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St. Patty’s Day!

March 18, 2013 by Mary Frances 6 Comments

Corned beef and cabbage with potatoes, carrots and turnips on a platter from Mar 17, 2013.

How was it for you? I hope you all enjoyed the celebration and showed your Irish LOVE!

When I was growing up, my very best friend, Beth, was 100% Irish. And here I was, 100% Polish. While everyone was wearing some green with their school uniforms, my mother wouldn’t let me. No siree. I was not Irish. I should be proud to be Polish and wear red on St. Patty’s Day!

Yeah, she made me wear red.

But, for dinner, she gave in and always made corned beef and cabbage. So I kept up the tradition and made it for lunch yesterday while we were still with Zach and Agata in the country.

So now Agata (who is from Poland), looks at my platter and says, “It looks like Polish food.”

No wonder my mother made it!

Corned beef and cabbage on a plate with a hroshradish cream sauce from Mar 17, 2013.

I made this nifty horseradish cream sauce (mayo and sour cream) with a little lemon zest that was really nice and cut the salt from the beef.

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  1. johnnysenough hepburn says

    March 18, 2013 at 7:27 PM

    Hope you had a great day! Mine turned out to be especially busy. It’s all a bit of a blur 🙂

    Reply
    • Mary Frances says

      March 18, 2013 at 10:43 PM

      Sounds like it was perfect!!

      Reply
  2. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:02 PM

    I love the wearing red story. Your mother must have been a hoot when you were growing up. I didn’t celebrate much this year, only a quiet dinner at home. Next year!

    Reply
    • Mary Frances says

      March 19, 2013 at 10:48 AM

      Maureen, my mother was one proud and very funny lady!

      Quiet dinners at home are the best.

      Reply
  3. afracooking says

    March 20, 2013 at 8:07 AM

    Such a beautiful story: tradition and individualism mixed together really do spice up life 🙂

    Reply
    • Mary Frances says

      March 23, 2013 at 2:33 AM

      Yes – so very true! Thank you for visiting!

      Reply

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