We offer guests the option of joining us for dinner when they come stay. If they decide to take up this offer I ask about food likes and dislikes.
The most usual answer to that question would be that they don’t eat ‘offal’. Now we do, but I don’t think I would ever randomly serve it up to guests.
Then there are the people who don’t eat fish. Those who only eat ‘white’ meat …. pork seemingly comes under that classification!!! (What kind of pork are they used to???)
We’ve had some interesting challenges in the food department. There’s been the nut, dairy and egg free challenge. The latest was dairy, sugar, salt and red meat free diet… that was somewhat of a challenge but we managed it.
More and more people are saying that they’d like something ‘traditional’. Now here’s a question for you…
- If you are Irish what do you classify as a ‘traditional’ Irish dinner?
- If you are not Irish, but travelling to Ireland, what would your expectation of a traditional Irish dinner be?
I think it is fair to say that Alfie and I really don’t do much that is ‘traditional’ Irish food. We have on occasion done ham (usually finished on the bbq!) with the potatoes and vegetables. I’ve also done stuffed pork steak with vegetables as a ‘traditional’ option.
As Irish as it gets here
Summertime traditional? I don’t know. My childhood memories would be of salad plates with lettuce, ham, tomato and probably a hard-boiled egg.
Give us your answers….
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