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"lucy" <lucy@peanuts.com> wrote in message
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Hi Lucy,

been out of town, I'm a bit late on the response ... still, it's before St
Paddy's so it's still relevent, right?

> Ok good people.. it's time to start thinking about St. Patrick's Day, and
I
> am wondering...
> 1. Who will be dining where the 17th?

Home ... eating something Irish'ish because it's a good excuse to get some
potatoes into my ever-decreasing-in-carbs-diet ... Boxty, Champ, Irish Stew,
Shepherd's Pie (Guinness and Beef Stroganoff ;-) )

> 2. Will you have the green beer that's so popular?

Unlikely, unless I find the food coloring really handy when I open a can of
G - a shamrock on top will suffice.

> 3. Claim Irish ancestry?

Hmmm, tricky one for me ... I'm from Northern Ireland and my ancestry didn't
come to the north of Ireland until ~1610 but then Northern Ireland has only
been in existence itself since the 1920's. I was born since 1921 in NI and
hence my nationality is ... well, that depends on who's asking.

Anyhow there's no-one more Irish than an American with Irish Ancestry on St
Paddy's Day - "more Irish than the Irish" as they say. I feel glad I'm not
in Boston, Chicago or at Notre Dame - I don't think I could live up to the
stereotype image created by the goings-on in those areas.

> 4. Wear green that day?

Can do, depends on my clean-clothes rotation ;-)

> We don't really celebrate St Patrick's day here, as we're not Irish, and
> don't drink beer. But.. dfw.eats could use another fresh post. haha
> So let the opinions roll.
> lucy :)

When there's a good excuse to combine a hearty meal with a pint of G I'm not
going to argue. Still, I enjoy a good Burns' night too with some haggis and
a wee dram. Nigel, what do folks eat on St. George's day - fish and chips or
BBQ-Dragon (per Bruce's post) or something else entirely? And the Welsh -
leek soup or ?

PK

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