Happy St. Patrick's Day! (Raleigh, Broadway: live, stores, eat)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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It seems Saturday was the day to celebrate, given the large number of drunk people with green shirts I saw barhopping.
It kind of freaked me out when my Irish-ancestry neighbor asked me how corned beef is, because he never had it before.... I know this isn't Boston, but I thought a lot of Irish people lived in the South. I'm basing this solely on Gone With the Wind, though...
Anyways, I'm curious what you guys are all doing for the holiday, from nothing to going crazy....
I'm having 2 other couples over and we're having corned beef and cabbage and potatoes, and Irish soda bread and Raleigh beer (possibly dyed green when the color allows).
Actually, my father's birthday was St. Patrick's Day, and my mother would always (every year since I can remember) make corned beef and cabbage to celebrate. We didn't have an ounce of Irish blood in us, either.
We did the corned beef and cabbage today. I probably only eat it once a year, and it actually turned out great. Now I'm enjoying a Guiness and a quiet house.
Happy St. Patrick's day. Hope everyone stays safe.
I went to see the Irish Tenors at Meymandi Hall as part of the Broadway South series. It's just a co-incidence that it was on St Patrick's Day. They did a lot of old Irish songs, and ended with Danny Boy. Twas very pleasant. Dinner was petite filet..no corned beef for this Brit
I think Americans celebrate the day more than anyone.
I think Americans celebrate the day more than anyone.
You are very right, St. Patrick's day in Ireland was celebrated mostly like Thanksgiving. It was the Irish-Americans that really whooped up the holiday and made it more into a festival.
I am irish by marriage and cook corned beef once a year for my husband and kids. They love it. I was amazed when i moved here almost 4 years ago that a big corned beef was a bit hard to find around St Patricks Day- most stores had like 2 pound roasts that after you cook them turn out to be half that. I was lucky this year and found a good sized corned beef at BJ's. I was amazed really by how few people around here had ever even tried it before. I grew up eating it a few times during the year for Sunday dinner.
I know this is after the fact, but I just came across it and thought I'd share. It's about the culture of Ireland as it related to the American eating of Corned Beef & Cabbage. Irish Corned Beef & Cabbage Kitchen Recipes Irish culture and customs - World Cultures European (PS, Irish bacon is all lean meat with a bit of fat at the edge..not to be confused with the bacon we eat here.)
Now put away that horrible corned beef and eat something proper
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