Ed ~ Small tip for cooking neaps is to add a spoon of honey/sugar while it's cooking, and choose a neap that has been frosted in the field - seemingly the frost converts the starch into sugar.
The haggis is a traditional Scottish dish memorialised as the national dish of Scotland by Robert Burns' poem Address to a Haggis in 1787. Haggis is traditionally served with "neeps and tatties" (Scots: swede, yellow turnip or rutabaga and potatoes, boiled and mashed separately) and a "dram" (i.e. a glass of Scotch whisky), especially as the main course of a Burns supper. However it is also often eaten with other accompaniments, or served with a whisky-based sauce. Read more
Each year, haggis makers prepare for a rush on their product as Burns Night approaches. But, with the onset of Homecoming 2009 to mark the 250th anniversary of the poet's birth, producers say they are set to enjoy their busiest year yet.
The Scientific Exploration Society headed by John Blashford-Snell plans a Burns night in July on a Bolivian lake as its team searches for the site of a meteorite's fall.