Irish Food!

Irish Stew at Bunratty Castle
(Flat Stanley LOVED IT!)

Kilkenny hotdogs - a little more like bratwurst

Benjamin is one happy man...we ate at a really
nice bar & grill close to our Galway B&B and he
liked his selection! This was a memorable evening
...relaxed, great food, wonderful company.

Daddy has always been able to find ice cream,
no matter where he was! Ireland is no
different! They serve it with this delightful
chocolate stick that looks like a straw. This
was at a convenience store stop.

Omelet and sausage

This is what is called a "Full Irish Breakfast."
The Irish are big on breakfast and make the
most wonderful breads and scones, which are
baked fresh every day. Their bacon is what
we would recognize as Canadian bacon, and
with very little fat. Their link sausage is
better tasting than ours. The round, flat
sausages are sometimes called, "white"
or "black pudding." We're not sure why the
term "pudding," but "white" or "black" has
to do with whether or not it has animal blood
in it. Eeeeyyyeewww! I didn't try it; Irby
and Benjamin say it is good.

Grilled tomatoes, often from their own gardens,
are a popular breakfast item. Jams and jellies are
also fresh. The temperatures year round are
between 40 and 70 degrees, so their growing
season for fruits and flowers is long and it also
doesn't get too hot. They have varying amounts
of sunlight though. At this time of year, the sun
sets at 10:30 p.m and comes back up at 4 a.m.
In the winter, it sets at 4 or 5 p.m. and doesn't
come up until 9 am. (Ireland has a high rate
of sun-deficient depression syndrome.)

As I was going through the pictures that Benjamin, Kim, or I have already uploaded to Irby's computer, I was so glad to see that they'd had taken several pictures of food. This is one of those things you think you'll remember, but later on, you honestly can't!

We've been having bread, cheese, and fruit for lunch which we buy from the grocery store. After these breakfasts, no one is ready for a heavy lunch! We hoped to see Shepherd's Pie on dinner menus, but we haven't yet. One Irish server told us that many Irish restaraunts have taken it off their menus because it was "too common." It's what they regularly eat at home.

This is Kim's "Happy Dance" at having Irish Stew!