[Sca-cooks] Irish food

[Kathleen Roberts]

Sans puddings (i.e. white and black) due to budget.  I am working with the freezer this weekend. LOL!  When we were at the B and B in Ireland, he 'tasted" them, and I ate them.  He's pretty omniverous tho...

Why not some soda bread for Mum's dinner?  Easy to make.  Or some scones?  With, of course (if available near you) Kerrygold Butter.

A lot of modern Irish recipes are getting on the frou-frou train.  Even with pros like Darina Allen, you need to make sure she is not pandering to the tourist/foody trade and you are really looking at her researched trad food.

Good traditional Irish cooking is very simple, like honey glazed turnips  (boiled turnips, salt, honey, butter... toss in pan until glazed... simple).

Cailte
(thinking of turnips now....)



Kathleen Roberts

Supervisor, Student Records

Division of Enrollment Management

University of New Mexico

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Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Irish food

<<< In honor of St. Pat's, anyone want to talk about period Irish food?
Or modern food you plan to make for the day?

Ranvaig >>>

Christianna mentioned: "Colcannon".

What is this?

And she mentioned "Breakfast Tea with Milk"

What about this tea makes it "breakfast" tea?

<<< I ***could*** freak him out with an Irish breakfast, sans puddings.  That could be fun. ;)

Cailte >>>

Why "sans puddings"? Are those just too weird for him?

The problem with period Irish food is the lack of period records or cookbooks. However, some things like taters/potatoes are barely period for Spain and Italy, certainly not period for a backwater like Ireland. "Everyone" thinks of potatoes and Ireland though because of the Irish potato famine, but that was in the 19th Century.

Here are some of our past discussions on period Irish food or at least likely period Irish food.

fd-Iceland-msg (96K) 1/ 6/11 Food of medieval Iceland. Recipes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-BY-REGION/fd-Ireland-msg.html

I do need to come up with a "traditional" or otherwise Irish food to go along with my mother-in-law's cabbage and corned beef she has invited us to on Sunday.

Stefan
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