Happy St. Patrick's Day!

br1tt3rb33
br1tt3rb33 Posts: 86 Member
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Name the green food(s)/beverage(s) you will be celebrating with today! For me it is some pistachio fruit dip (yum!!) with mixed fruits, guacamole with naan dippers, and hummus.

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited March 2017
    I ate a potato. It wasn't green though. Also it was in the form of chips. But I feel that it's Irish of me.
  • LittleLionHeart1
    LittleLionHeart1 Posts: 3,655 Member
    I have some farty green cabbage. Want some?? :D But I have a mom sitter tonight. And I'm going to eat dinner out somewhere. Does seaweed on a sushi roll count??
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    HyeKarma wrote: »
    I have some farty green cabbage. Want some?? :D But I have a mom sitter tonight. And I'm going to eat dinner out somewhere. Does seaweed on a sushi roll count??

    If it's green it counts. Although I've never really got into the food part of St. Paddy's Day. Unless you count whiskey.
    :smiley:
  • LittleLionHeart1
    LittleLionHeart1 Posts: 3,655 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    HyeKarma wrote: »
    I have some farty green cabbage. Want some?? :D But I have a mom sitter tonight. And I'm going to eat dinner out somewhere. Does seaweed on a sushi roll count??

    If it's green it counts. Although I've never really got into the food part of St. Paddy's Day. Unless you count whiskey.
    :smiley:

    I like all the classics. Corned beef, cabbage, red potatos. You can have my whisky. Or my green beer. I might have a green tea frap, or a green tea ice cream scoop. :)
  • LittleLionHeart1
    LittleLionHeart1 Posts: 3,655 Member
    You can have my green m & m's :D
  • jamcdonel
    jamcdonel Posts: 533 Member
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    Haggis
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  • LittleLionHeart1
    LittleLionHeart1 Posts: 3,655 Member
    happilymegan wrote: »
    I've made green velvet cupcakes, an Irish Guinness stew and I'm going to be a real fatty and top them off with a shamrock shake too!

    Everyone. Party at her house. See you at 6pm. :D Have your green on. Just don't make me try the Haggus. I'm afraid of that. :/
  • cqbkaju
    cqbkaju Posts: 1,011 Member
    edited March 2017
    I am a Welshman and "Saint Patrick" was actually named Patrig - he was Welsh.
    The "snakes" actually refer to Pagans and driving the "snakes out of Ireland" actually represents religious persecution.

    Many of the Welsh are with the Scots on this one (yes, it can happen!) and do not celebrate "St. Patrick's Day" :p

    Besides that, the Irish didn't even help in WWII! They were "neutral"! Bah... ;)

    Y Ddraig Goch ddyry gychwyn!
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Cabbage, green sugar cookies
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    cqbkaju wrote: »
    I am a Welshman and "Saint Patrick" was actually named Patrig - he was Welsh.
    The "snakes" actually refer to Pagans and driving the "snakes out of Ireland" actually represents religious persecution.

    Besides that, the Irish didn't even help in WWII! They were "neutral"!

    St. Patrick name was Pātricius, or Pátraic in Old Irish and Modern Irish Pádraig, English Patrick and Welsh Padrig.

    They aren't sure where he is from other then Roman Britain. Some think he may be from parts of Wales or Scotland, but there is no real evidence to support this.

    St. Patrick had nothing to do with Pagan persecution. There is no evidence of it. There is an actual story of St. Patrick chasing the snakes into the sea after they attacked him during a 40-day fast he was undertaking on top of a hill. However that was just a myth that only recently has been misinterpreted to mean persecution of another religion. This idea that the snakes mean anything other than snakes is an example of people believing something because they want to believe it, even thought there are no facts to back it up.

    The Irish neutrality was a complicated one that had to do with its relationship with Britain at the time. Irish citizens could serve in the British armed forces and figures suggest that 50,000 men and women born in Ireland served in the British armed forces by the end of the war.
  • SomebodyWakeUpHIcks
    SomebodyWakeUpHIcks Posts: 3,836 Member
    What is Guinness. I know its a beer but what exactly is Guinness
  • jvcjim
    jvcjim Posts: 812 Member
    pure deliciousness. filled with vita-vida-vegemins! and you can live on 6 pints a day.
  • cqbkaju
    cqbkaju Posts: 1,011 Member
    edited March 2017
    cee134 wrote: »
    St. Patrick had nothing to do with Pagan persecution. There is no evidence of it.

    @cee134 I was being mostly facetious and tongue-in-cheek (notice the emoticons?) but your assertions are about as unproven as mine in some cases and demonstrably inaccurate in others:

    "Early medieval tradition credits him with being the first bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, and they regard him as the founder of Christianity in Ireland, converting a society practising a form of Celtic polytheism. He has been generally so regarded ever since, despite evidence of some earlier Christian presence in Ireland." -- Wikipedia

    Given the early history of The Church, we could debate how this "conversion" came about but I will stick to my statement, even if using the term "persecution" is disturbing to some.
    As someone who originally studied for degrees in philosophy and comparative religion, I am not ignorant of the subject.

    Meh. It doesn't matter, unless you happen to be someone takes the story of the related miracles, etc. seriously.
    That is a different discussion entirely and I am sorry if it offended you.

    Also I did not mean any disrespect to anyone served in WWII or any armed conflict, Irish or otherwise.
    It was a joke and possibly in poor taste.
    As someone who works with military personnel a great deal, I should know better.
  • jamcdonel
    jamcdonel Posts: 533 Member
    SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »
    What is Guinness. I know its a beer but what exactly is Guinness
    jvcjim wrote: »
    pure deliciousness. filled with vita-vida-vegemins! and you can live on 6 pints a day.

    And surprisingly low in calories.
  • LittleLionHeart1
    LittleLionHeart1 Posts: 3,655 Member
    jvcjim wrote: »
    pure deliciousness. filled with vita-vida-vegemins! and you can live on 6 pints a day.

    Only special people can live on it.
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  • jvcjim
    jvcjim Posts: 812 Member
    i think Lucy really wanted to channel Lilly the Pink and her 'medicinal compound'
  • DeficitDuchess
    DeficitDuchess Posts: 3,099 Member
    happilymegan wrote: »
    I've made green velvet cupcakes, an Irish Guinness stew and I'm going to be a real fatty and top them off with a shamrock shake too!

    Nice poem!

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