Saturday, January 24, 2009

Burns night address to the Tunnock's snowball


The Burns supper traditionally sees the triumphant entrance of the haggis - accompanied by bagpipes - which is greeted with the recitation of Burns's Address To A Haggis: 'Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, / Great chieftain o' the puddin-race! / Aboon them a' ye tak your place, / Painch, tripe, or thairm: / Weel are ye wordy o' a grace / As lang's my arm.'

Now author Craig McGill has composed an alternative address to the Tunnock's snowball - a chocolate-coated marshmallow and biscuit sprinkled with coconut. 'Fair fa' coconut sprinkled face, / Great chieftain o the teacake-race! / Aboon them a' ye tak your place, / mallow, choc, or cream: / Weel are ye wordy of a grace / As lang's my arm.'Read more

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:54 am

    Your picture shows a Tunnock's Teacake, not a Snowball.

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  2. I obviously don't know a teacake from a snowball, but neither does the Guardian.

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  3. Anonymous3:51 pm

    In my country these are called marshmallow cookies.

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  4. In my country too. I used to nibble off the chocolate coating, suck up the marshmallow and dip the cookie in milk. Quite a complicated procedure.

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