Latest comments
Lough Corrib
Is it known why the Bourke/Burke/de Burgos family decided in 1333 -- date mentioned in your fourth paragraph under your subheading The Lough in History -- that they were Irish, not Anglo-Norman?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
The recipes that caught my attention around St. Patrick's Day did get made -- as such heart-warming crowd-pleasers -- in April and May.
Do you all remember that I first made the leek and oatmeal soup with double spinach because I didn't have ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Yes there is a large Scottish influence in the North of Ireland. We have seen whisky with porridge in Scotland, ,N Ireland and Isle of Man
Veronica, on 06/04/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
I was unaware of this tradition of putting whiskey on porridge. But the thought pleases me. Maybe the Northern Irish take seriously the venerable Scots dictum, Lord save me from the illness that whisky cannot cure. I have such an illness,but ...
frankbeswick, on 06/04/2022
Lough Corrib
I think that it depends on how high up the beach you are. Much of the upper reaches of Southport beach is never covered by the tide.The rest of the beach has a marine fauna,of which razor clams are common,so it must be a habitat exposed to brine.
frankbeswick, on 06/04/2022
Indian Samosa A Long Journey
This bowl system is incorporated in a thali which is a large steel plate with often walled edges. The bowls contain dal or lentil soup vegetables, sweet such as kheer or rice pudding, a number of vegetable curries, curd, paneer curry and dry ...
pateluday, on 06/03/2022
Indian Samosa A Long Journey
I've been meaning to ask you about the arrangement of bowls for Indian meals. Particularly the image below your subheading Samosa in India is full of so many bowls of what I guess to be dressings, gravies or sauces.
Might there be an ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/03/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
One American visitor was quite taken with how the Northern Irish put whiskey on their porridge at breakfast. I informed him this is a Scottish tradition which obviously as N Ireland is very Scottish, has travelled with them. He took a photo to ...
Veronica, on 06/03/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
We are here in Ireland for Frank's son's wedding to his lovely bride tomorrow.
At breakfast this morning, the American tour groups were raving over the Northern Irish Breakfast, especially the Northern Irish potato bread.
So, especially for ...
Veronica, on 06/03/2022
Indian Samosa A Long Journey
Yes please add little oil to make the dough flexible.
pateluday, on 06/02/2022
Indian Samosa A Long Journey
Samosas are local specialties...one shop around the corner or in the market holds the foodies by the tongue. Although some families do make them at home foodies always seek the shops reputed to sell the tastiest ones.
Ketchup is a later day ...
pateluday, on 06/02/2022
DOES JEALOUSY ROB YOU OF GOD’S GRACE?
You are welcome, Derdriu…
SidewalkPhilosopher, on 06/02/2022
Harpers Ferry West Virginia
The advanced hydrologic prediction service that I've been accessing, through the search phrase Harpers Ferry Potomac River, on the National Weather Service site, describes historic 30-, 33-, and 33.8-foot crests on Nov. 6, 1985; Oct. 1, 1896; ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/02/2022
Lough Corrib
Thank you, Frank and Veronica!
Do raised beaches such as Southport and St Anne's depend more upon ground or rain water for their plant life? If the former, is it in amounts sufficient for vegetation to grow but not take over the sandy ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/02/2022
Indian Samosa A Long Journey
Many thanks for sharing your samosa dough recipe with Veronica (and therefore with the rest of us all readers of your wizzleys).
Wow, you sometimes eat samosa with...tomato ketchup!
Is there a preferred brand that you like or is there a ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/02/2022