Easton Church Celebrates Robert Burns Saturday

After the Scottish poet Robert Burns died in the late 18th century, his friends began holding dinners in his memory.

The "Burns Supper" is a tradition that's lasted into the 21st century, and you can find it here in Easton every year at the  on Spring Garden Street.

The church has held its Burns Supper each January for the last nine years. It returns at 5 p.m.

On the menu is Scottish fare like cock-a-leekie soup, smoked salmon on oatcakes, roast beef, tatties-an’-neeps, lang kail, typsy laird trifle, and haggis.

Traditionally, haggis is made from the heart, liver and other organ meats of a sheep, all cooked inside a sheep's stomach. 

But as Burns Supper organizer , what the church serves is more of a meatloaf, made with beef and liver.

For more information, call Charlton at 610-393-0156. Tickets for the dinner are limited. There's no exact fee for admission, but the church suggests a minimum $50 donation.