Mabon Calcannon (or Bubble & Squeak)

[Clone]

A fine Celtic autumnal comfort food!

[csrowan]

Why on earth is the bacon optional?

[Clone]

Why on earth is the bacon optional?

Good question!!

[blondemom]

Now that is a good recipe, notice they tell you to use a wooden spoon.

[Clone]

Now that is a good recipe, notice they tell you to use a wooden spoon.

I did notice that, as a matter of fact!

[TennisMom]

Maybe the bacon is optional because you can put ham in it instead?
Believe it or not, my DH makes that stuff from time to time. I'll have to tell him about the bacon. Maybe I'll even try some.

[Clone]

I am making it when we get back from the coast.
I love any kind of soul food.
You know, salt of the earth type thing.
Served with hearty bread and a pint of ale?
I can be easily transported.

[Valuesize]

This Colcannon recipe reminds me of one of my favorite mashed potato dishes, Salade Olivieh. Great dish to make when you have leftover roasted chicken. Find a recipe with all fresh veggies, frozen will ruin the dish.

[Clone]

This Colcannon recipe reminds me of one of my favorite mashed potato dishes, Salade Olivieh. Great dish to make when you have leftover roasted chicken. Find a recipe with all fresh veggies, frozen will ruin the dish.

We're going to go to a potluck picnic next month and, you know, one always wants to make something that knocks folk's socks off...but...
I've been looking at the recipes for slow-cooker mashed potatoes. They're made on the stove, then placed in the crockpot with garlic and sour cream and cream cheese.

I'm thinking my big red crockpot full of mashed potatoes might be a hit (there's electricity available) I mean, who doesn't like mashed potatoes, right?

I don't know, maybe baked potato soup would be better.

Any opinions?

[Clone]

This Colcannon recipe reminds me of one of my favorite mashed potato dishes, Salade Olivieh. Great dish to make when you have leftover roasted chicken. Find a recipe with all fresh veggies, frozen will ruin the dish.

Oh my..the Persian version with the olives sound FABULOUS!
I haven't looked at the Russian version yet.

[Valuesize]

The Colcannon (with bacon) should do it.

[Clone]

The Colcannon (with bacon) should do it.

Thank you...I do think you may be right!
Different, yet simple.
I like it!

[Tiamat]

Why on earth is the bacon optional?

Not familiar with the famine specialty dish called potato and point?

[Clone]

Not familiar with the famine specialty dish called potato and point?

No..and the one link I found on Google is not working.
I love food stories, please share!
I did find out that there is a Potato Point in Australia, and,



In Maine and on the Atlantic coast of Canada, fish and shellfish were once considered poverty food, and people would bury lobster shells in their yards rather than disposing of them in their rubbish so their neighbors would not learn they were reduced to eating lobster

[TennisMom]

I am making it when we get back from the coast.
I love any kind of soul food.
You know, salt of the earth type thing.
Served with hearty bread and a pint of ale?
I can be easily transported.

I love soul food also but some of it is dispensable. Yesterday at Hometown Buffet they had a large tray of chicken and dumplings. No can do that stuff.

One-dish meals are my favorite, usually.

[Tiamat]

Not familiar with the famine specialty dish called potato and point?

No..and the one link I found on Google is not working.
I love food stories, please share!
I did find out that there is a Potato Point in Australia, and,



In Maine and on the Atlantic coast of Canada, fish and shellfish were once considered poverty food, and people would bury lobster shells in their yards rather than disposing of them in their rubbish so their neighbors would not learn they were reduced to eating lobster

Potato and point is a very old Irish "dish". Folks in extreme poverty would eat from a large serving bowl of potatos. Then point and wish there was some meat.

An Irish family, of the cabin class, hangs up in the
chimney a herring, or "small taste" of bacon, and as the national imagination is said to be strong, each
individual points the potato he is going to eat, at it, upon the principle, I suppose, of 'crede et habes.'
It is generally said that the act communicates the flavour of the herring or bacon, as the case may be,
to the potato; and this is called "potato and point."
From William Carleton's short story "Ned M'Keown", from the book Traits & Stories of the Irish
Peasantry, Volume 1. Colin Smythe Limited. First published in 1844.)

http://mysite.verizon.net/cbladey/patat/FamineSoup.html

[Clone]

Not familiar with the famine specialty dish called potato and point?

No..and the one link I found on Google is not working.
I love food stories, please share!
I did find out that there is a Potato Point in Australia, and,



In Maine and on the Atlantic coast of Canada, fish and shellfish were once considered poverty food, and people would bury lobster shells in their yards rather than disposing of them in their rubbish so their neighbors would not learn they were reduced to eating lobster

Potato and point is a very old Irish "dish". Folks in extreme poverty would eat from a large serving bowl of potatos. Then point and wish there was some meat.

An Irish family, of the cabin class, hangs up in the
chimney a herring, or "small taste" of bacon, and as the national imagination is said to be strong, each
individual points the potato he is going to eat, at it, upon the principle, I suppose, of 'crede et habes.'
It is generally said that the act communicates the flavour of the herring or bacon, as the case may be,
to the potato; and this is called "potato and point."
From William Carleton's short story "Ned M'Keown", from the book Traits & Stories of the Irish
Peasantry, Volume 1. Colin Smythe Limited. First published in 1844.)

http://mysite.verizon.net/cbladey/patat/FamineSoup.html

Aha!
I was looking for an actual recipe.
Fascinating...makes me want to read Angela's Ashes again.
I've read stories of how the Irish, during the potato famine, actually smelled like cabbage when they landed on Ellis Island.
I am mostly of German heritage, but I cling to my scant Scotch-Irish line.

[Tiamat]

Not familiar with the famine specialty dish called potato and point?

No..and the one link I found on Google is not working.
I love food stories, please share!
I did find out that there is a Potato Point in Australia, and,



In Maine and on the Atlantic coast of Canada, fish and shellfish were once considered poverty food, and people would bury lobster shells in their yards rather than disposing of them in their rubbish so their neighbors would not learn they were reduced to eating lobster

Potato and point is a very old Irish "dish". Folks in extreme poverty would eat from a large serving bowl of potatos. Then point and wish there was some meat.

An Irish family, of the cabin class, hangs up in the
chimney a herring, or "small taste" of bacon, and as the national imagination is said to be strong, each
individual points the potato he is going to eat, at it, upon the principle, I suppose, of 'crede et habes.'
It is generally said that the act communicates the flavour of the herring or bacon, as the case may be,
to the potato; and this is called "potato and point."
From William Carleton's short story "Ned M'Keown", from the book Traits & Stories of the Irish
Peasantry, Volume 1. Colin Smythe Limited. First published in 1844.)

http://mysite.verizon.net/cbladey/patat/FamineSoup.html

Aha!
I was looking for an actual recipe.
Fascinating...makes me want to read Angela's Ashes again.
I've read stories of how the Irish, during the potato famine, actually smelled like cabbage when they landed on Ellis Island.
I am mostly of German heritage, but I cling to my scant Scotch-Irish line.

Herring and point
Ingredients:
1 bowl of potatoes
1 herring, hanging from the rafters
Preparation and serving:
Boil the potatoes in a pot. When your potato is ready, spear it with a fork and point it at the herring. Then eat the potato.


Herring Soup
Ingredients:
1 bowl of potatoes
1 herring
Preparation and serving:
Boil the potatoes in a pot. When nearly ready, show it a herring. Hang the herring back up from the rafters. Serve the soup from the pot and eat.

[Tiamat]

There are some who'd question the "Irish" in Sotch Irish.

[Clone]

There are some who'd question the "Irish" in Sotch Irish.

I understand completely.
If I were Irish, I probably would too!
It is a group of people, though, who
lived in Ireland a very long time.
We tend to gloss over the part about
why we ended up in Ireland.
Thank the good lord Ireland took us!