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| walkinwalkoutcattle |
Posted - Mar 07 2011 : 3:45:46 PM
Any farmgirls out there celebrate St. Pattys day? Pioneer Woman posted up a recipe for grasshopper pie that about made me run down to the store to buy all the stuff for it!
One of my favorite memories growing up was my mom making green eggs and ham one St. Pattys day, along with grasshopper smoothies for dessert. :) I'm trying to think of all the fun stuff my family did on holidays to pass down to my DD!
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
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| tinaberry |
Posted - Mar 17 2011 : 06:41:33 AM
My grandmother always made potato candy and my mother continued with the tradition, now I make it for my granddaughters. So simple, boil one small potato, mash until very smooth, (I mash with a fork) add powdered sugar until it can be managed and rolled thin, ( depending on the size of the potato will depend on how much sugar you will need), add a layer of peanut butter and roll into a jelly roll. wrap in wax paper and refrigerate about an hour (more or less) until firm. Slice and enjoy. I know it sounds not so appetizing but it is really good and easy. We add food coloring depending on the season or holiday. It is always a big hit with friends, especially when they find out how it it made. |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Mar 16 2011 : 08:19:18 AM
Not that I applaud cockfighting, though some in my father's lineage did the same, I like your description, Trish, and that's what those folks did before radio :) Mose reminds me of that crazy character, Dwight's brother, on the Office :)
Black Irish is largely a term used by Irish immigrants on the new continent. Black has a couple of different meanings--the Vikings, who invaded Ireland were referred to as the Black invaders, largely because of how evil and tortorous their invasion tactics were. Since my husband is Norman, from Galway area and to Canada, he is what Irish immigrants would more likely refer to as "black Irish" because he has many French features, prominent in Galway Irish. Dark hair, olive undertones in the skin, fine features. He tans like nobody's business!
Living in England, especially in the West Country (Cornwall), you see quite a bit of dark haired, olive toned folks, and quite a bit of Spanish stucco architecture and tile roofing. Lands End, St. Ives, etc..were largely settled by Spanish, and the Meditteranean influences are undeniable.
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| one_dog_per_acre |
Posted - Mar 16 2011 : 07:54:26 AM
How did I luck out and only have to bring drinks? We are taking the ferry to Vashon Island for our family meal. We just found out we are Scotch Irish on the side we thought was German, due to an adoption. Our GGF, Mose, was a drunken cock fighting blacksmith from Idaho. This year it's get Mosed, instead of get hosed.
Jonni-What does your DH believe about Black Irish? The whole sunken Spanish Armada and all that. I read it's an American myth.
Trish
Make cupcakes not war!
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| embchicken |
Posted - Mar 16 2011 : 07:43:23 AM
St. Patrick's Day is big, big, big around here. Parades have been going for the last few weekends, rain or shine! Corned beef, cabbage, potatoes - that will be dinner. Oh and we will through a pint of Guiness stacked just right with that. Listening to the Irish Rovers and toasting the old ways!
I have made those candy potatoes from Matha Stewarts magazine - the are delicious!
Happy St. Patrick's day to all!
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" ~Gandhi
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Mar 16 2011 : 06:43:48 AM
Put the homemade corned beef in the crockpot this am. We're eating a day early because Justin has to work tomorrow night.
This year, I brined it myself (took 8 days) so I'm VERY excited to see how it turns out, and how it's different from the store bought corned beef packages. I made Brown Butter soda bread, Guinness mustard to go with the corned beef, and tonight will make "champ" (mashed potatoes chock full of cream and scallions), a side of sugared, buttered peas (because noone will eat cabbage or brussell sprouts with me) and for dessert we're having Stout Floats (stout, ice cream, kahlua, and chocolate sauce.
Tomorrow, St. Patrick's Day proper, we are heading to Mt. Adams, where Justin's family has resided since the Lynch's landed in Cincinnati via Toronto, from Ireland in the 1880's. Most, if not all of the family lives just doors or a block away from the homeplace.
The family is large, and they rent a room at the Mt. Adams Bar and Grill and we have a nice luncheon. Sadly, Justin's Grandfather passed in October, so his smiling face will be sorely missed.
Hope everyone has a wonderful St. Patrick's Day--it's supposed to be 70 degrees, here, in Kentucky!
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Mar 10 2011 : 06:29:06 AM
I always have Corned Beef and Cabbage and best of all my youngest grandson was born on St. Paddy's Day. MB
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Mar 09 2011 : 6:58:29 PM
We also make Irish potatoes just for fun. They are so sweet though!
farmgirl sister#43
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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| latepmcreations |
Posted - Mar 09 2011 : 6:10:06 PM
This month's Martha Stewart Magazine had a recipe to make candy that looks exactly like a potato! It's so cute & packaged in a brown paper lunch bag stamped w/ shamrocks. I'm going to try it for taste to decide if I have it at my Jr. Girl Scout troop which happens to meet on St. Pat's day. Family Fun Magazine & website has always had the best food/games/craft ideas for kids. |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Mar 09 2011 : 4:28:33 PM
We do. We always have something on the menu to celebrate our Irish heritage.
We are not Catholic so we wear the orange but will sometimes go with green as that is what most people associate with St. Patrick's day. I have a book I like to read this time of year. It is called "Let Me Die in Ireland" The true story of Patrick by David W. Bercot
farmgirl sister#43
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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| Prairie Gypsy |
Posted - Mar 09 2011 : 3:14:28 PM
We'll have brisket, potatoes, and cabbage for supper. I'll probably be playing celtic music - Blackmore's Night and Gaelic Storm are a couple of my favorite bands. Shamrock shakes from McD are also a tradition for us.
Farmgirl Sister # 2363
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Warren, MI
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| walkinwalkoutcattle |
Posted - Mar 09 2011 : 2:41:05 PM
I love that rainbow jello! I had a friend that made it with sort of a custard in a thin layer between each color-they were WONDERFUL!
And countrymum those gold coins sound so fun and special. :)
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
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| countrymum |
Posted - Mar 09 2011 : 08:58:05 AM
We are not Irish, but I started a St.Patty's day tradition of my own when my children were little.
The night before St.Patrick's day when everyone is in bed, I drop some green food coloring in the gallon of milk and the water pitcher.Depending on what I make them for breakfast,pancakes,waffles or eggs, I put green coloring in that too.
Then I place gold foiled chocolate coins in their lunch bags, backpacks, on their dresser, etc.
I have done this every year, and the other day my 15yr.old asked "Mom, is the "leprechan" going to visit again?" I said I wasn't sure if I was going to do it and he replied, "but Mom it's tradition!" I guessed I did start a tradition even if it's silly but it is fun.
"This country needs cleaner minds & dirtier fingernails." Mark Twain |
| Alee |
Posted - Mar 08 2011 : 04:32:31 AM
We love St. Paddy's day around here! Nora and I recently made Rainbow-in-a-cup to kick off the Holiday Season ;) You just find all the colors of the rainbow in Jello- get some clear cups and layer the colors one by one (letting chill and soft set in between each layer). It takes about 4-5 hours to do, but I think if your fridge runs cool or if you set the cups in an ice bath you could reduce the time.
The next thing we are going to do is make hand held rainbow streamers and I am thinking of buying some clover seeds or maybe some shamrocks.
We are going to make a little snack for the Leprechauns the night before and then we are going to follow the gold dust (glitter) trail to s special St. Paddy Day surprise for Nora. There also might be some tricks played on Daddy...
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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| J.F. Brown |
Posted - Mar 07 2011 : 9:58:26 PM
We do, sort of. Not in a big way, but I try to make corned beef & cabbage. My late husband played Irish music, and for years he and a couple of friends would do short concerts at our kids' schools. It was a lot of fun! We'll probably put on Irish CD's, including his!
When I was a little girl we lived in Chicago, so there was a giant parade, and they dyed the river green. |
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