Think I will have green pea soup for lunch and call it St Paddy's meal..of the day, breakfast was oatmeal with Banana.... Ed B.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "peggy palmertree" <psmpalmertree@bellsouth.net> To: <palmertree@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [PTREE] St. Paddy's Day > > Hope that meal don't make you sick. Peggy > >> Gang, >> >> Is anyone planning on celebrating their Irish heritage this year with any >> traditional dishes or whatever? >> >> I am going to fix corned beef with savoy cabbage - steamed in a crockpot >> with plenty of beer... (even though tradition says it's not a real Irish >> dish - they say that thick sliced bacon and cabbage is the authentic >> version); baked winter vegetables (parsnips, carrots, turnips, potatoes, >> seasoned and sprinkled with olive oil); and Donegal Oatmeal Cream for >> dessert. That is made with McHann's steel cut oats, whipped cream and >> diluted fruit (like Polaners). I have been eating steel-cut oats for a > long >> time, and if you've never had them, once you try them you will never go > back >> to Quaker oats again... ha. >> >> I think I'd rather have this kind of heritage meal than the Scottish >> haggis..... barf. >> >> Ken