[Sca-cooks] Irish food

[Deborah Hammons]

And turnips over there are WONDERFUL.  :-))  I am not such a fan of the
black pudding.  White, mostly fat.  But then when we were in Spain I didn't
do much blood sausage either.  In soups yes.

Aldyth

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Kathleen Roberts <karobert at unm.edu> wrote:

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