Mention you live in Scotland to anyone else in the civilised world and you'll almost inevitably be asked if you eat haggis - and what haggis even is...
Fortunately Kirsty Wark has all the answers in this segment, tracing the origins and recipes of the "great Chieftain of the puddin' race", as Burns put it. Rather than just staying in the past, she also has a Michelin chef reinvent haggis.
Kirsty comes from Dumfries, where Burns himself lived for a while. She went to school in Kilmarnock and Ayr, before studying history at Edinburgh and going on to join BBC Scotland as a researcher.
Sitting in for a political interview on one occasion when there was no-one else around, she impressed bosses so much that they brought her forward as on-screen talent - where she has remained ever since.
As one of the core team on Newsnight in London, she still manages to conduct family life with her husband and two children from their home in Glasgow. She also presents Late Review, the infamous critics' forum, as well as a book quiz on BBC4. It's very rare to see her on STV, so we are particularly pleased she was able to tell the story of haggis for Made in Scotland.
Made in Scotland - which celebrates the national "brands" that make Scotland what it is - is one of three special programmes created by STV, in association with the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, for the Year of Homecoming 2009. The other two are Scotland Revealed and The Greatest Scot.
The former is a new series of Scotland shot from above, all filmed in dazzling High Definition to reveal scenic images with a startling level of detail never seen before.
The Greatest Scot is a chance to settle the argument once and for all over who is the greatest Scot of them all. The public will get to vote on a shortlist of 30 names, with the winner being anonunced live on television on St Andrew's Day.
- To watch the programme in full visit here
