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Irish Cooking - An Irish Breakfast
by Diana Serbe
If you travel in Ireland, you will be offered a
hearty Irish breakfast. It will be served on the best china with the
finest linen and lace. Eat hearty, lads and lassies, Ireland invites
walking.
If you are heading out for a walk
under the drizzle that Ireland calls rain, you need a breakfast that
will sustain you, and an Irish breakfast is substantial. You will be
offered farm fresh eggs with the sunniest of yolks along with sausage,
eggs, bacon, grilled tomatoes, black pudding, white pudding. On the
side is Irish brown bread served with sweet Irish butter and the famous
Irish preserves. Top off breakfast with a cup of Irish breakfast tea,
a medium rich tea, and put in lots of milk.
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Bacon in Ireland is back bacon,
a meatier bacon than is sold in the United States, its closest equivalent
being what is called Canadian bacon in the US. And then there are the
puddings, sold in packages the size of salami. Black pudding is really
a blood pudding which is a staple across the European continent. The
French call theirs 'boudin noir,' the Spanish 'morcilla,' the Germans
'blutwurst,' and the Italians 'sanguinaccio.' The Italians even make
a sweet pudding for dessert from blood pudding.
Irish brown bread is sometimes made
with oatmeal, but its unique taste comes from using the finest milled
wheat. In legend, this developed in the monasteries around the country,
and each county developed a version of their own. We are offering you
recipes for other famous Irish baked goods, though you would not serve
them with a traditional breakfast. Go ahead - break tradition and enjoy
barmbrack, the traditional bread of All Soul's Day, or enjoy a soda
bread. But save room for a scone at tea time.
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