Poverty and hardship could not stifle the inventiveness of Irish cooks who cooked with what little they could find. But although much of it was frugal food, the rivers teamed with wild salmon, The loughs ( pronounced locks ) of the West were full of eels, wild fruits grew by the roadside and wild garlic still grows naturally and was frequently used instead of onions.
I have tried to include just a few of the more unusual dishes rather than Irish Stew or Soda Bread.
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Bacon and cabbage have always been a popular combination in Ireland. I do like the sound of this Cork Broth and will try it soon.
This bacon and cabbage broth sounds useful, though my stocks of cabbage have nearly run out.I was talking to Constancia, my daughter-in-law, today about what she wants me to grow next year, and she tells me that she will always use cabbage.
I have added a warming bacon and cabbage broth/ thick soup to the list. Bacon broth is found all over Ireland but this one is from the very south.
Perfect for cold winter days like today.
Ha thank you Katie ,
It has been a great experience finding old recipes and assembling it here. This page generates thousands of visitors.
It is the type of food we were raised on and then Frank married into an Irish family too. it has done us good as we are all in pretty good health.
WOW this is way more than soda bread. I love a good boxty, my Grandmother made them all the time as well many others you have included, love the apple cake too. This is a wealth of cooking information.
NO surprise there !
I have eaten Irish whiskey cake, and I quite liked it.
Oct 2018 Irish Whiskey cake
In the run up to Christmas, I have added Irish Whiskey cake to my Irish Recipe page above. With its orange juice and Irish Whiskey, it is delicious for an Irish themed Christmas.
Feb 2018
I've added another recipe above, one which I sampled yesterday.
Frank Beswick has found a recipe of Irish wheaten bread which is a brown soda loaf found in N Ireland. He sent it me and I am happy to reproduce it above.