ShyGuy's Journal, 01 March 2015

I'm looking forward too it also. I often wonder why I only make it once a year, it's so good! 

Though I like boiled cabbage, in recent years, I started making fried cabbage to go with my corned beef; and even that I've started finishing off in the oven, as it, braises, and cooks down to a caramelized deliciousness.  

Yum, shy guy. 

LindaLee14, I'll miss the Irish Soda Bread for sure.  

Um-m-m Good idea. 

Being Irish, we will have corned beef and cabbage. Won't have the sides this year but what the heck....and better yet it is low carb fare. I don't know about you, we go from paczkis on Fat Tuesday to St. Pat's...what's next? I think we are going to put you in charge of coming up with our celebration menues....have you missed your calling? Maybe you should be doing something in the food industry.... Thanks, Buddy....  

LOL! I think that's my problem. I love food too much, and every holiday, or special occasion, or event, that's even close to being a holiday is associated with great food. I grew up in a family of great cooks, at least I think they were great, and every celebration was punctuated with with some awesome food traditions; hence the paczkis, corned beef and cabbage, and with Easter coming up next month, a glazed ham, ultra cheesy, homemade, mac and cheese, and collard greens, so good they make you want to slap somebody; not that I'm a violent person. lol :-D Gwen, it's funny that you would say that, as a friend, about twenty years ago, once called me a Professor of Foodology. We happened to be working in a place where there was a lot of time for idle conversation, he talked about his experiences in Vietnam, very rare for a Vietnam Vet., and I talked about the food traditions of my family, and since I'm well traveled, my adventures with the soul-food of other cultures. I define soul-food as the homemade, food from the heart, type of cooking that people do when they want to give their family a special meal, and it's not always the most expensive ingredients; it's just fresh, and down home, wherever home happens to be from. :-)  

I agree, food that is good for the soul is soul-food and I would never serve my family or guests anything but. I love to cook and there is nothing better than something prepared from the heart.