As St. Patrick's Day rapidly approaches, I present to you traditional Irish dishes that I have had. The photo's are not my own however, but rest assured, I have tasted all these dishes.
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| Traditional Irish Stew |
To begin, we start with Irish Stew. Ingredients are mutton, but the stew I ate had lean beef cubes in place of the mutton, peeled and un-peeled potatoes, carrots, cut onions, beef broth, and spices of salt, pepper, and parsley, and chives. With the beef cubes, it is delicious. With mutton, not good at all.
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| Irish Soda Bread |
Next up is Soda Bread to compliment the stew. You could stop right here and have a complete meal, but why should we? Soda bread is not my style, its to doughy, sort of like unfinished angel food cake.
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| Irish Shepherds Pie |
Another dish is Shepherds Pie. Its encased in a lightly breaded baked crust, filled with carrots, potatoes, onions, spices, and either beef or lamb. Sometimes you can find turnips as well mixed in the thick gravy, but the Grassy Knoll Institute does not recommend them.
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| Irish Potato Cakes |
Of course, no meal is complete without Potato Cakes that can be found with almost every lunch and dinner, and sometimes breakfast. They are exactly what you think, potatoes, flour, a little onions and peppers, butter or lard, and you cook them or fry which is preferred to a light golden brown. These are not "Arbys Potato Cakes."
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| Irish Fish And Chips |
Most believe this next dish, Fish And Chips are an English dish. Yes, it is, but is also a very popular Irish dish as well. The fish is cod, lightly coated in beer batter, and fried to a golden brown. Chips, or french fries, are cooked to a crunch. Delicious.
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| Corned Beef And Cabbage |
And finally, Corned Beef And Cabbage. The beef is thinly sliced on homemade bread, and the cabbage, oh I hate cabbage, stinks to high heaven. Many people love the cabbage, but not me.
Anyway, these are just a few traditional Irish food dishes.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
LURKING, ERIN GOES BRALESS ON THE GRASSY KNOLL
