What we had for our tea last night.
I some times see them for sale on Irish pub menus and usually they cost 6 Euros. Why do I see so little traditional Irish food menus these days? We should champion the foods our grandmothers and mothers made and cooked and fed us.
One anecdote about Irish food I will share with you. I was once with my friend attending a folk festival in Doolin in County Clare. We ordered two traditional Irish stews. On finishing our meal, I said to the barman:
"I would like to pay for two Irish stews please".
He replied: "Were you hungry?"
We both laughed and I paid the man.
Corned beef or salted beef was introduced before fridges or electricity was invented.
The English christened it Corned Beef after the salt crystals used to preserve the beef and a lot of the beef used for curing came from County Cork in particular.
Fray Bentos built massive canning and beef salting factories on the Uruquay Argentina border. It became the staple diet of many a soldier in ww1.
In New York Irish immigrants would buy salted beef from Jewish butchers because it reminded them of the salted beef back in Ireland.
Corned beef is probably high in salt and preservatives and probably not very healthy for you. But I like it and its always good to have a tin of it in the fridge.
Ooh.. I have never seen nor tasted a corned beef toastie. I can't even imagine the flavour either but I bet it was tasty. Do you add anything to it like HP sauce?
ReplyDeleteToasties are just the thing for a cold damp day!
ReplyDeleteThe staple toastie in Ireland seems to be ham, cheese and onion JayCee. We buy a tin of Corned beef from Lidl then place it in the fridge for a while then open it and make a toasted sandwich with our homegrown frozen onions. I put some of my hot Piri Piri sauce on my toastie. They are a very light but appetising toasted sandwich. BLT (bacon, lettuce and tomato with mayonnaise also make good toasted sandwiches. Mincemeat stew tonight for tea.
ReplyDeleteMost definitely GZ. Irish pubs always served soup and sandwiches when I was young and would come to Ireland for a fortnight. Plain but very adequate food. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of those toastie bags. I am fond of corned beef but if I have a toastie it will be cheddar cheese and sliced tomato. Traditional foods I like include apples and lamb balti with vegetable rice and a chapati.
ReplyDeleteTony Benn use to live on beef sandwiches and cups of tea. I love spicy food like a beef vindaloo but I also like plain food like corned beef toasties YP.
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DeleteThat Ryan Hare is. Ten Euros for a Panini and they don't take cash!
DeleteA man walks into a grocery and says:
Delete" I would like a packet of helicopter crisps please".
The Grocer replies:
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It wouldn't be for me, thanks, but I do love an occasional cheese toasty. I don't have them very often these days, as I still remember when toasted sandwich makers first came out and my mother's over use of it. :)
ReplyDeleteCorned beef makes a great sandwich when going on a hike Jules. We use the air fyer a lot these days.
ReplyDeleteI really like corned beef but have never had a corned beef toastie. I must try it.
ReplyDeleteThey are a nice warm snack at this time of year Jabblog.
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