Anyone cooking up St. Paddy's Day?
Just as I am finishing off the last morsels of my first homemade Mardi Gras King Cake, here comes St. Patrick's Day beckoning: fresh Irish soda breads, hearty lamb stew, corned beef and cabbage...How will you be celebrating this day? Cooking in or going out...Share your favorite dishes with us. Thanks...
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11 Comments:
Our traditional St Pat's Day dinner is corned beef but instead of cabbage I throw in Brussels sprouts right at the end. Also Irish soda bread, glazed carrots, both boiled potatoes and mashed.
NanaJoie at 9:47AM on 02/26/09
St Patrick's Day is the one day a year when I allow myself to indulge in a fried-food frenzy. Fish and chips. Good cod. Carefully tended chips. It reminds me of eating them, steaming hot as they come out of the fryer and land in my bag, nestled in the chips, on a cold winter day on a Dublin street. That's Ireland to me.
Lorenzo at 10:17AM on 02/26/09
Being Irish, Saint Patrick's Day is nothing *too* special in terms of food. I tend to bake soda bread about twice a month, and colcannon as often as possible (I add in caramelized leeks, which is great), and corned beef a lot (not exactly an Irish tradition, but I grew up with it).
As far as the holiday goes, though, I try to bring something green and festive to class and/or work, like green cupcakes or the like. I would love to hear new ideas for branching out from that, though, from anyone!
Traveller at 11:05AM on 02/26/09
Hmm, well...I just might have to make Smitten Kitchen's car bomb cupcakes again.
Hillary
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Chew on That at 11:07AM on 02/26/09
any fave irish soda bread recipes?
eleeb at 12:09PM on 02/26/09
Yep! I will be celebrating the completion of our spanking, brand new kitchen - only six weeks of total upheaval - I am learning to use the new stove this weekend, getting all the cupboards vacuumed and washed and the stuff presently taking up every spare corner in my house packed away - then - because I have book club on March 17th, I am going to make a boiled dinner - pickled cottage roll, fresh carrots, new potatoes, beets, Ina's recipe for sauteed savoy cabbage, Picalili-chow chow, soda bread. I am looking for a nice cupcake recipe utilizing Bailey's for dessert. I will decorate with some fresh Shamrocks, green tablecloth, candles, etc. - it will be truly lovely to make an occasion of my first "company" meal!
My grandmother used to throw the meat and veggies into the same pot, but I cook the veggies separately in water with a few ladle-fulls of the liquid from the cottage roll in each pot, the taste is authentic and the presentation is more attractive.
bareneed at 12:52PM on 02/26/09
This is a great recipe, I use golden raisins. And I will be cooking about 15# of corned beef, for my family, it's as big as Thanksgiving at my house.
http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/2000s/2002/03/irishsodabread
WSLunch at 5:56PM on 02/26/09
@WSLunch- thanks for that recipe, I'm gonna give it a try.
dmcavanagh at 7:26PM on 02/26/09
I'll probably do shepard's pie or bangers & mash - dh is not a big fan of corned beef.
If you're in the WNY area - Spars European Meats on Amherst St., in Buffalo makes great authentic Irish bangers!
mepolo at 3:28PM on 02/27/09
thanks, wslunch!
eleeb at 3:53PM on 02/27/09
What would you consider the most traditional St. Patrick's Day dishes...or does it vary from family to family?
gutreactions at 3:31PM on 03/02/09