To interrogate a sausage

Robert Burns and the uniqueness of addressing the Haggis

Etching 'Address to a Haggis' from 'Some Etchings from Burns' by R Bryden of Ayr, 1896

Last night was Burns Night. That caloric bacchanal where Scots honour the birth of Robert Burns with whisky, bagpipes, and the ritualistic carving of a sheep’s stomach.

But amidst the toast to the lassies, we often overlook the literary (and culinary, but who am I to j…