[Sca-cooks] Irish food - OOP

[Susan Lin]

OOOH The Quiet Man - I love that movie.

Shoshanah

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Kathleen Roberts <karobert at unm.edu> wrote:

> I can't say that it is true, but (sane food hearsay is fun)...
>
> It is said that the Irish did indeed tend more toward bacon or ham and
> cabbage in Ireland (trad here, not period)
>
> When they came to the US, they usually landed in New York, and the area
> was rich with a culture that used non-piggy meats, so the Irish adapted to
> the corned beef rather than the accustomed ham or bacon.
>
> Yeah, I know... and St. Paddy drove the snakes out of Ireland as well. ;)
>  and "Gangs of New York" is way up there with "The Quiet Man" for St.
> Patrick's Day viewing.
>
> Kathleen Roberts
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> "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him
> through temporary periods of joy."  W.B. Yeats
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> "The hand that rocks the ladle rules the world."  Nadia G.
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> From: sca-cooks-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [
> sca-cooks-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] on behalf of Susan Lin [
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> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 3:43 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Irish food
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> In honor of Pi day I did make a pie - blueberry/cherry.  I even have my pi
> plate (pi symbol in the middle and 3.14159... around the edge)
>
> For St. Patrick's Day I have a brisket pickling in the fridge.  I started
> with a whole brisket - cut off a chunk for the husband to smoke and then
> trimmed the rest and attacked it with 2 head of garlic and spiced brine.
>  We'll cooking it up for Sunday with potatoes cabbage and soda bread (our
> soda bread is made with both soda and powder but it's yummy) - no currant -
> I don't like cooked raisins (specifically I do not like burnt raisins).
>
> Shoshanah
>
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Chef Christy <chefchristy at kingstaste.com
> >wrote:
>
> > We made foods for an Irish Breakfast in cooking class yesterday.  Irish
> > Soda
> > Bread with Currants (one regular and one gluten-free), Colcannon, Sauteed
> > Mushroom Caps in Butter, Fried Eggs, and Breakfast Tea with Milk.  We
> > talked
> > a lot about Black Pudding and the kids kept trying to find someone to
> agree
> > to a blood sacrifice so we could try it out, but we got no takers ;)
> > If I had realized it was Pi Day yesterday we might have made pie instead,
> > but the breakfast foods were a big hit so a good time was had by all.
> > Christianna
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
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