needs ideas for "irish" theme pot luck

I live in n. ireland and ironically I don't celebrate st paddys day, but come ideas are.

spud bread,
boxty,
stew with beef
spuds, meat and 2 veg with plenty of gravy,
ulster fry,
chinese (every irish person eats a chinese at least once a week, usually on a friday night)
cowboy supper

is it any wonder most of us are overweight?

I take it you're not actually Irish and maybe this is just your family? I certainly don't have a Chinese once a week and Cowboy Supper? Nope. And Boxty is potato bread so spud bread and Boxty are the same thing.

No, I'm the same but (presuming you live here too) you've prob seen how busy the chinese's and chippys are at the week end.

Is boxty not made with potatoes and eggs? The two taste different so there must be some differences in the ingredients.

Not Irish, British, Northern Irish, what ever you want to call it.

I live in n. ireland and ironically I don't celebrate st paddys day, but come ideas are.

spud bread,
boxty,
stew with beef
spuds, meat and 2 veg with plenty of gravy,
ulster fry,
chinese (every irish person eats a chinese at least once a week, usually on a friday night)
cowboy supper

is it any wonder most of us are overweight?

I take it you're not actually Irish and maybe this is just your family? I certainly don't have a Chinese once a week and Cowboy Supper? Nope. And Boxty is potato bread so spud bread and Boxty are the same thing.

No, I'm the same but (presuming you live here too) you've prob seen how busy the chinese's and chippys are at the week end.

Is boxty not made with potatoes and eggs? The two taste different so there must be some differences in the ingredients.

Not Irish, British, Northern Irish, what ever you want to call it.

I'm Irish and living in Ireland which is an island and If you were born anywhere on this island of Ireland you're Irish too.

I'm Irish and living in Ireland which is an island and If you were born anywhere on this island of Ireland you're Irish too.

Can open.........worms everywhere........

Pfft!!! I know, I know....I tried to stop myself, just couldn't be arsed with that 'I'm British' *kitten*. The Argentinians consider themselves Argentinian, the Aussies never said they were British, or the Indians.... it's just so odd to me. *end rant*

I'm Irish and living in Ireland which is an island and If you were born anywhere on this island of Ireland you're Irish too.

Can open.........worms everywhere........

Pfft!!! I know, I know....I tried to stop myself, just couldn't be arsed with that 'I'm British' *kitten*. The Argentinians consider themselves Argentinian, the Aussies never said they were British, or the Indians.... it's just so odd to me. *end rant*

Why would the Argentinians consider to call themselves anything but Argentine? Except for maybe Spanish .....

/runs away from Falkland mess.

Agreed, must remember not to get political on MFP!!!! *tries hard*

Most people here in the US have no idea why they wear green on St Patrick's day, what the orange order is, who Michael Collins was, the history of Sinn Fein and why we call a certain drink black and tans. Don't get started with the car bombs (drink I mean)..

Point is, I don't think anyone means to be offensive.

Oh sure I get it but not meaning to be offensive doesn't always equal not being offensive. People ought to learn, that's all! None of it is secret stuff, we had to learn about American political history in school... Funny they don't teach about our history in American schools, there is more than one country/continent in the world after all!

Most people here in the US have no idea why they wear green on St Patrick's day, what the orange order is, who Michael Collins was, the history of Sinn Fein and why we call a certain drink black and tans. Don't get started with the car bombs (drink I mean)..

Point is, I don't think anyone means to be offensive.

nobody does. Americans love any holiday where we can drink. That's really all there is to it.

I'm not sure that's anything to be proud of.

Most people here in the US have no idea why they wear green on St Patrick's day, what the orange order is, who Michael Collins was, the history of Sinn Fein and why we call a certain drink black and tans. Don't get started with the car bombs (drink I mean)..

Point is, I don't think anyone means to be offensive.

nobody does. Americans love any holiday where we can drink. That's really all there is to it.

You'd think, given the sheer volume of Irish emmigration to the states you'd learn about Ireland in school. My family are weird, they went in the other direction, although I wont pretend there isn't a large emmigre population in the town that they chose to settle in (Manchester). You do have to search out Irish history living in England, but I find this less surprising.

As for holidays where you can drink...Over here thats all of them and "Friday" counts as a holiday in this case.

Most people here in the US have no idea why they wear green on St Patrick's day, what the orange order is, who Michael Collins was, the history of Sinn Fein and why we call a certain drink black and tans. Don't get started with the car bombs (drink I mean)..

Point is, I don't think anyone means to be offensive.

nobody does. Americans love any holiday where we can drink. That's really all there is to it.

You'd think, given the sheer volume of Irish emmigration to the states you'd learn about Ireland in school. My family are weird, they went in the other direction, although I wont pretend there isn't a large emmigre population in the town that they chose to settle in (Manchester). You do have to search out Irish history living in England, but I find this less surprising.

As for holidays where you can drink...Over here thats all of them and "Friday" counts as a holiday in this case.

I come from a large Irish American family in the PA coal region. Most of the history lessons have been focused on what happened after they arrived in America. I only started looking into Irish history when I was a child because I moved to the UK and was summarily hated for my last name.

Irish themed dish. Throw a bunch of *kitten* in a pot, at cabbage, boil the *kitten* out of it until it looks like a grey pudding, then serve. No seasoning needed. Enjoy!:drinker: :bigsmile: :laugh: