Ireland

Please respond with your name,date, and source of your information. ( Family members may be used as long as their relationship to you is noted- ex: grandmother )

 * What is the name of your home town?**

Belfast, Ireland -Ina Halili 4/17/12 - Friend Eilis.

Killarney Ireland - Jimmy Svoboda 2011, mother home country

Limerick, Ireland -Katherine Chase 2011

County Cork, Ireland Rachel Fishbein, Mattthew Hollin, Lydia Thompson, Eric Wells-March 17, 2009 Interviewed Mrs. McManus Mom

Bellaghy. Jake Grossman 3/09 MOM


 * How does your heritage affect the food that you consume in your home?**

In my family we eat a lot of potatoes and vegetables because it’s very popular in Ireland to eat those types of food. Vegetables are a huge part of Irish cuisine. Typically we eat healthy foods in my house. -Ina Halili 4/17/12 - Friend Eilis.

We love potatoes, there's no dish morning, noon, or night that cannot be made better with potatoes. Jimmy Svoboda 2011


 * In my fathers home he told us that almost every meal consisted of potatoes and there was normally ham and cabbage, beef, or a stew. - Katherine Chase 2011 **

In our family we were raised on beef stew, ham and cabbage and of course potatoes(boiled, browned, baked and mashed). Almost every meal will include a potato in an Irish household. Rachel Fishbein, Mattthew Hollin, Lydia Thompson, Eric Wells-March 17, 2009 Interviewed Mrs. McManus Mom

My mom makes corn beef with cabbage, along with potatoes served in different ways.Ashley Ash source- grandmother (g-dom)4/08

"When I was a kid my mother would make really plain food like potatoes and a lot of corn beef and cabbage, and now I don't really eat them much, and when I got to make my own food I wanted to try something new." 4/10/08 Maggie Payne Source: Dad

One member of my family makes Irish soda bread for every big family get together, and our family has a competition to see whom makes it the best. Jake Grossman 3/09 MOM


 * What marketing practices does your family use in order to obtain the supplies needed to prepare food from your native country?**

My family shops at Genuardi's a lot because the ingredients you need for Irish cooking aren't too hard to find. Also we go to an Irish Coffee Shop in Havertown, Pa. -Ina Halili 4/17/12 - Friend Eilis.

We go to the grocery store, the food the Irish make isn't very different than American cuisine ingredient wise. Jimmy Svoboda 2011


 * Well since it’s pretty simple to make these meals we can go to almost any grocery store and they will normally have what we need - Katherine Chase 2011 **

We lived in Philadelphia and there was always an Acme in our neighborhood, they seemed to have all we needed. To pick up an Irish treat you would go to McKenna's Irish Shop in Havertown, PA where they carried some dry goods directly from Ireland. An example would be Mc Cann's oatmeal. Of course this was expensive so we did not have it too often.

Rachel Fishbein, Mattthew Hollin, Lydia Thompson, Eric Wells-March 17, 2009 Interviewed Mrs. McManus Mom

She goes to Acme on City line Ave.Ashley Ash source- grandmother (g-dom),4/08

"There aren't any specialty stores that I go to for Irish ingredients, most of what I need is at the local supermarket." 4/10/08 Maggie Payne Source: Dad

None. Jake Grossman MOM


 * Give an example of a holiday tradition in your home that incorporates food into the celebration?**

On Easter, we always have carrots and potatoes and peas (orange, green, white) which are also the colors of the flag. This is a tradition that my family partakes in every Easter. -Ina Halili 4/17/2012 - Friend Eilis.

During christmas we have a large feast consisting of sheppards pie, some kind of meat and a dessert. Jimmy Svoboda 2011

When we were children we would take the Palm that was handed out on Palm Sunday and Make a cross. Then on Saint Bridgets day February 1 the following year we would give it to a friend who was in trouble. On a lighter note here in America we celebrate St. Patrick's day with Mass in the morning and a wonderful parade at noon. In the parade you will see many dancers and some handsome gentlemen from the AOH(ancient order of Hibernians). After the parade some go to group halls but my family comes home to grand meal of Ham, Cabbage, Potatoes and the sweetest Irish Soda Bread and Scones you have ever tasted.
 * One tradition that they always made for special occasions or holidays is Irish Soda Bread- Katherine Chase 2011 **

Rachel Fishbein, Mattthew Hollin, Lydia Thompson, Eric Wells-March 17, 2009 Interviewed Mrs. McManus Mom

On Saint Patrick's day my grandmother makes Irish Soda bread. Ashley Ash source- grandmother (g-dom)

Elana Sears- "On Saint Patrick's day mother cooks up a marvelous Soda cake as well!" -Kara Kelly (friend), 4/10/08

"A traditional Irish food that I always eat on St. Patrick's Day is Irish Soda bread." 4/10/08 Maggie Payne Source: Dad

On Easter someone in my family would make a ham, another would make some soda bread, another would conquer potatoes. Jake Grossman MOM


 * Provide a family recipe related to your culture.** Click to link.

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