We do not recommend you follow his example. Instead, here are five appropriate ways to observe St. Patrick's Day:
1. Boil up a pot of corned beef and cabbage. An Irish friend once lamented "It's hard to base a grand cuisine on the potato," but Maggie and Jiggs would disagree.
2. Read a chapter of "Finnegan's Wake" to a group of friends, preferably in a Barry Fitzgerald accent.
3. Step out on your balcony and thrill the neighbors with a chorus of "Phil the Fluter's Ball" or "Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?"
4. Write a fan letter to Sinead O'Connor.
5. Rent a DVD of "The Quiet Man" and settle in with a bottle of Old Bushmills Black Label.
Does drinking a pint of green beer count?
ReplyDeleteMaybe not grande cuisine but the Irish national dish does showcase the lovely tuber, together with kale, leeks and rich creamery butter. The dish is not corned beef and cabbage (that's just Maggie and Jiggs) but "Colcannon." The Irish word strikingly resembles the Welsh "Cawl Cennyn," meaning "Leek Soup," and may have crossed the Irish Sea, like St. Patrick himself, from neighbouring Wales.
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