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Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Re Irish Food
Thank you, That is a real compliment coming from a supercook such as yourself. When I go to Ireland I always try to eat the traditional Irish food. Like many people in the past, the Irish had to use whatever food was available to ...
Veronica, on 10/01/2015
Beautiful Coins with Religious Images
I believe there is a huge demand for rare coins. These religious coins look artistic, they will be great for coin collectors.
WriterArtist, on 10/01/2015
Box Turtles | Raising Terrapins as Pets
What a cute story. Congratulations on your new brood. And thanks for the bit of information about the alligator snapper turtle. I didn't know about them.
CruiseReady, on 10/01/2015
Have a Fondue Party
Wow, does THIS ever bring back some memories! I had practically forgotten about fondue. What a neat reminder.
CruiseReady, on 10/01/2015
Delicious and Healthy Orange and Chocolate Cake Recipe
I'll try it. Hope you will post more recipes!
Mira, on 10/01/2015
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
I'm so glad I found this. I've never heard of these dishes, and they all sound yummy! I'll save this page and try them, starting with the Balnamoon Skink :) and boxty. The recipe I found for boxty uses milk and flour (and eggs, of course) apart ...
Mira, on 10/01/2015
Creamy Carrot Soup with Celery Root
Yes, I agree I should have used the onion to make a veggie spread in the blender, for instance. I'm also all for composting.
Mira, on 10/01/2015
Creamy Carrot Soup with Celery Root
My personal policy is to use up waste food. Only today I combined a large portion of marrow with some scrap vegetables in the soup maker. But peelings and other scraps are composted.So re-use is the first choice, composting the second.
frankbeswick, on 10/01/2015
20 Super Easy Tricks for Eating Less
Yes, blue plates are quite interesting as we're so used to light-colored plates. Visually there's something that doesn't seem right, at least to me, which is probably why it works: the food doesn't stand out and as a result it looks less ...
Mira, on 10/01/2015
Creamy Carrot Soup with Celery Root
Veronica and Frank: We use carrots, parsnip, celeriac, and onion as the base for soups. Some people also use turnips! Celeriac is very tasty. I agree with Veronica that it's a great vegetable in soups. I also use these veggies in pasta sauces ...
Mira, on 10/01/2015
Baked Chocolate Peach Mousse
I think it would be good with some alcohol, but with a liqueur rather than whiskey. And I'll have to try it with white chocolate!
Mira, on 10/01/2015
Creamy Carrot Soup with Celery Root
Hi Derdriu, we don't compost foods and we don't throw onions the way I did either. But even in the countryside, few people I know actually compost things like carrot peels, for instance.
Mira, on 10/01/2015
The Stockport ( Cheshire ) Anti Irish riots 1852
Thanks to all for the debate and comments. They have evolved beautifully into a very interesting discussion.
Veronica, on 10/01/2015
The Stockport ( Cheshire ) Anti Irish riots 1852
You are right. Language may certainly have been an issue in the case highlighted by BSG.
Veronica, on 10/01/2015
The Stockport ( Cheshire ) Anti Irish riots 1852
I think racism stems from fear.
You make an excellent point. There was no need for there to be three churches but the people felt less threatened as immigrants having their own church and it as not for religious reasons.
Great comment . ty ...
Veronica, on 10/01/2015