Re: ☘️ St. Patrick's Day Dinner? ☘️ 3/17/2025

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:41:52 +0000, Bruce wrote:

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:33:56 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
(ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
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Yes, it's a bit early to be asking but I thought I would
post the question just the same as I had it on my mind.
The traditional (north American tradition I might add)
corned beef and cabbage at your house or something totally
different?
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No corned beef and cabbage here as I didn't even give it
a thought when I shopped on Friday.  I did see cabbage on
sale, but it still didn't inspire me to buy a head.  Here,
it's going to be that Polish sausage I spoke of last week
and a can of kraut.  After slicing and a light browning
the sausage will go into the pot with kraut for a bit of
simmering.  I haven't decided on mashed potatoes or garlic
roasted new potatoes, but I'm leaning toward mashed spuds.
Probably a small skillet of cornbread as well.

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What's St Patrick's Day? Do we have to start drinking enormous
quantities of beer and then go to confession?

Americans love any day that gives them an excuse to get roaring drunk
and drink like an Irishman. Dyeing a river green and eating corned beef
and cabbage is mostly secondary silliness.
https://apnews.com/article/patrick-chicago-river-dye-green-irish-5a61721b445577b8f76a5e106c55ca5e