How do you put together a Burns supper?

[thescot]

. . .
What's involved in putting together a Burns supper? I've never been to one. All's I know is that there's haggis (which I LOVE) and Burns poetry recitation. Aside from that, I'm pretty ignorant. . .

First off, go here: http://www.worldburnsclub.com/supper/burns_supper_1.htm

Then do a little internet noodling, make a plan, invite a few friends, and have a nice little private party.

Then, next year, get bigger and plan longer.

[thescot]

Make your own haggis. It's not hard if you'll compromise on the sheep's stomach and use a boiling bag. You don't eat the stomach anyway. The rest is just potatoes, turnips, chicken and leek soup.

And scotch!

[CDNSushi]

Make your own haggis. It's not hard if you'll compromise on the sheep's stomach and use a boiling bag. You don't eat the stomach anyway. The rest is just potatoes, turnips, chicken and leek soup.

And scotch!

Yes, that was going to be my next question. Scotch..? Nooooo problem. I can get just about anything I want here. In fact, I remember a few years ago on my birthday, on a lark I ordered a shot of the most expensive stuff they had, which ran me $25 for just 1 oz. (It was something from Royal Lochnagar)... Needless to say, I don't do THAT very often...

I know you can buy canned haggis but that would really defeat the whole purpose, IMO. I don't know how I would even begin to find a sheep's stomach btw...

Can anyone point me towards some haggis recipes that involve relatively "usual" components. Eg. I can't get sheep innards, lungs, etc... But I can easily get beef or pork livers, kidney, heart (probably NOT lung)... As for a boiling bag... Excuse the dumb question -- but what's a boiling bag and where do I get one?

Cheers, everyone.

BTW... THANK YOU!!!!! for the extremely helpful posts thus far. I'm looking through the links as they come up and the one on the world Burns club site was exceedingly detailed. Awesome.....