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magnusfide
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Mar 18, 2014

Beyond Corned Beef: Traditional Irish Recipes

Here are some Irish recipes we'll be trying in the coming year. The meats and stews will be particularly suitable for DOGs and family gatherings and it will give us a few guinea pigs er guests to try these out on. Link to recipes below the list.
Ballymaloe Irish Stew
Centurion Lamb
Spotted Dog scones
Roast Stuffed Loin of Pork with Crackling & Bramley Apple Sauce

Warning: real butter figures prominently in Irish cooking. Here's the link
http://www.irishabroad.com/Culture/Kitchen/Recipes.asp

Fun fact: poor Italian immigrants to Ireland/Great Britain created that now perennially British dish Fish and Chips.

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  • Pegleg13's avatar
    Pegleg13
    Explorer
    Mar 25, 2014
    I love colcannon made any way with kale, cabbage or a mix of both! Can't eat the carbs I used to so I'll have to settle for a taste of somebody else's! Lol thanks
  • magnusfide's avatar
    magnusfide
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    Mar 19, 2014
    SWMO wrote:
    magnusfide wrote:
    SWMO wrote:
    Anyone who hasn't tried colcannon should. Delicious if made right.
    We have it every year using the original kale instead of cabbage. Tasty.


    I use cabbage and white onion, I think the original calls for scallions, but I might have to try kale.
    Around here cabbage is the cheapest green around.

    I've seen that cabbage is also used in the modern era. All the old Irish cookbooks call for kale originally. Once the center rib is removed it becomes very tender and tasty. Probably Bok Choy and Chinese cabbage are also an option in place of the kale. Any brassica will do if you remove the tough bits, I'm guessing.
  • SWMO's avatar
    SWMO
    Explorer
    Mar 19, 2014
    magnusfide wrote:
    SWMO wrote:
    Anyone who hasn't tried colcannon should. Delicious if made right.
    We have it every year using the original kale instead of cabbage. Tasty.


    I use cabbage and white onion, I think the original calls for scallions, but I might have to try kale.
    Around here cabbage is the cheapest green around.
  • magnusfide's avatar
    magnusfide
    Explorer II
    Mar 19, 2014
    SWMO wrote:
    Anyone who hasn't tried colcannon should. Delicious if made right.
    We have it every year using the original kale instead of cabbage. Tasty.
  • SWMO's avatar
    SWMO
    Explorer
    Mar 19, 2014
    Anyone who hasn't tried colcannon should. Delicious if made right.
  • Murphsmom's avatar
    Murphsmom
    Explorer
    Mar 19, 2014
    Check out the Irish Country Doctor series of books by Patrick Taylor. At the end of each book there is a section of authentic Irish recipes from the good doctor's housekeeper, Kinky Kincaid. Good reads and good recipes.

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