New Year's Eve

For New Year's, we slipped next-door to Iain and Liz's house for a Scottish-American-Honduran celebration. We had Banana pop, potato salad, fried plantains, and haggis. Now, I had heard of this thing called 'haggis' but had never tried it, not even when I was in Scotland. For those of you who may not be familiar with this national dish from the land o'the Scots, here is the official description from the dictionary:

Scottish dish consisting of a sheep's or calf's offal mixed with suet, oatmeal, and seasoning and boiled in a bag, traditionally one made from the animal's stomach.

Mmmmm! Finger-lickin' good! It's really not as bad as it sounds - I found it surprisingly delicious. I may even have to track some down here and enjoy it on a more regular basis. Here is our jolly host, Iain, in his red "HOT STUFF" chef's hat. The brown stuff on the plate is the haggis.


We ate and enjoyed each other's company while listening to traditional bagpipe music as well as the more contemporary sounds of The Peatbog Faeries. Samuel is Iain and Liz's biological son (center). Jayson and Ana also live with them.


A lovely time was had by all, as we rang in the New Year (at about 9pm Honduras time)!