedes) with your haggis?   
   >>>   
   >>> Here's a picture:   
   >>> http://britishfood.about.com/od/menu/r/burnssupper.htm   
   >>>   
   >>> It is strange that Burns nowhere mentions neeps or turnips in his   
   >>> poetry.   
   >>   
   >> Bring back the buttered partans for Burns supper!   
   >>   
   > Crabs are pretty good but Burns did not mention them either.   
      
   Nor tatties, AFAIK.   
      
   > Oh, I   
   > thought I had found "partan" but it was in "Spartan" and, believe it   
   > or not:   
   >   
   > Ode For General Washington's Birthday   
   >   
   > No Spartan tube, no Attic shell,   
      
   he fair got around.   
      
   --   
   Alan Smaill   
      
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