It’s March and nearly St. Patrick’s Day. For our March book club we're reading Angela’s Ashes, which discusses food a lot, including cabbage and potatoes. (Or more, the lack of them).
Although my family enjoys this dish throughout the year, its
most commonly associated with St. Patrick’s Day. Colcannon is a unique and simple potato dish and is unmistakably
an Irish comfort food.
It traditionally includes green cabbage mixed with hot, floury mashed potatoes and butter. Let’s not forget the butter. Potatoes came toIreland from South America , and by 1688, they had become a staple of the Irish diet.
It traditionally includes green cabbage mixed with hot, floury mashed potatoes and butter. Let’s not forget the butter. Potatoes came to
