The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

[ecurbh]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

[Fedora]

That sounds good!--especially getting this close to lunchtime here--now I'm hungry! :)

[JenB]

Is Irish food basically all potatoes? (I know about the Irish potato famine....)

[msdrby]

Corned beef -n- cabbage.

[msdrby]

IRISH LAMB STEW
If you do not like Lamb- use Lamb - (you might wish to add more carrots and garlic and pepper)
A traditional Meal- Just right for after a night out at the pubs-and it gets better as it gets older!

Ingredients:
1/2 pound thickly sliced bacon,diced
6 pounds boneless LAMB shoulder cut into 2-inch pieces
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 cloves garlic,peeled and finely chopped
1 Large Yellow Onion peeled and finely chopped
1/2 cup water
4 cups Beef Stock -canned or home-made
2 teaspoons sugar
4 cups carrots-cut into 1 inch pieces-use large manly ones!
2 large yellow onions peeled and sliced
3 pounds potatoes peeled,quartered and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 teaspoon dried thyme,whole
1 bay leaf
1 cup dry white wine
Garnish-chopped parsley
Instructions:
Saute bacon in large frying pan-reserve fat and bacon.
Put lamb salt pepper and flour in large mixing bowl-toss to coat meat evenly
Brown meat in frying pan with bacon fat. Put meat into 10 quart stove top casserole-leave 1/4 cup of fat in frying pan. Add the garlic and yellow onion and saute till onion begins to color.Deglaze frying pan with 1/2 cup water and add the garlic-onion mixture to casserole with bacon pieces,beef stock and sugar.Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours or till tender. Add remaining ingredients to pot and simmer covered for 20 minutes until veg. is tender.
Check for salt and pepper before serving-top with parsley garnish before serving.

[JenB]

Now that sounds pretty good! A lot more flavorful than traditional English food... my family tends to eat "traditional British Empire food" - claiming that anything from a country ever ruled by Britian counts as our cultural heritage.

[Fedora]

A lot of it is :) Irish cooking is pretty simple. But there are also some dishes that don't necessarily use potatoes, notably corned beef (though normally you'd eat boiled poatoes on the side with that, along with cabbage). Speaking of which, I'm gonna go eat lunch here!--back later.

[300winmag]

:/RANT AND PRAYER OVER! :O)

You forgot one small item: on top of all you said, Kerry is just a highborn gigolo pimping for the klintons. Bill and Hitlery, the people who have managed to give "white trash" a bad name, showed their power by having one of Kerry's well-known-to-insiders "bimbo eruptions" almost make it to the mainstream. Then, with a snap of a finger, the woman, her parents, and anyone who ever knew her have signed affidavits stating how much they love Kerry, and never said what they said two days earlier.

I wonder if Teresa and Hitlery are using a dual-key lockbox for Kerry's testicles? (Thank you for that image, Rush.)

[Pippin]

LOL!

I only had 30 minutes to use the computer at that coffee shop! :O)

I cold have said a lot more! LOL!

[Pippin]

RE:#14584

Stop it!

You're making me hungry!

I'm gonna copy this recipe and make up some stew! :O)

[Pippin]

LOL!

Good idea! :O)

And I only get riled by liberals!

[Pippin]

#14579

YUMMY!

[Fedora]

Corned beef -n- cabbage.

Also corned beef sandwiches :)

[Fedora]

my family tends to eat "traditional British Empire food" - claiming that anything from a country ever ruled by Britian counts as our cultural heritage.

That sounds like a convenient way to include a lot of different foods! :) You could theoretically fit African, Middle Eastern, Indian, and Chinese food under that category as well!

[Fedora]

IRISH LAMB STEW

I like the sound of that! :)

[Fedora]

There's also an Irish method of stewing carrots which is really good.

[Fedora]

You forgot one small item: on top of all you said, Kerry is just a highborn gigolo pimping for the klintons.

And for the Kennedys!

[Fedora]

Another good dish along those lines is Irish root soup--I'll get my Mom's recipe for that and post that later.

[Fedora]

And then there's Irish Spam. . .

[Fedora]

Did I mention Irish Spam?

[Pippin]

Thanks! :O)