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[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by LJJohnson

I just finished watching 4 or 5 hours straight worth of Kevin Dundon cooking on PBS, and it was enough to make me decide to get his cookbook (Kevin Dundon's Modern Irish Food, $9.99 on Amazon USA) as soon as it comes down some in price.

But even though I was already sated on our quick-and-dirty supper of eggs with heavily smoked bacon and sweet chili sause on flour tortillas (wife left at 6:00 to babysite our grandchild so son and wife can go out on the town), his show made me want to eat again immediately.

I'm not sure how Irish some of this dishes are (don't think the ancient irish used much teriyaki sauce), but his recipes seem to be delicious ("mind-tasting"), relatively small number of ingredients, and fast & simple & unfussy prep/cooking.

Some that really struck me were

• Savoury Spring Onion & Cheddar Quiche
• Dunmore East Fresh Scallop Tartlets
• Spiced Apple Jellies with Yogurt Mousse
• Trout Fillets with Streaky Bacon and Flaked Almonds
• Baby Leek Gratin with Smoked Gubbeen
• Sticky Glaze Chicken Thighs with Asian Stuffing

I grabbed these recipes from his website (http://www.kevindundon.com/), and he explains them well (if you watch the show, you need to brush up on your Irish to English pronunciations)

Thanks. I can't say that I ever heard of Dundon (nor O'Dundon, nor McDundon--any Dundon at all). Nor his book or videos.

Instead of expecting us to learn someone's else's English, why don't the Irish and English and Australians and all the rest of them learn to speak correct English. Which is American English, of course.

You may not know that you can set a "price watch" (notification of a price drop) at ereaderiq.com. When an ebook goes down to your specified price, they'll let you know. I should have many more of the books on my want list on it than I do.

To use it, go to their homepage. On the menu at the top, there is an item "My Watch Lists." Click on it. Follow the prompts. At some point, they ask for your email address--of course, they'll need it to let you know when the price on an ebook has dropped to your target price. You can also get a daily compendium of price drops, which I find helpful, and other goodies like that from them. In my 5 or 6 years dealing with them, they have always used my email address responsibly.

Oh, one nice feature of theirs that you might want to check immediately is their price tracker. You can find out what the price for the ebook has been for about the past 3 years or so ago. If you're hoping that this book by Dundon will drop to 99 cents, for example, it might be helpful to find out if it has ever marked it down that low. If it hasn't, you might want to choose a higher figure. Or be prepared to wait a long time.

Now a trivia question for everyone who is reading. When did the non-Irish explorers of Ireland discover potatoes for the first time, growing in Ireland, and begin exporting them all over the world, in which places they had hitherto been unknown?

[LJJohnson]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thanks. I can't say that I ever heard of Dundon (nor O'Dundon, nor McDundon--any Dundon at all). Nor his book or videos.

You may not know that you can set a "price watch" (notification of a price drop) at ereaderiq.com. When an ebook goes down to your specified price, they'll let you know. I should have many more of the books on my want list on it than I do.

Yea, I use that a lot. Currently have over 1000 books on watch, along with a couple hundred authors and books waiting to be kindlized <sp?>. When I said I was waiting for the price to go down, this is what I was referring to

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thanks. I can't say that I ever heard of Dundon (nor O'Dundon, nor McDundon--any Dundon at all). Nor his book or videos.

Instead of expecting us to learn someone's else's English, why don't the Irish and English and Australians and all the rest of them learn to speak correct English. Which is American English, of course.



Now a trivia question for everyone who is reading. When did the non-Irish explorers of Ireland discover potatoes for the first time, growing in Ireland, and begin exporting them all over the world, in which places they had hitherto been unknown?

Well now, bless your heart. You said American English instead of Southern English.
Southern English is very genteel.

And I have no idea on the potatoes

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by LJJohnson

Yea, I use that a lot. Currently have over 1000 books on watch, along with a couple hundred authors and books waiting to be kindlized <sp?>. When I said I was waiting for the price to go down, this is what I was referring to

OIC. I shouldn't have assumed that you weren't aware . . . .

[GtrsRGr8]

No one has answered my trivia question yet:
When did the non-Irish explorers of Ireland discover potatoes for the first time, growing in Ireland, and begin exporting them all over the world, in which places they had hitherto been unknown?

BTW--It's no fair looking up the answer.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Well now, bless your heart. You said American English instead of Southern English.
Southern English is very genteel.

And I have no idea on the potatoes

Not all Southern English is genteel. I could PM you with some examples--they wouldn't be fit for the open forum. Some is racist, but IMHO, it is not any worse here, anymore, than in much of the rest of the country.

And Southern English has a heavy, obvious accent. But, that's true in many parts of the country. Supposedly Midwestern English is considered the cleanest--I've heard several times that people involved in hiring national television news anchors strive to find people with the Midwestern accent (or lack thereof, depending upon your perspective). Jeff Foxworthy would never be considered for a national news anchor position.

BTW--the idea about Southern hospitality--now, in the present day, at least--is a myth. I doubt that they(we) are any more hospitable, warm, etc. than people in any other part of the country.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Not all Southern English is genteel. I could PM you with some examples--they wouldn't be fit for the open forum. Some is racist, but IMHO, it is not any worse here, anymore, than in much of the rest of the country.

And Southern English has a heavy, obvious accent. But, that's true in many parts of the country. Supposedly Midwestern English is considered the cleanest--I've heard several times that people involved in hiring national television news anchors strive to find people with the Midwestern accent (or lack thereof, depending upon your perspective). Jeff Foxworthy would never be considered for a national news anchor position.

BTW--the idea about Southern hospitality--now, in the present day, at least--is a myth. I doubt that they(we) are any more hospitable, warm, etc. than people in any other part of the country.

Bill Engvall then. PS: PM ING you.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Bill Engvall then. PS: PM ING you.

I hadn't heard of him. But I don't watch TV or get out much. And since Leno . . . ahem . . . retired, I don't get to see some of the newer/less-well-known stand-up comedian talent.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I hadn't heard of him. But I don't watch TV or get out much. And since Leno . . . ahem . . . retired, I don't get to see some of the newer/less-well-known stand-up comedian talent.

Ok turn in your southern card now. And now Google, blue collar comedy tour.

[Little.Egret]

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[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

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Now a trivia question for everyone who is reading. When did the non-Irish explorers of Ireland discover potatoes for the first time, growing in Ireland, and begin exporting them all over the world, in which places they had hitherto been unknown?

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

No one has answered my trivia question yet:
When did the non-Irish explorers of Ireland discover potatoes for the first time, growing in Ireland, and begin exporting them all over the world, in which places they had hitherto been unknown?

BTW--It's no fair looking up the answer.

Okay. No one has answered the trivia question, so the magnificent prize for the correct answer won't be able to be claimed. Sorry.

Here's the answer. Potatoes were not indigenous to Ireland, believe it or not. They were first discovered by the white man in Peru (in South America) by the Spanish "explorers" (to put it nicely). The Spanish must have liked potatoes; at any rate, they sent them to the Old World, presumably first to Spain. Probably not too long thereafter, they began to be grown in Ireland. And grown and grown and grown. The Irish must have really liked potatoes.

Unfortunately, they liked them too well. Potatoes became such a huge part of their diet that when disease struck the potato plants and/or potatoes, it caused the great Irish potato famine, in which millions of people starved (and millions more felt like they had to leave Ireland altogether, many ending up in the U.S.).

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Apache

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Apache

My wife is 2nd generation Italian and most of her relatives did and still do make their own wine.
Apache

Why? Do you know? Is it because they consider what they make better than what they can get in stores? Just because they enjoy doing it?

Our neighbor across the street when I was a child was into it in a big way. Used something like 50-gallon glass jars. But he was a chemist, and I think that part of his enjoyment was just in the chemistry involved. I should have asked him. But he definitely enjoyed drinking it, too.

[Apache]

Because they would bring it out every time you visited. Some were better than others.
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