St Patrick Day Event

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Dissie
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Re: St Patrick Day Event

Post by Dissie » Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:02 pm

Incase people weren't really sure what food is Irish, I thought I would post what I found on Wikipedia. It has helped me some, trying to come up with a dish to post here! :D

Breads
Barmbrack - a kind of currant cake which contains a golden ring. Traditionally eaten around Halloween
Blaa - A white bread bun
Goody - a dessert dish made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices
Soda bread - a popular yeast free bread
Wheaten bread

Pork dishes
Bacon and cabbage
Black Pudding - traditional dish made from pigs blood, barley and seasoning
Coddle - main ingredients: pork sausages, back bacon and potato
Crubeens - pig's trotters (pigs feet)
Skirts and kidneys - a kind of pork stew

Potato dishes
Boxty - a kind of potato pancake
Champ - main ingredients: mashed potato, scallions, butter and milk
Colcannon - main ingredients: mashed potato, kale or cabbage, and butter

Irish stew/Seafood
The eating of seafood, particularly shellfish has always been very popular in Ireland, especially in coastal cities like Galway and Dublin. Such is the impact of shellfish in Irish culture that in Dublin the fish seller is celebrated in the traditional folk song Molly Malone and in Galway the international Galway Oyster Festival is held every September[7]. An example of an Irish shellfish dish is Dublin Lawyer (lobster cooked in whiskey and cream)[8]. Salmon and cod are perhaps the two most common types of fish eaten. Carrageen moss and Dulse (both types of red algae) are commonly used in Irish seafood dishes.

Others
Drisheen - a kind of black pudding
Irish breakfast or Ulster fry
Irish stew - a kind of lamb or mutton stew

AND not to be forgotten
Alcohol
Whiskey (particularly pure pot still whiskey) such as Jameson Irish Whiskey, Paddy Whiskey and Bushmills
Porter (beer) or Stout such as Guinness, Murphy's Irish Stout and Beamish stout
Irish red ale such as Smithwick's (sold outside Ireland as Kilkenny)
Lager such as Harp Lager
Irish coffee - made with black coffee, whiskey and whipped cream
Irish cream such as Baileys
Irish mist
Mead
Poitín - a very strong whiskey made from potatoes

Others
Brown lemonade
Red lemonade
Cavan Cola
Irish breakfast tea

Derf
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Re: St Patrick Day Event

Post by Derf » Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:10 pm

love the list, well done Dissie :!:

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Sugarkins
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Re: St Patrick Day Event

Post by Sugarkins » Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:11 pm

this looks like fun, do we have to post photos here?

Bergy
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Re: St Patrick Day Event

Post by Bergy » Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:28 pm

Sugar_kins wrote:this looks like fun, do we have to post photos here?

Yes make your recipe and post photos here - love to see them Sugar.

Bergy
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Re: St Patrick Day Event

Post by Bergy » Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:29 pm

Dissie that is just great information Thanks!

Derf
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Re: St Patrick Day Event

Post by Derf » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:20 am

I was looking for a way to use up leftover potatoes and thanks to your list I found Boxty, they were very good, but do take quite a long time to cook, 9 minutes per side, but the wait was worth it , nice with our left over steak and veggie fry. I will try freezing the ones left.

just posted so may not be up yet

http://www.recipezazz.com/recipe/boxty- ... o-pancakes

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QueenBea
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Re: St Patrick Day Event

Post by QueenBea » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:27 am

Dissie, that is a great list, thanks for posting it!!!

Derf gorgeous pics, that looks so good...

Bergy
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Re: St Patrick Day Event

Post by Bergy » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:32 am

Looking good Derf - definitely looks like they are worth, waiing for.

Dissie
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Re: St Patrick Day Event

Post by Dissie » Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:53 am

Derf, thats the one I am looking at too! I was looking at the Ulster Fry also but don't know how to pull off blood sausage! :lol:

The pototo pancakes look wonderful!

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Re: St Patrick Day Event

Post by Derf » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:07 pm

Dissie wrote:Derf, thats the one I am looking at too! I was looking at the Ulster Fry also but don't know how to pull off blood sausage! :lol:

The pototo pancakes look wonderful!

:lol: :lol: :lol: no blood sausage black pudding for us :o

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