Posted on 03/16/2009 3:29:13 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson
I hope I didn’t shatter any illusions with the statement that corned beef and cabbage is NOT Irish food (at least not in Ireland). However, I will refrain from mentioning that St. Patrick was NOT Irish. He was a Roman Gaul which means he was more Italian than Irish. And he probably looked more like Al Pacino than Bill O’Reilly.
Maybe I’ll grab some chow tomorrow at Flannigan’s. They always have specials on St. Patrick’s Day. Great chow which means its not Irish food. Flannigan’s is big down here in Florida. I even met Flannigan himself once. I think it used to be called “Big Daddy’s.”
You just know that the Pittster will use the holiday tomorrow as an excuse to tip more than his usual share of brew at Bukowski’s.
You know, there's a lot of myths about the origins of certain ethnic dishes.
I wish I had something here to link, but this happened during pre-internet days, the 1980s, when the kolache wars were waged on the second page of the Omaha World-Herald for years.
I innocently incited the kolache wars when I noticed that "Czechs" in eastern Nebraska oftentimes boasted of their round rolls with a pinch of poppyseed in the middle.
I alleged kolaches were an American invention of emigrant Czechs, and that no such things were known in eastern Europe. (Later, personal observation proved this true.)
I insisted the real thing was instead poppyseed rolls, where the dough is spread flat, and poppyseed smeared on top, after which the dough is rolled up into a cylinder, and baked. One slices it as if bread. I saw those all over eastern Europe, poppyseed rolls.
I was not aware this kolaches versus poppyseed rolls was such a hot issue. There were all these ancient "Czechs" yelling and screaming at me on the second page of the newspaper, including a former U.S. Senator (Roman Hruska), a couple of federal judges, and boatloads of Czech enthusiasts. At the time, if I had showed up in any area of Nebraska dominated by those of Czech derivation, I probably would've been tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.
I was young and green in judgement at the time; I had no idea this was such a sensitive issue, but I must adamantly insist I was right then, and remain right today.
“Corned beef isn’t really that popular in Ireland. I have never seen it on a menu and I have never seen anyone eating it.”
That’s okay. I’m not really Irish...
Egg Fu Yung---NOT Chinese.
Corned beef and Cabbage---NOT Irish.
Chili con carne---NOT Mexican.
Hannibal Lecter’s favorite meal-—Chili con Barney.
St. Patrick’s Day meal-—Chili con Blarney.
I had my own evacuation day last Thursday. That was the day I tried out BK Burger Shots for the first...and last time. An hour after eating them, I had to evacuate. Quickly.
Thanks. I did see it - and comment on it - before, but it remains a classic and deserves a “well done!” every time.
A BK Big Mac Attack......
BK Burger SH!TS!
I'm not sure it was ever there. "Baue" is a not-uncommon German surname as it is. The name "Bauer" means "farmer" or "peasant." The name "Baue" comes, I suspect, from the German verb bauen, which means "to build."
Yeah, all those tomatoes and cheese make the best pizzas. I can eat that junk about twice a year - first and last at the same sitting.
Sooooooooooooo, the DUmmies are the ones responsible for all the gas, not the cows belching and farting.
Late to the party, but that’s because we were having left-over corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, onions & carrots horseradish, oh, and I forgot the Guinness Extra Stout. We had it yesterday for Sunday dinner, then the balance tonight.
This has been an annual feast in my family since I can remember. And my wife, being Scots English, has graciously taken up the practice. Being German, though, I also like my cabbage with Smoked Butt (or pigs knuckles...). But that’s for another time.
We did ours in the slow cooker and it came out perfect. I’m sure it’s not for everyone, but I couldn’t care less...:)
Uh, not necessarily. When I was stationed in Germany (Erlangen), we frequented a pizza parlor (think Italian) owned and operated by a guy originally from San Francisco nicknamed "Frenchie".
My family name is Busse. All data I've collected on my family in America shows it that way (since 1854). Yet the name on the ship's log that brought them from Germany is spelled "Buss". And Buss is as German a name as Busse. Was the 'se' added once in America? Was the ship's log in error (not uncommon)? Who knows? Such things are the trivia that drives genealogists batty at times...:)
Classic indeed!
Thanx, guys! "The wag tailoring the doggerel" is the nom de pun I have used for years now in connection with my parodies. And frankly, if I do say so myself, it is one of the best puns I have ever been fortunate to come up with, with a high degree of difficulty and aptness.
A good pun is its own reword.
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