[sam.adams61]

NeoTifa, on 4 Feb, 2009 - 01:12 PM, said:

You mean pancakes?

No, sorry no. Definitely no! We Irish may be somewhat behind the rest of the world in many ways....but we know what a pancake is....and it ain't soda bread! Our very own soda bread is...well...it's really unique to Ireland I suppose. But it is absolutely gorgeous...yum, yum, yum...I can feel the butter running between my fingers just talking about it. I'll tell you Neo...I see you have something to do with recipes in this forum, so I'll hoak out a recipe and put it on there for you and you can give it a whirl. How's that for Irish hospitality?

BTW, folk'll be thinking we've got nothing better to do than talk about food!!

This post has been edited by sam.adams61: 04 February 2009 - 05:02 PM

[baavgai]

sam.adams61, on 4 Feb, 2009 - 08:20 AM, said:

Hey, Baavgai....you mean to tell me you've got real genuine Irish soda bread & potatoe bread in the USA?

LOL. It's not as popular as you might think, but yeah.

My lastname is Irish. Irish were the first major immigrant wave to hit the US. They were treated like crap. Then waves from other countries came and Micks pretended they'd been here all along. American Irish owe American Polish a great dept; they inherited all the jokes originally pointed at us.

The upshot is, Irish culture, or the dim memory of it, had a lasting impact on parts of the US. While celebrations like St. Patrick's day and Halloween had become relatively minor in Ireland itself; immigrants here celebrated them with such gusto that they actually came back into fashion over there.

Many US bars ( pubs ) have some Irish allegiance. Irish soda bread and corned beef and cabbage are often served in such places as a matter of course. You wont find anything quite like clotted cream, but in some places the butter doesn't suck.

[sam.adams61]

A real Irish-American descendent? Is yer avatar a genuine photo of yer good self then? A sloit resemblance to yer man Finn McCool, Oi dare say!
Baavgai, it's really great to interact with you here on DIC, and I sincerely trust you'll take kindly to my Irish wit. The time, exactly, at this very moment is 03:11...I need to get to the old scratcher! God bless, my American-Irish friend.

[baavgai]

sam.adams61, on 4 Feb, 2009 - 09:12 PM, said:

A real Irish-American descendent? ...

Not entirely. My dad was born in Liverpool, his dad in Dublin; so I'm not part of the original wave. Americans, for the most part, are mutts. We keep last names and assign meaning to them, but the US really is a melting pot. I'm adopted and know of at least half a dozen nationalities I could lay claim to. There are black guys with more Irish than I. Still, people will get judged by their names and having a distinctly Irish one has come up on occasion. Thankfully, my dad was vetoed on his wish to name me Shamus.

The icon is Hagrid. Actually it's Robbie Coltrain with a ton of hair; but it looks reasonably close to me IRL.

[ValPaliy]

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Oh my god I think I had an orgasm eating it.

Gotta try it... Mine is Pizza. With peperroni... Yum-tum...

[no2pencil]

I like to make Szechwan noodles with chicken.

NeoTifa, on 1 Feb, 2009 - 03:14 PM, said:

I think I had an orgasm eating it.

I'm sure you would know if you had one or not.

[NeoTifa]

So wheres the recipe for it, Irish man?

[RaySlay]

I would have to say Southern, Cajun food with some Spice!!

[sam.adams61]

NeoTifa, on 5 Feb, 2009 - 05:02 PM, said:

So wheres the recipe for it, Irish man?

Have a look in the 'Recipe Thread!'