Anyone making any special recipes for St. Pat's Day? Bubble and squeak, here, although

dawnnys

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I know it's British, not Irish. Or maybe shephard's pie with ground turkey. Hmm, they both sound good to me right now as I've been on a potato binge lately!

 
Just curious how you make your bubble and squeak?

I make it the way a girl I worked with's family always made it which I think is really more like Irish colcannon - it's mashed potatoes with chopped up cooked brussel sprouts.

 
St. Pat's Day Menu

We are celebrating on Sunday as husband is leaving for Fla. I'm making glazed corned beef from Cuisine at Home, Colcannon with cab.,roasted gr. beans, and the Oatmeal Stout Brownies from an earlier post,if I can find oatmeal stout.

 
REC: Bubble and Squeak

Hi Melissa,

I found that if you add 2 Tbsps of flour in the mixture before you fry them, they hold together much better.

Serve with sausage or any other type of meat. I guess the traditional way is with sweet sausage. They are kind of like a cross between potato pancakes and colcannon. I don't make them very often. I also make them much smaller, about half the suggested size, but that's me.

1 lb Russett potatoes, peeled
1/2 lb cabbage, chopped
1 carrot, grated
1 medium onion, chopped very finely
2 Tbs water
1/2 cup any leftover green vegetable (this time I used asparagus, very good)
1 tsp mustard
1/4 lb Irish cheese (mild cheddar)
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
Sour cream, chives
* 1-2 Tbsps flour if needed (see note)

Cook potatoes and mash.

Place cabbage into a small pan with the grated carrot; add water to allow to steam.

Cook about 5 minutes, and when tender, drain well; mix with the mashed potato, then add the chopped onion, green vegetable (peas, spinach, etc.), mustard, grated cheese, salt, and pepper (*and flour - if mixture seems too wet).

Shape the mixture into patties and place on a hot, greased pan. Pan fry over medium-low heat, turning when first side is brown (about 5 minutes on each side).

Serve warm with sour cream and chives.

 
I'm hoping to post a related picture here if I can get

Photobucket to work.

Got it... this is the only traffic light in the country where the green light is on top. In the 1920's, a group of kids from the Irish part of town (Tipperary Hill) were protesting because they thought the green light should be on the top, instead of the red light. They were called the "stonethrowers" and their actions started a movement where, on this corner only, the green light was put on top.

Next picture is of a "Leprachaun" door at a pub in that same neighborhood.

https://recipeswap.org/fun/wp-content/uploads/Finer_Kitchens/DawnNYS/2-1.jpg

 
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