Folk Culture: Preserving Irish Food Traditions
Folk culture can teach us much about life and this human voyage we’re all on. What it is to eat, drink, dress, sing, dance, die. But if it is to survive, we need to know about the folk culture of our people.
What will you hand down?
Ireland’s Flag: Not the Tricolor?
Ireland’s flag, the banner representing the Irish nation state, is green with a golden harp on it. Or at least it was until the 19th century...
Liver and Onions
Liver and onions is as old-fashioned as it gets, and in truth is simply straight-up farmer firepower. Fried up for your pleasure and propulsion. This liver recipe is even these days a common main on fair Erin’s Isle. And with good reason.
Whole Wheat Irish Soda Bread
Isn't it time you chomped on some simply scrumptious whole wheat Irish soda bread?! Taste the truest classic, brought to you by Jelena from Apple-Green.com. Foodies of the world unite!
Irish Potato Soup
Simple recipe for traditional Irish soup. What a belly warmer! This has to be the perfect comfort food. Because isn't life harder when it's cold outside?
And so easy! Leeks, onions, some herbs..
Recipe for Dublin Coddle
This recipe shows the flexible nature of traditional Irish dishes. We may be shot for saying so, but Coddle is a kind of a 'makey-uppey' one-pot dish, aimed at using up whatever is on hand. The mainstays are: potatoes, sausages, bacon, and onions.
Porter Beer! Explaining the Stout Irish
Porter beer has long ago taken over your nearby pub. Ever wondered why? Read about the dark obsession consuming Irish hearts ever further. Because whilst Guinness remains the quintessential image of stout, it is only one producer of an Irish dark beer that looms large on the global spectrum.
Beef Stew on the Stove
Engage the timeless nature of a hearty stove top beef stew. This recipe may be cooked a little differently from how the Irish of old would have done it, but it certainly is still as deliciously rustic. Because a true classic never fades. Nor fails to deliver.
Irish Jokes
Irish jokes primer, featuring classics from down the years, the latest jokes on the street, and some we've made up just for the craic.
Irish Apple Cake
This traditional recipe is a true classic, yet so easy to make! Cinnamon and Lemon Zest combine to bring a harmonious, yet distinctly dual, soft sweetness and citrus zing.
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