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RE: Cornish Pasty Lunch in Boscastle
Okay, @gillianpearce. I'm officially hungry, but I think it's going to be a while before I get to Boscastle. :)
This all sounds very good, from the food, to the view, to the eating technique... I probably should just go ahead and have breakfast and then keep saving the pennies. :)
Since I seem to be learning a new word every time I read a post of yours, today's word is: swede.
I learned that the kind that goes into a Cornish pasty is not a burly man from Sweden, but in fact, something along the lines of a rutabaga. :) Imagine my relief.
And another interesting fact for you. Swede is often called neeps in Scotland and is eaten traditionally with haggis on Burns night (as in Robbie Burns the poet). Has anyone even heard of Robbie Burns in the US? 😂
Oh, I would imagine someone has, but not me. :)
Neeps, eh? I don't think I've ever eaten one, under any name, come to think of it. And I know I haven't had haggis. I understand it's not something your really want to try, either. :)
Well. I personally don't like haggis but everyone else in the family does.
Swedes (neeps) are OK. I like them best when mashed with potatoes. They're useful for vegetable soup too.
You've probably heard a few of Robbie (actually Rabbie) Burns quotes . . . "My love is like a red, red rose". " “The best laid schemes o' mice an' men . . .". Although they would be written in the Scottish (old? Scottish) vernacular. (Is that the right word?)
So many questions. 😂
He also wrote auld lang sang which is traditionally sung and "danced" to on New Years Eve. Although I was a bit surprised to discover that that is more common in England (happens pretty much at ever NYE celebration) than it is in Scotland.