Christina thank you for the recipe link . Last year I had an Irish dinner party, which was great fun. I did a lot of searching for typical Irish recipes. I finally ended up doing chicken, colcannon (yum) vegetables and a very popular beef and Guinness dish. Dessert was apple pie. I made Irish flags, placemats depicting my family names and items of interest about Ireland. I made name cards in the shape of a shamrock (stuck onto a wooden skewer and lodged in a potato) - all the guests were "Saint whatever". I did a trivia quiz (all things Irish) and the prizes were all green. Did other things as well, it was all great fun and extremely successful. This is my first posting here - my great great grandparents, Martin McNamara and Margaret Leo came to Australia from Ballina, Tipperary in 1841 aboard the "Adam Lodge". There were other Leos on the ship but I have not tracked any of them down. Margaret died and Martin remarried, so there are a lare number of descendants here in Australia. Naturally I would be pleased to hear from anyone who may have connections with these particular McNamaras. Anne Wymark (McNamara) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christina Hunt" <filidh@carolina.rr.com> To: <IRL-TIPPERARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 3:25 AM Subject: Thoughts of home and FOOD > As we think of the holidays - we think of traditional foods. If anyone > would like to > contribute a recipe that was made in your family, let me know. You can > post it here. (This > is a quiet time on the lists.) > > If you like, name it after the ancestor who made it. I think that makes > for a nice > remembrance. > They will go on the Irish Recipes page. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllog/recipes/main.htm > > Thanks, > Christina >