happy St Patrick's Day!
yesterday, we gathered for boiled dinner at (our dear friends)
Alice and Steve's house! we dined on the traditional
corn beef and cabbage, new potatoes, bread and butter.
there were numerous green desserts, and some Jameson's, Harp Lager,
Killian's Red and Guinness, of course.
my friend Alice and i happened to
have had lovely
Irish maiden names. although she grew up in Ohio,
and i in Washington state, we were taught, (by our fathers)
to sing our last names to the tune of
Harrigan!
The song was written by George M Cohen in 1913.
there are many more lyrics...
but the refrain is what we sang!
"h", "a", double "r", "i",
"g-a-n" spells harrigan.
Proud of all the irish blood that's in me,
Divil a man can say a word agin me.
"h" "a" double "r" "i",
"g-a-n", you see!
Is a name that a shame
Never has been connected with
Harrigan, that's me!
i would say our "maiden" last names...but that's probably T. M. I.
for those darn identity thieves.
for the party i was assigned bread!
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| i found a very yummy and EASY recipe for Guinness beer bread here! |
i made two loaves of Guinness beer bread.
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| pistachio shortbread here! |
...and for
pinch of sweet! i made this fun little green interpretation of shortbread!
i snapped a few images of the kitchen
pre-func!
the 1pt 6oz Guiness will yield two loaves of bread!
the image of the bread was taken before it went into the oven. i didn't have time
to photograph it after it was baked, as it was whisked out of the oven and
delivered to the party so it would be warm for dinner.
only crumbs and oats remained!
this recipe will be a keeper for the future!
i am on my way out the door to pick up another
pint,
then
on to Mom and Dad's to bake
Irish bread with them!
i'll share a few sips of Guiness with my Dad as it bakes in the oven!
i dedicate this post to my dad, John, who i am very lucky to spend another
St Paddy's day with...and to my dear friend Alice's dad, Ed,
who went to Heaven one year ago!
Slainte!
withLove.
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