Thread: Happy St. Patricks Day

Originally Posted by rolodave

Kev

What is a "Ulster Fry"?

A fry-up along the lines of the Full English!

Originally Posted by Galopede

A fry-up along the lines of the Full English!

Yeah, in the south of ireland they'd call a cooked breakfast a full irish, I prefer the scottish version with square sausage and haggis

The "soda bread" with raisins in it is very common here in the US. There are many variations along that line, some with orange zest, sugar etc. Sounds
more like a desert to me. I just made two loaves of traditional Irish soda bread for work tomorrow night. I even have some Kerrygold butter to bring
with it. The guys will love it. For anyone looking to make what their grandparents or great grandparents made in Ireland or just to enjoy real Irish soda bread
here's the simple recipe:

4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
14 ounces buttermilk

Preheat the oven to 425 Fahrenheit. Put all the dry ingredients in a bowl and sift. Add the buttermilk (it'll get sticky). Lightly (not much) knead the dough on a floured surface. Form
the dough into a flat round shape. Cut a cross in the top and place it in a cake pan. Cover the cake pan with another pan and put it in the oven for 30 minutes.
Uncover and bake for 10-15 minutes more. It's done when you can tap the bottom of the loaf and get a hollow sound.

They would've made this in what is known as a bastible pot, hung over the fire. I use a cast iron pot with a cover rather than the cake pan. Enjoy.

John

Happy St Patrick's day!
Did you know that the whole St Patrick's day celebrations is more of an American inspired thing. In Ireland up until the early 80's it was simply a religious feast day, you'd were shamrock and go to mass and maybe a small parade in the local village. Also there'd be little or no drinking as the pubs all closed for the day.
Also the traditional colour of St Patrick is blue not green. Green has become more used as the day has become less a religious feast and more a national pride day.
Have a great day and don't drown the shamrock too much

Very true. A lot of people are surprised to hear what St. Patrick's Day is really like in Ireland. Of course it's different in the tourist areas, but
traditionally it's as you said. As for corned beef and cabbage, another American dish. When the Irish first started coming to the states that
was the best cut of meat they could afford. Traditionally it's boiling bacon. I made it one night at work and the guys devoured it.

John

Originally Posted by kerryman71

Very true. A lot of people are surprised to hear what St. Patrick's Day is really like in Ireland. Of course it's different in the tourist areas, but
traditionally it's as you said. As for corned beef and cabbage, another American dish. When the Irish first started coming to the states that
was the best cut of meat they could afford. Traditionally it's boiling bacon. I made it one night at work and the guys devoured it.

John

Would you mind describing the process of boiling bacon?

Happy St Pat's gents! Figured I'd post before the pub!

"An Irishman is never truly drunk as long as he can hold onto a blade of grass to keep from falling off the earth!"

Going to be enjoying Corned Beef, colcannon, soda bread, fadge cooked in bacon tallow, bubbles and squeak, and of course Jameson's, Jameson's and a wee bit of writer's tears with my 'gar.

Home from the horse races with 3 times what I went with!
To be fair I didn't go with much in the first place lol
But taking anything home from the track is a good day.
Hope everyone's having a great day

Originally Posted by Bigirishkev

Home from the horse races with 3 times what I went with!
To be fair I didn't go with much in the first place lol
But taking anything home from the track is a good day.
Hope everyone's having a great day

What is it they say? The luck of the Irish?

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

What is it they say? The luck of the Irish?

That's actually an anti irish insult but since I have had a lucky day I'll let you off with it