On the day of Saint Patrick’s Day, the remark that “everyone is Irish” is one that has been heard rather often. We are aware that this is the case, and we also are aware that it is simple to partake in the good fortune of the Irish by first partaking in a delectable dinner and then in a traditional Irish coffee.
Irish Recipes
Delicious Irish Recipes from a traditional Irish family, including Irish Stew, Colcannon, and Soda Bread, as well as handmade Irish Cream and Irish Coffee! Recipes that are hearty and genuine, all the way from the Emerald Isle, where making comfort food is almost an art form. It doesn't matter whether you're hunkering down for the season or daydreaming about the first signs of spring; this dish is perfect for the end of winter. These time-honored dishes will whisk you away to the rolling green hills of Ireland.
Aug 16 2022What Makes Up a Full Irish Breakfast?
There is nothing like starting your day off with a traditional Irish Breakfast, especially on vacation. Have you ever been curious about how to cook a full Irish breakfast in the Irish style? You don’t need to search any further! It is quite easy to do, and it is a beautiful way to show appreciation to your loved ones!
- Aug 15 2022
How to Pour and Drink a Pint of Guinness
Categories: Irish Traditions , News , Interesting Stories , St. Patricks Day , Irish Recipes , Ireland , Education , Travel to Ireland , History of IrelandThe act of consuming a Guinness is just as ritualistic as the act of pouring it. The first rule of drinking a pint that has been poured in two stages is that you should wait until the bartender has set it down before you take a sip. - Oct 11 2015
Barmbrack Recipe
There are many Irish Halloween traditions in Ireland. One of my favorites is barmbrack. Barmbrack is at the very core of the Irish Halloween traditions. The Halloween Brack, much like Christmas pudding traditionally contained various objects baked into the sweet bread. Colcannon is one of my favorite Irish recipes made of potatoes, and cabbage. I make mine with let overs. It is associated with Saint Patrick's Day, but the truth is colcannon is actually traditionally served on Halloween nights. The cook sometimes hides little trinkets or talismans in the mash, each representing fortune, poverty, or perhaps the chance of a future marriage.
- Oct 01 2015
Irish Beef Stew with Irish Stout
Categories: Irish RecipesIrish Beef Stew with Irish Stout is the perfect meal on a beautiful fall day or a chilly winters night. Delicious and hardy it is perfect for the entire family. - Mar 15 2015
Irish Soda Bread Recipe & History
This Irish soda bread makes a great breakfast treat. Or omit the raisins and sugar, and add caraway seeds for bread that’s perfect for dinner.
A little soda bread history….Soda bread first appeared in Ireland during the 1800’s, when the use of baking soda as a leavening agent was introduced. Baking was done in the Irish home. They had little time to bake and ingredients were often at a premium. Soda breads contained little more than flour, buttermilk, baking soda and salt. Buttermilk was used because it was often leftover from the butter making process. Soda bread was served warm from the oven with a Lashing of Irish butter. Soda bread caught on quickly and soon became a staple of the Irish diet still popular in Ireland and in many parts of the world today.There is an - Categories: Irish Traditions , Interesting Stories , Celtic Holidays , Irish Recipes , Ireland , Irish Christmas , Education , Celtic Culture , History of IrelandTraditional Irish Christmas Plum Pudding has had humble beginnings. Plum pudding was originally a porridge flavored with scraps of meat or fish, thickened with bread crumbs and bound together with eggs, fruit and spices. During the Tudor and Stuart period dried prunes were added to the pudding which became known as plum porridge.
- Oct 18 2014
Traditional Irish Shepherd's Pie Recipe
This is what I'm fixing to make tonight. How about you? Cottage pie or shepherd's pie is a meat pie with a crust of mashed potato. The term cottage pie is known to have been in use in 1791, when the potato was being introduced as an edible crop affordable for the poor. (The term "cottage" meaning a modest dwelling for rural workers). In early cookery books, the dish was a means of using leftover roasted meat of any kind (it was a recipe to re-purpose left overs) , and the pie dish was lined with mashed potato as well as having a mashed potato crust on top. - Oct 15 2014
Lambswool Recipe for Samhain
After you feast on traditional Irish foods on Halloween you will need to wash it down with an old drink called Lambswool. The name Lambswool is believed to be derivative of the Irish Gaelic, “La Mas Nbhal” meaning ‘Feast of the Apples.
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