Mashed foods (was Re: SC - Corned meat)

[James Gilly / Alasdair mac Iain]

At 22:26 15-1-99 -0500, Adamantius wrote:
>The Irish have colcannon, boiled potatoes, cabbage, and leeks, mashed
>with butter and sometimes cream, usually gratineed in a casserole.
>Traditionally eaten at Lughnasa, the Irish version of Thanksgiving
>(roughly August 1st, I think, and the only festival I can think of with
>the eminently civilized custom of speaking a toast with the first bite
>of _food_). In Scotland colcannon is sometimes made with kale instead of
>green "head" cabbage.

Actually, the colcannon recipe in my mother-in-law's Irish cookbook calls
for kale.

And while we're on the subject of mashed foods, let's not forget that
marvelous combination of haggis, bashed neeps, and chappit tatties, all
stirred together on the plate.  (I want to go back to Scotland....)


Alasdair mac Iain



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Canton of Dragon's Aerie [southeastern CT]
Barony Beyond the Mountain  [northern & southeastern CT]
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