Better Ideas For Planning A Saint Patrick's Day Dinner

Everyone's Irish on March 17th, so why not host your own Saint Patrick's Day dinner? Whether you just love a good, dark Guinness or you're curious what "bangers and rum sauce" tastes like, you can put together a unique and hearty feast without spending much money.

Stews, potato dishes, fish, Reuben sandwiches, corned beef and cabbage are just some of the first foods that come to mind on this special feast day.

Tatnuck Meat Market in New England can barely keep up with the orders for Saint Patrick's Day dinner corned beef each year. Tom Lowe at Lowe's Variety and Meat Market sells about 1,600 pounds of grey corned beef in March.

"Red flannel hash is basically corned beef, cabbage, carrots, turnips, potatoes, beets," explains Kevin Flanagan, another New England meat market owner. "Beets? Irish? Hey, the Irish never had corned beef in Ireland. Corned beef isn't really Irish. It's an American tradition anyway - not Irish." Regardless, people instinctively associate corned beef and cabbage with Irish culture.

At European Cuisines (www.europeancuisines.com/Ireland-Authentic-Traditional-Irish-Desserts-Dessert-Recipes), you'll find recipes for some delicious Irish desserts to serve up after your Saint Patrick's Day dinner.

Here you'll find a number of delicious puddings (potato & apple, apple & barley, honey & lemon carrageen, rutabaga, Irish coffee), as well as Apple Fritters, Bailey's Irish Cream Mousse Pie, Irish Whiskey Cake and Chocolate-Orange Guinness Cake.

Irish traditions are a wonderful blessing to pass down to your children, so it's good that you decided to start this year!

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