Happy Saint Patrick's Day
No big plans for festivities here. I detest do not care for corned beef and cabbage, but if I can find some good lamb I will make lamb stew for supper. I did lay out the shamrock tie for my husband, but I haven't been back upstairs yet to see if he actually put it on.
Now, if I could just find an appropriate tie for St Joseph's day, we would be all set.
Comments
No corned beef & cabbage here, either. Alas -- I love the stuff. But my husband can't stand even the smell of it.
Oddly enough, he's almost 100% Irish, with just a wee bit of Scot and and even smaller touch of German in him.
Posted by: Sparki | March 17, 2004 9:52 AM
Y'know, I've never heard of corned beef and cabbage being eaten in Ireland - must be an Irish-American thing.
Posted by: A Roman Seminarian | March 18, 2004 6:43 AM
Yes, I think corned-beef='n'-cabbage is 100% Irish-American.
Posted by: Peony Moss | March 18, 2004 6:46 AM
I was about to make that comment, but was afraid I would get an influx of people saying "not true, I was in Ireland and had it". But I once read the history of this, and I am foggy, but it was something like many places where Irish immigrants were coming to America, like NYC, corning meat as a means of preservation was becoming very popular, and many Irish people worked in or near the factories where they did this.
Posted by: Pansy Moss | March 18, 2004 8:19 AM
It was poor people food. I know because my mom never had it when she was growing up in her little mostly Irish town. (Just as I never had Spam when I was growing up--One Does Not Eat 'poor people food' if there is any way around it. One must Keep Up Apperances--although it was never put that way. It's just a thing that IS.)
For the tie.... How about going to home depo or such and finding one with hammers and rulers and nails on it?
Posted by: Sailorette | March 21, 2004 11:04 AM
Sailorette, good to hear from you again. And what an awesome idea for the tie!
Posted by: Peony Moss | March 21, 2004 3:13 PM