Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Mar. 17th, 2019 11:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osprey_archerHappy St. Patrick’s Day! In honor of the holiday I broke out my favorite Irish cookbook, and made:
Sausage rolls, made from sausages wrapped in puff pastry. Not as delicious as the sausage rolls I remember from Great Britain; the grease from the sausages soaked through the puff pastry on the bottom, which detracted from the eating experience. I wonder if the problem may have been from my sausage choice, though? I used bangers from Trader Joe’s, on the grounds that they were Irish, but maybe they’re too greasy for this sort of thing.
Mashed potato pancakes, which I had originally intended to keep for a St. Patrick’s Day food, but I loved them so much that I’ve been making them all year. Mix two parts leftover mashed potatoes to one part flour and a little bit of salt; cook them on a medium-high griddle in butter, two minutes per side (or however long it takes to get them as golden brown and delicious as you like), top with sour cream, nom. They would be good with chives.
Guinness stew, which is delicious, and unlike potato pancakes fiddly enough that I might successfully save it for a once-a-year St. Patrick’s Day treat. I really like the idea of having special foods for holidays, although so far the only tradition I’ve successfully implemented is making & decorating sugar cookies at Christmas. But if it’s difficult that only makes it more glorious if I succeed, right?
Sausage rolls, made from sausages wrapped in puff pastry. Not as delicious as the sausage rolls I remember from Great Britain; the grease from the sausages soaked through the puff pastry on the bottom, which detracted from the eating experience. I wonder if the problem may have been from my sausage choice, though? I used bangers from Trader Joe’s, on the grounds that they were Irish, but maybe they’re too greasy for this sort of thing.
Mashed potato pancakes, which I had originally intended to keep for a St. Patrick’s Day food, but I loved them so much that I’ve been making them all year. Mix two parts leftover mashed potatoes to one part flour and a little bit of salt; cook them on a medium-high griddle in butter, two minutes per side (or however long it takes to get them as golden brown and delicious as you like), top with sour cream, nom. They would be good with chives.
Guinness stew, which is delicious, and unlike potato pancakes fiddly enough that I might successfully save it for a once-a-year St. Patrick’s Day treat. I really like the idea of having special foods for holidays, although so far the only tradition I’ve successfully implemented is making & decorating sugar cookies at Christmas. But if it’s difficult that only makes it more glorious if I succeed, right?
