St. Patrick's Day
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I'm trying to figure out how much corned beef to cook for a crowd. It always shrinks when I cook it, so I never know how much to get. I'm also doing green mashed potatoes, a tradition we've had for 21 years. I'm debating on the cooked cabbage. I may just do brussel sprouts instead. Any one else getting ready????
PS. My mother is Mary Regina O'Brien McGinnis, her parents were Thomas Aloyisius O'Brien and Ellen Catherine Magruder; my dad was John Joseph McGinnis, his parents were John Joseph McGinnis and Mary Ellen McRae. Oh just a whole lotta Irish going on there.
Pat's father was Robert James Welch, son Michael Hanlon Welch of and Bridget Fitzpatrick, he's got a big chunk O'Irish.
We're getting ready for a grand Irish gathering! I come from a big Irish family. Should I add our family names too? My brother and I are the family genealogists. We're researching a possible family relationship to Oscar Wilde.
Do you buy the grey corned beef, Joan? Why not buy two, just to make sure you have enough. It goes really quickly in these quarters. Why not try Colcannon this year? It's very tasty.
Brussel sprouts taste exactly the same as cabbage. I would say go for it if you're looking for something slightly different.
It's a busy time around our house, too! Our girls are Irish Dancers, so we have 6 performances (including one parade) to do next weekend.
We're actually Northern Irish from County Derry - if my grandfather only knew that we were wearing green (instead of orange) and getting excited about St. Patrick's Day, he would smack us with his shilelagh!
I buy what is on sale at the grocery, and I get two or three, cause there's never enought leftovers! I cook mine in the crockpot(s) all day long. At least this year it's on a Saturday. Growing up, my mother never fixed us an Irish meal. Now she comes to my house to eat it.
I'm having the girls over for poker that day. I'm going to make a big pot of Guinness Chili. One of the girls is bringing scones and clotted cream. I of course will have Bailey's Irish Cream on hand for drinks! Dessert will be very unIrish - Chocolate cake with peanut butter icing and French Toast loaf (because one of our crew doesn't like chocolate).
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I made this brussels sprouts vinaigrette at Christmas and everyone loved it.
2 lbs brussel sprouts, removed outer leaf and cut a thin slice off base
1 tbs whole grain mustard
2 tbs white wine vinegar
2 tbs olive oil
coarse salt and fresh ground pepper
Fill a bowl with ice water and set aside. Place a steamer basket in a large suacepan with a lid, fill with 1 inch of water. Bring to a boil; add sprouts, cover and cook until easily pierced with a pairing knife - about 10-15 minutes
In a small bowl, combine mustard, vinegar and oil. Season with salt and pepper. Whisk until combined.
Lift basket and transfer sprouts to ice water. Let stand until cooled about 5 minutes. Drain well (I did it up to this point the day before and stored them in a ziploc with a paper towel to absord extra moisture) and cut into quarters. Serve drizzled with vinaigrette
PS Since I'm not irish - I just skip straight to the drinking portion of St Pat's day.
We usually buy one of the nice packaged corned beef thingamabobs (dontcha love my anti-cookingese? ), a head of cabbage, and a pound or two of red taters for just the three of us. We make sammies for a few days with the leftovers. You can never have enough corned beef!!! Buy extra. It'll get eaten!
DJ is already asking for the traditional St. Patty's toast. We make green milk 'paint' and paint our toast with shamrocks on St. Patty's for breakfast. DH has even made green eggs and ham.
I buy what is on sale at the grocery, and I get two or three, cause there's never enought leftovers! I cook mine in the crockpot(s) all day long. At least this year it's on a Saturday. Growing up, my mother never fixed us an Irish meal. Now she comes to my house to eat it.
You didn't say how many people you're having over, or how many pounds of corned beef you're buying. I would go with a half pound per person. That may seem like a lot, but you have a better chance of having leftovers.
My mom made boiled dinners- either corned beef or smoked shoulder, practically every Sunday. I still love it. I love Irish soda bread too!
They had a show on the Food Network with Bobby Flay in Ireland. It was on last weekend. It's a repeat- I watched it last year too. But I never get tired of it. It's funny, it's interesting, the food looks great, and the scenery.... sigh..... makes me wish I was on a plane headed there right now!
Amy, I make a Guiness chili too! Isn't it delicious? We love it.
Last year was our first St. Patty's without my mom and my sister, which was sad, but I made the Corned Beef and Cabbage for the first time. I cooked it in the crockpot and it came out great, if I do say so myself. And easy to transport to my dad's house where we had our celebration. Last year was the last year that I had a step dancer in the family. DD13 hung up her ghillies, much to my dismay.
I gave my 4 girls Irish first names to balance out the Polish last names they got from my DH. Me, I was named after a tug boat.
PS Since I'm not irish - I just skip straight to the drinking portion of St Pat's day.
But Crystal - everyone is a wee bit o'Irish on St Paddy's day! At work for St Paddy's day everyone becomes Irish by adding O' or Mc to their last name. We have a lot of fun with this and then go out for the green beer at a traditional hooley after work.
Can't wait for the fun!
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We enjoy a boiled ham dinner on St. Patrick's Day. My husband is first generation Irish. His parents were from Cork. He has to have the boiled dinner, but ham only. He always adds extra "hogwash" ( the water that you boil everything in) to his plate.
We almost named our Chocolate Lab puppy Guinness, but there were too many of those around. We chose a Disney name instead - Koda!
Have fun with your meal! Slainte!!
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), a head of cabbage, and a pound or two of red taters for just the three of us. We make sammies for a few days with the leftovers. You can never have enough corned beef!!! Buy extra. It'll get eaten!
Kristin
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