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Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
With Saint Patrick's Day ( March 17th ) fast approaching, the traditional foods to celebrate include:-
Corned beef and cabbage soup
Bangers and mash (Sausages and mashed potatoes)
Bailey's Irish cream cheesecake ( no bake cheesecake )
Veronica, on 03/05/2022
Review of Denny’s - Wisconsin Dells Pkwy S
StevenHelmer, Thank you for practical information, pretty pictures and product lines.
That's so wrong to be that way around such a tourist attraction as Wisconsin Dells! It's nice that you all's two daughters enjoyed their food.
So I must ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/05/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Veronica, All four recipes, especially boxty and warm potato salad, are crowd-pleasers. I expect to re-make the leek and oatmeal soup properly, with leek and spinach in the proper proportions after Lent, perhaps for April 17;-D.
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/05/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Frank, Thank you for the tips about oraches. They may be found where I am. So I'll look forward to them and perhaps even to three-cornered leek, since I've seen it or something like it growing wildly (and particularly fetchingly when ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/05/2022
Review of Pizza Pub - Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
StevenHelmer, Thank you for practical information, pretty pictures and product lines.
This situation appears to be perhaps common, perhaps typical of Wisconsin. Everywhere that has higher prices always has space for something like Pizza Pub, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/05/2022
Review of Mt. Olympus Water Park & Theme Park Resort - Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
StevenHelmer, Thank you for practical information, pretty pictures and product lines.
Wisconsin Dells is a place I know as a park beautiful in its built and natural beauty. It's disappointing to hear about the parts that I don't know: ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/05/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Frank and Derdriu,
Thank you for commenting.
Leeks are so delicious and give many dishes a boost. I would try it with leeks and see if you prefer it.
Veronica, on 03/05/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
You mention using spinach instead of leeks in your soup, Derdriu. That's fine, because ordinary people's cuisine uses whatever is available. There are herbs which are natural alternatives to spinach, such as Good King Henry [guten heinrich] and ...
frankbeswick, on 03/05/2022
Edible Flowers
There are three edible parts of the dandelion: the roots, which are ground to make a substitute for coffee; the leaves, which are used in salad and which like all leaves may be used in tea, though I have never heard of it; and the yellow flower ...
frankbeswick, on 03/05/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Derdriu
Unfortunately, traditional Irish food is extremely undervalued. We love it. . Soda bread with soup is one of my favourites and of course, BOXTY .... is just lovely. The Ulster Warm Potato Salad is a really healthy alternative to mayo. My ...
Veronica, on 03/05/2022
Edible Flowers
Thank you!
In a somewhat related direction, I just finished reading a book about leprechauns. It mentioned how much leprechauns like dandelion tea. You wouldn't happen to know -- and this isn't being facetious, I'd like to know -- what their ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/04/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Thank you for all the above, wonderful recipes, which I'm enjoying making and eating my way through (with a hiatus now for Lent).
The grocery story had good, mark-down potatoes last month. So over the past two weekends, I've made boxty ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/04/2022
Review of Bellatoria Sunday Brunch Sausage n' Gravy Pizza
StevenHelmer, Thank you for product lines, pretty pictures and practical information.
It's too bad that the Sunday-brunch pizza didn't turn out as expected. Sausage 'n' gravy's popularity with biscuit lends itself well to such other crusty, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/04/2022
Movie Review: Mad Max (1979)
StevenHelmer, Thank you for practical information, pretty pictures and product lines.
The library system here has the three films with Mel Gibson as Mad Max and the one with Tom Hardy. I've seen them within the last five years on DVD. It'll be ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/04/2022
Movie Review: Big Hero 6 (2014)
StevenHelmer, Thank you for product lines, pretty pictures and practical information.
The library system here has Big Hero 6 among its Blu-ray and DVD collections. The card catalogue indicates that it has French and Spanish audio language tracts ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/04/2022