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Mar 17, 2010

Erin Go Bragh!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

Here's some green:
Lazy American Version of an Irish Meal!

Yes, I know Corned Beef isn't Irish, but I can't find decent English or Irish bacon anywhere around here so it will suffice - at least I had fresh leeks and parsley! Besides with names like Erin, Finnegan & Lochlann I think it's okay if I refrain from wearing green and buttons that say "kiss me" and just get on with dinner already! I also know about the "no carrots" rule, but I'm not Catholic so I can get away with that one, too! But at least I didn't monkey with the Guinness. Hope you all have the Luck O' the Irish in your gardens, and don't forget to plant those potatoes!

8 comments:

  1. And a Happy St. Paddy's Day to you, too, Erin, m'dear! The closest I can come to being (not) Irish is my Scotch ancestry! But I'll have a Guinness with you anyway.

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  2. I think the names cover you for the occasion. At least you kept the Guinness. I think they arrest people for lesser crimes.

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  3. Looks good to me. Beats the leftover turkey and gravy we had for our St. Patrick's Day dinner! Hey, we were too busy spreading cow poop to cook.

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  4. yeah, we had leftover meatballs. No Guiness either, but I don't know that my husband will ever drink Guiness from the states again after his trip to the mother land.....can't say I blame him!

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  5. What's the "no carrots rule" for those of us from the south pacific? :)

    I think I would like a traditional Irish boiled dinner better if it wasn't boiled. hahaha.

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  6. Thomas, I'm with you on the boiled meat thing, LOL, sometimes I do mine in the oven (don't tell!) The carrots represent the color of the "enemy" to the Catholics and thus are not served on Saint Patrick's Day which honors Saint Patrick for converting many of the Pagans (that's me, lol) to Christianity. Any other time root vegetables rule though! (Not everyone even knows this so-called "rule", but many with older generations of Irish in the family observe it). Me? I like carrots anywhere, anytime, even been known to garnish a martini with a pickled carrot LOL

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  7. Oh, that platter looks soooo gooood ....

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  8. Looks good, Erin! We "celebrated" with mediterranean pasta... at least the pesto was green!!

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