Typical Irish food

Typical Irish food

Hello class, we are going to talk about the Irish cuisine.

Irish cuisine is a style of cooking originating from Ireland or developed by Irish people. Irish people cook Irish dishes with vegetables that grow well in their country and with animals that are easy to herd.

A traditional Irish meal is usually made up of very simple ingredients and extremely easy to cook. Most Irish food recipes are made up of vegetables, meats like beef, mutton and pork or fish salmon was one of the most common fish in Ireland, grain and potatoes.Irish food is known for the quality and freshness of its ingredients. Most cooking is done without herbs or spices, except for salt and pepper. Foods are usually served without sauce or gravy.

Potatoes form the basis for many traditional Irish dishes. potatoes are cheap to tend to en maintain this type of crop. The Irish counted on potatoes as part of their daily lives, we have learned about the potatoes blight and the famine linked to that. Many died because of the blight and many emigrated still Irish people continued to love potatoes.

In the early days of Ireland the poor only had access to milk, butter, cheese and oats. It was not uncommon to mix the milk and butter with animal blood.

These days the population of Ireland tends to eat more international cuisine especially polish dishes, but there are still many families that cook their own traditional recipes on a daily basis.

Now what you´ve all been waiting for: typical Irish food with some mouthwatering photos.

Bacon and cabbage is One of the most famous dishes in Ireland. It’s simply bacon with cabbage, but delicious

Barmbrack

Barmbrack is traditional Irish bread and it is possibly the only surviving example of the use of yeast in traditional cooking. It is also made using strong black tea instead of the usual liquids used in bread making. It can be eaten at any time of the day. Barmbrack is a light yeasty fruitcake that is always served sliced and buttered. It is typically eaten at Halloween in Ireland when a coin is baked inside it so that when the bread is sliced the person who receives the slice with the coin in it will have good fortune for the coming year.

Colcannon

This superb dish combines the delicious potatoes with garlic, cabbage or curly kale, and a few other great ingredients. It tastes great and is a purely vegetarian dish.

Traditionally it is eaten at Halloween as the eating of meat was not allowed and was used as a way of telling someone’s fortune. The idea was to wrap a miniature thimble, a ring, a miniature horseshoe, a button and a silver sixpence in white paper these items were then dropped into the prepared dish and stirred in through the mixture.

The Colcannon was then served and whoever got a little parcel would then know their future as each item had a meaning as follows; the ring-you will marry or if already married will continue to be happy, silver sixpence-wealth, horseshoe-good luck, thimble-you would be a spinster and the button- a bachelor.

Dublin Coddle

Most popular in Ireland’s capital city, Dublin, this recipe is not for the faint hearted and has been appropriately described by some as heart attack in a bowl. To ‘coddle’ means to cook slowly or boil and this dish of layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and thinly sliced, somewhat fatty back bacon with sliced potatoes, and onions. It could be considered a comfort food in Ireland, and is inexpensive, easy to prepare and quick to cook. It is often eaten in the winter months.

Ulster Fry

When you read the words “Ulster Fry”, what comes to mind? I guess you would say that the meal is fried right? Well you are correct sir. Or ma’am.

 This meal comes from Northern Ireland and while it is traditionally a breakfast dish, people like it so much that they would eat it at any time of the day. The dish is composed of Bacon, Sausages, Black Pudding, Mushrooms, Tomato and Eggs served with Soda Bread and Potato Furl. Like I said, the key method is frying. it is definitely for someone who wants a hearty meal.

 The Ulster Fry will keep you loaded for the rest of the morning and for sure, it basically has a day's intake of calories in one sitting. Also known as "heart attack on a platter" .

Traditional Irish Stew

Irish stew In Irish it is called Stobhach Gaelech has been recognized as the national dish for at least two centuries. A poem from the early 1800s praised Irish stew for satisfying the hunger of anyone who ate it:

Then hurrah for an Irish Stew

That will stick to your belly like glue.

This was a typical peasant dish. Traditional Irish Stew is known to be one of the best stews in the world. There are varieties of the dish but they are all generally cooked the same way. basically athick casserole containing lamb or mutton, onions, parsley and a generous helping of potatoes. The meat may be diced or minced, peas and carrots might liven up the dish a bit. the stew can also be almost soup-like.

Champ

This is one of the most widely eaten potato dishes in Ireland. the Champ is just mashed potatoes with scallions in it. The Champ may be the meal itself or used as a side dish. It’s best served with meat recipes like lamb and beef. the name comes from:

During dinner parties, people like to eat the Champ after the main dish. Usually it is eaten while people are winding down and having a good conversation with the dinner guests. This is why it should not be taken for granted as a dish. The Champ may accompany a dish but it is second to no one. That is why it is called the Champ.

Boxty

Ireland is also generally known for its fantastic breakfasts. This is where you might see the inclusion of boxty, Irish meaning "poor house bread", which is a traditional Irish potato pancake. Also known as potato bread in Ulster. There are many different recipes but all contain finely grated, raw potatoes and all are served fried. The most popular version of the dish consists of finely grated, raw potato and mashed potato with flour, baking soda, buttermilk and sometimes egg. The mixture is fried on a griddle pan for a few minutes on each side, similar to a normal pancake.

Other popular dishes are: Irish soups are thick, hearty, and filling, with potatoes, seafood, and various meats being common ingredients. Fresh soda bread is a crusty brown bread made from whole-wheat flour and buttermilk. Chippers, just fish and chips.

Celestial dishes

Around the holidays, since Ireland is largely Catholic, you’ll notice a lot of meals void of meat to respect holy holidays. In these cases, you’ll often see a lot of soda bread as well as some delicious oat cakes, pancakes, potato pudding, apple cake, and blackberry pies.

On the first of November, all saints day, you can expect to find the following on the: Nettle soup, Colcannon, Soda bread, BarmBrack, Carrot pudding and On Christmas day you can expect to find the following dishes on the table:Kidney soup, Christmas roasted goose with chestnut stuffing and port sauce, Garden peas with fresh mint, Potato oat cakes, Christmas cake, Mince pies