S9E14 - Haggis & the First Burns Suppers with Jennie Hood

Welcome to the first of a two-part special all about Burns Night.

Burns Night, celebrated on Robert Burns’ birthday, 25th January, is a worldwide phenomenon and I wanted to make a couple of episodes focussing upon the night, the haggis, but also the other foods links regarding Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns.

Burns was born in Alloway, Ayrshire on 25 January 1759 and he died in Dumfries on 21 July 1796 at just 37 years old.

My guest today is food historian Jennie Hood, who has written an excellent article for the most recent edition of food hist...