Dear Reader,
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
I was lucky enough to be in New York City on St. Patrick's Day years ago, and I got to see the big parade. No floats or automobiles are permitted, yet it's one of the most exciting parades I've ever seen. Bands and more bands and over 150,000 marchers passed by while the crowd, including me, went wild.
For this year’s St. Patrick’s Day dinner I'll be wearing my Shamrock apron and cooking a tummy-warming Irish Stew. While looking through the stew recipes I've saved on my computer, I came across this gem from several years ago...
"Hi Suzanne, eleven years ago, my husband and I were lucky enough to go visit Ireland. After a cool, rainy (well, it was probably Irish sunshine) day exploring, my husband and I went to a pub for dinner. We ate one of the best stews that we have ever eaten. In the center of this bowl of Guinness gravy, lamb and vegetables was a rounded scoop of creamy, mashed potatoes. It was delicious, and we practically licked the bowls.
When our waitress came back, she asked if she could get us anything else. We both said, "The Recipe!" She thought that we
were kidding, but went back to the kitchen to ask anyway. The photo is the recipe she brought us. I have made some version of this recipe yearly since we went to Ireland, and think of this story every time." -- Emily
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
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