What's the big deal with St Patrick's Day? As if I want to hear about
or celibate a country full of bombers!

People who celibate St Patrick's Day are showing their support for
murderers.

"Garth Watts" > wrote in message
...
> What's the big deal with St Patrick's Day? As if I want to hear about
> or celibate a country full of bombers!
>
> People who celibate St Patrick's Day are showing their support for
> murderers.

is that right? better go and shag the missus then in case I'm accused of
supporting anybody
>

--
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:14:09 -0000, "eugene" > wrote:

>
>"Garth Watts" > wrote in message
...
>> What's the big deal with St Patrick's Day? As if I want to hear about
>> or celibate a country full of bombers!
>>
>> People who celibate St Patrick's Day are showing their support for
>> murderers.
>
>is that right? better go and shag the missus then in case I'm accused of
>supporting anybody

Aye, it's a pity that 'Spammer' Watts' parents didn't celibate !

Josiah Jenkins wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:14:09 -0000, "eugene" > wrote:
>
> >
> >"Garth Watts" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> What's the big deal with St Patrick's Day? As if I want to hear
> about >> or celibate a country full of bombers!
> > >
> >> People who celibate St Patrick's Day are showing their support for
> >> murderers.
> >
> > is that right? better go and shag the missus then in case I'm
> > accused of supporting anybody
>
> Aye, it's a pity that 'Spammer' Watts' parents didn't celibate !

I bet you supported the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll.

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:19:34 +0000 (UTC), "Garth Watts"
> wrote:
>Josiah Jenkins wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:14:09 -0000, "eugene" > wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Garth Watts" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> What's the big deal with St Patrick's Day? As if I want to hear
>> about >> or celibate a country full of bombers!
>> > >
>> >> People who celibate St Patrick's Day are showing their support for
>> >> murderers.
>> >
>> > is that right? better go and shag the missus then in case I'm
>> > accused of supporting anybody
>>
>> Aye, it's a pity that 'Spammer' Watts' parents didn't celibate !
>
>I bet you supported the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll.

You really don't have a scooby what we're on about, do you ?
Time to give Mummy her computer back.

Josiah Jenkins wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:19:34 +0000 (UTC), "Garth Watts"
> > wrote:
> > Josiah Jenkins wrote:
> >> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:14:09 -0000, "eugene" >
> wrote: >>
> >> >
> >> >"Garth Watts" > wrote in message
> >> > ...
> >> >> What's the big deal with St Patrick's Day? As if I want to hear
> >> about >> or celibate a country full of bombers!
> >> > >
> >> >> People who celibate St Patrick's Day are showing their support
> for >> >> murderers.
> >> >
> >> > is that right? better go and shag the missus then in case I'm
> >> > accused of supporting anybody
> >>
> >> Aye, it's a pity that 'Spammer' Watts' parents didn't celibate !
> >
> > I bet you supported the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll.
>
> You really don't have a scooby what we're on about, do you ?
> Time to give Mummy her computer back.

You filthy Irish pig. You're a "Continuity IRA" supporter, aren't you?

"Garth Watts" > wrote:

:What's the big deal with St Patrick's Day? As if I want to hear about
r celibate a country full of bombers!
:
:People who celibate St Patrick's Day are showing their support for
:murderers.

Oh, STFU and go drink some green beer.

On Mar 17, 7:11*am, "Garth Watts" > wrote:
> What's the big deal with St Patrick's Day? As if I want to hear about
> or celibate a country full of bombers!
>
> People who celibate St Patrick's Day are showing their support for
> murderers.
=========================
Garth
I suggest you celibate 24/7 for the rest of your life. It's better
for the gene pool.
Lynn in Fargo

On 17 Mar 2009 14:06:25 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> wrote:

>I'm celebrating today. I seldom join in on the parades and such over the
>weekends. It'll be the usual corned beef and cabbage tonight.

Yep and I'm wearing green too. I don't have a drop of Irish blood
(that I know of), but everyone in the US is Irish on March 17, because
it's fun. It's also a good excuse to eat corned beef (I'll let hubby
eat the wilted cabbage). Why eat corned beef? It's a good beginning
for corned beef sandwiches and corned beef HASH. I can hardly wait
for the hash. Hash, topped with soft boiled eggs and hollandaise.
Yum.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

sf wrote:
I can hardly wait
> for the hash. Hash, topped with soft boiled eggs and hollandaise.

This is completely unknown to me! Please go into more detail please?

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:08:26 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>sf wrote:
> I can hardly wait
>> for the hash. Hash, topped with soft boiled eggs and hollandaise.
>
>This is completely unknown to me! Please go into more detail please?
>
Make it with the leftover corned beef and potatoes, O. I shred thick
slices of corned beef and cube the potatoes. Brown it all up in a
saute pan like any other hash. You can include the cabbage if you
like cabbage (I don't). Soft boil eggs to your liking, put them on
top of your pile of hash and crown with some hollandaise (my personal
decadence).


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

sf wrote:

> Make it with the leftover corned beef and potatoes, O. I shred thick
> slices of corned beef and cube the potatoes. Brown it all up in a
> saute pan like any other hash. You can include the cabbage if you
> like cabbage (I don't). Soft boil eggs to your liking, put them on
> top of your pile of hash and crown with some hollandaise (my personal
> decadence).

No onions? I like to include finely-chopped onions, and sometimes carrots
(and beets, if I'm in the mood for red-flannel hash). When cooked long
enough for the hash to develop a crust, the caramelized vegetables add some
sweetness.

I chop the meat rather than shredding it, too; the shredded stuff tends to
get caught between my teeth.

Bob

On Mar 17, 9:47 am, sf > wrote:
> On 17 Mar 2009 14:06:25 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
>
> > wrote:
> >I'm celebrating today. I seldom join in on the parades and such over the
> >weekends. It'll be the usual corned beef and cabbage tonight.
>
> Yep and I'm wearing green too. I don't have a drop of Irish blood
> (that I know of), but everyone in the US is Irish on March 17, because
> it's fun. It's also a good excuse to eat corned beef (I'll let hubby
> eat the wilted cabbage). Why eat corned beef? It's a good beginning
> for corned beef sandwiches and corned beef HASH. I can hardly wait
> for the hash. Hash, topped with soft boiled eggs and hollandaise.
> Yum.
>
> --
> I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
> interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
>
> Mae West

Dang! What's wrong with me?

Even though I've got the corned beef cooking I got up today and put on
an orange sweater. Don't have a green one, but at least I'll change
before I leave the house.

O'Bulka

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:28:45 -0700 (PDT), bulka
> wrote:

>Even though I've got the corned beef cooking I got up today and put on
>an orange sweater. Don't have a green one, but at least I'll change
>before I leave the house.

Orange? You must be a Protestant! LOL


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

sf > wrote:
> eat the wilted cabbage). Why eat corned beef? It's a good beginning
> for corned beef sandwiches and corned beef HASH. I can hardly wait
> for the hash. Hash, topped with soft boiled eggs and hollandaise.

Thanks for the reminder. I will definitely make some hash with
my left over corned beef. Now I'm wishing I hadn't bought the
smallest one I could find . . .

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

On Mar 17, 1:28*pm, wrote:
> sf > wrote:
> > eat the wilted cabbage). *Why eat corned beef? *It's a good beginning
> > for corned beef sandwiches and corned beef HASH. *I can hardly wait
> > for the hash. * *Hash, topped with soft boiled eggs and hollandaise.
>
> Thanks for the reminder. *I will definitely make some hash with
> my left over corned beef. *Now I'm wishing I hadn't bought the
> smallest one I could find . . .
>
> Bill Ranck
> Blacksburg, Va.

==============================
I love corned beef hash and roast beef hash and even canned hash. I
make it with extra onion (even the canned stuff) and serve sunny side
up eggs upside down on top. ( Let the troll figure that one out!)

I never considered Hollandaise . . .
Lynn in O'Fargo
Full Irish gramma on me mither's side don'cha know!
Lynn in Fargo

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:06:49 -0700 (PDT), Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig
> wrote:

>Full Irish gramma on me mither's side don'cha know!
>Lynn in Fargo

That's not something I'd boast about.

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:28:24 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

>Now I'm wishing I hadn't bought the
>smallest one I could find . . .

I know how you feel. I usually buy the biggest one I can find and
wish it was even bigger when hash time comes around.



--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

sf wrote:

> Yep and I'm wearing green too. I don't have a drop of Irish blood
> (that I know of), but everyone in the US is Irish on March 17, because
> it's fun. It's also a good excuse to eat corned beef (I'll let hubby
> eat the wilted cabbage). Why eat corned beef? It's a good beginning
> for corned beef sandwiches and corned beef HASH. I can hardly wait
> for the hash. Hash, topped with soft boiled eggs and hollandaise.
> Yum.

I've only got a droplet of Irish blood (my maternal grandmother was 1/16
Irish, as far as any of our family can tell), but I'm observing St.
Patrick's Day anyway. (I'm not sure "celebrating" is quite the accurate
term.)

Since I learned that corned beef and cabbage is not an authentic Irish dish,
I decided not to have it this year. But Lin is going out to buy corned beef
anyway, since the prices are so low. We'll have it sometime in the near
future, and I'm positive that corned beef hash will be made shortly
thereafter. I like corned beef hash with poached eggs and a mild mustard.
Tonight's menu is:


Cheddar with Sage
Pickled Onions
Irish Soda Bread

Guinness Lamb Stew with Carrots, Potatoes, and Turnips

Steel-Cut Oat Pudding with Dates
Coffee with Bailey's Irish Cream

(or http://i43.tinypic.com/w88euw.jpg for those who prefer the non-text menu
style favored by Mr. Bill.)


The pudding was made this morning, and is cooling in the refrigerator. The
onions have been pickled. The bone (with a fair amount of meat and
connective tissue on it) from the leg of lamb is currently simmering in a
mixture of stock, red wine, and Guinness.

The Irish soda bread will have to wait until Lin gets back from shopping;
the recipe I'm using calls for buttermilk, and there's no buttermilk in the
house.

Lin and I are members of the Mount Vernon Winery wine club. Part of the
membership includes a quarterly selection of three bottles of wine. We
picked up our bottles yesterday, and we're using one of them today: It's an
Alicante Bouschet, which is a fairly obscure variety. I looked up the wine's
characteristics, then opened and tasted it, and decided that a cup of it
could go into the stew, while the remainder of the bottle will be consumed
with dinner tonight. (The other two bottles were a Viognier and a Barbera.)

Bob

Bob Terwilliger wrote:

>
> I've only got a droplet of Irish blood (my maternal grandmother was 1/16
> Irish, as far as any of our family can tell), but I'm observing St.
> Patrick's Day anyway. (I'm not sure "celebrating" is quite the accurate
> term.)


My great great grandfather was an Irish Catholic priest who became
disgusted with the Church and its influence, left the priesthood, left
the Church and left Ireland, came to Canada and married a Presbyterian
whose father was also an ex Catholic who left the church in disgust.

My wife is dressed in green today. She wants to have cabbage for dinner,
but it will be with grilled pork chops, not corned beef.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
m...
> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>>
>> I've only got a droplet of Irish blood (my maternal grandmother was 1/16
>> Irish, as far as any of our family can tell), but I'm observing St.
>> Patrick's Day anyway. (I'm not sure "celebrating" is quite the accurate
>> term.)
>
>
> My great great grandfather was an Irish Catholic priest who became
> disgusted with the Church and its influence, left the priesthood, left the
> Church and left Ireland, came to Canada and married a Presbyterian whose
> father was also an ex Catholic who left the church in disgust.
>
> My wife is dressed in green today. She wants to have cabbage for dinner,
> but it will be with grilled pork chops, not corned beef.
>
>

My grandmother was Irish, i put an Irish stew in the crockpot and headed
out for a combo gym/spa day. Stopped for Tim Horton Tea Biscuits on the way
home and that was the sum total of our irish dinner. lol

Debbie

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:23:34 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
> Since I learned that corned beef and cabbage is not an authentic Irish dish,
> I decided not to have it this year. But Lin is going out to buy corned beef
> anyway, since the prices are so low. We'll have it sometime in the near
> future, and I'm positive that corned beef hash will be made shortly
> thereafter. I like corned beef hash with poached eggs and a mild mustard.
> Tonight's menu is:
>
> Cheddar with Sage
> Pickled Onions
> Irish Soda Bread
>

how did you do the pickled onions, bob?

your pal,
blake

blake wrote on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:01:54 GMT:

> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:23:34 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>
>> Since I learned that corned beef and cabbage is not an
>> authentic Irish dish, I decided not to have it this year. But
>> Lin is going out to buy corned beef anyway, since the prices
>> are so low. We'll have it sometime in the near future, and
>> I'm positive that corned beef hash will be made
>> shortly thereafter. I like corned beef hash with poached eggs
>> and a mild mustard. Tonight's menu is:
>>
>> Cheddar with Sage
>> Pickled Onions
>> Irish Soda Bread
>>
> how did you do the pickled onions, bob?

I'm not Bob, but I was given a recipe for English Pub Onions on this ng.
They were great but took a month (really!) to prepare so I usually steel
myself and pay the excessive store prices when I want them.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

blake asked:

> how did you do the pickled onions, bob?

It was an experiment, based on the recent discussion about the Food Tumbler,
which made me wonder if vacuum-packing could expedite the pickling process.

I used the little "boiling" onions: Peeled and the root end cut off, but
otherwise left whole. About a cup and a half of cider vinegar, then added
sugar and salt until the brine tasted "right". Added the onions, brought the
brine to a boil, then let it cool to room temperature in the pan. Put the
brine and onions into a FoodSaver bag and vacuum-packed it. This process was
completed around 8:00 AM. By 5:45 PM, the onions were nicely pickled.

Bob

Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> Since I learned that corned beef and cabbage is not an authentic Irish dish,
> I decided not to have it this year.

Oh, but it is, just not as popular in Ireland now as it once was.
According to Darina Allen, in "Irish Country Cooking," Cork City was
the primary source of corned beef and the city's most important
industry between the late 1680s and 1825. Cork city was a major port
for shipping, so preserved meat was a good thing to take along on a
sea voyage.

I think that corned beef and cabbage became such a standard Irish-
American (I'm one) dish is that the 19th century immigrants brought
with them what they knew about cookery when they left their homeland,
and lost contact over the years with the changes in eating habits in
the old country. Prob'ly true for many other immigrant cultures as
well, but I don't know.

We had my corned beef yesterday, brined for about a week and then
soaked for two days in plain water to get rid of some of the salt. My
wife called it the best corned beef she'd ever had. We'll have
sandwiches tonight with the rest.

I brined two center-cut pieces of brisket (about two pounds each), and
froze one to save to put in the smoker later for pastrami.

David

>> Since I learned that corned beef and cabbage is not an authentic Irish dish,
>> I decided not to have it this year.

And this is so YESTERDAY NEWS! Can't we keep our cooking
conversations relevant and current?

Fresh new ideas...the wave of the future.

Garth Watts wrote:
> What's the big deal with St Patrick's Day? As if I want to hear about
> or celibate a country full of bombers!
>
> People who celibate St Patrick's Day are showing their support for
> murderers.

I think you mean salivate.


--

J/

SOTW: "I'm On A Boat" - The Lonely Island

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy9xK7MBU00

Garth Watts wrote:
>
> What's the big deal with St Patrick's Day? As if I want to hear about
> or celibate a country full of bombers!
>
> People who celibate St Patrick's Day are showing their support for
> murderers.

Okk lookit!

Its wonademsnakes!

Oh St. Patrick! St. PAtrick! Ya missed won!

M.

In article >, says...
> What's the big deal with St Patrick's Day? As if I want to hear about
> or celibate a country full of bombers!
>
> People who celibate St Patrick's Day are showing their support for
> murderers.

Anyone that is "celibating" St Patrick's Day is _not_ getting married
that day, is that right? That's most people, I'd guess.
--
SAm.