Thread: Happy St. Patricks Day

Originally Posted by rolodave

Hope you win lots of dough and stay somewhat sober.

If I break even and can stand up by the end of the day I'll consider it a roaring success

I think the Romans introduced bagpipes to britain+ireland, but apart from that what have they ever done for us!

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

I always thought bagpipes were Scottish. Are they traditional to Irish music as well?

The uilleann pipes that bigirishkev mentions are traditional Irish pipes. The bellows are strapped to the users arm and are filled using
movement of the elbow, hence the term uilleann pipes which can translate to pipes of the elbow. They're generally played sitting down
and the sound is very different from the Scottish pipes. I know people who play the Scottish pipes and have described the uilleann
pipes as having an eerie sound. Definitely worth checking out.

John

Originally Posted by Bootstrapbill

I think the Romans introduced bagpipes to britain+ireland, but apart from that what have they ever done for us!

Yeah, that's apparently where they came from. Though the Romans never conquered Scotland or Ireland (Caledonia or Hibernia) but I'm sure trading/raiding took place regularly.
St Patrick himself would've been a romanised Briton

you still have time for the real beer ,, its not st patricks day yet

Originally Posted by rolodave

Hope you win lots of dough and stay somewhat sober.

He's the bread I was talking about.


This first one is what a lot of people call soda bread though it wouldn't be common in the north we I am.


This is what I call soda bread, technically this is a soda farl, a farl being a quarter of the full soda.
When it's really fresh you just need a bit of butter and possibly some strong cheddar. It's great toasted too with the butter melting on it.
But here it's often fried in the pan (Americans call that grilling?) and forms the cornerstone of the Ulster fry, the greatest cooked breakfast known to man!

I've saw this bread called brown soda or wholemeal soda. I've always just known it as wheaten bread. It's often eaten with vegetable broth or with butter and honey.

Too much info? lol
Which type did you get?

This is what is being passed as "Irish Soda Bread" here in Wisconsin. Looks more like a Hot Cross Bun but it is fairly tasty.

Kev

What is a "Ulster Fry"?

Originally Posted by rolodave

This is what is being passed as "Irish Soda Bread" here in Wisconsin. Looks more like a Hot Cross Bun but it is fairly tasty.

I'm not sure what that is, I've never seen soda bread with raisins in it. Could be a regional variation, we're pretty flexible with recipes.
Kinda reminds me of what we call a fruit slim.

Originally Posted by rolodave

Kev

What is a "Ulster Fry"?

This is an Ulster fry

A cooked breakfast is very popular all over Britain and Ireland with many regional variations.
The Ulster fry is our version here in Ulster (the 9 most northern counties in Ireland)
Everyone argues about exactly what goes into it and is probably what ever your Ma made.
My ideal fry is:
Sausage
Bacon
Egg
Soda bread
Potato bread (often called fadge round here)
Pancake
Black pudding
White pudding
Mushrooms are often added but I'm not a fan.
I usually cover it in brown sauce and wash down with a cup of tea.

An awful lot of people add baked beans, which I quite enjoy myself but my Ma always said if you added them it was no longer a real Ulster fry. She felt very strongly about that lol