Although I may not be Irish, I happen to date an Irishman and live in a part of the Bronx that has a higher population of Irish people than in all of County Leitrim, Ireland. I’m constantly surrounded by a wide variety of Irish accents, grocery stores laden with Tayto’s chips and the Irish Tricolor flag flying high on every corner. While this doesn’t make me Irish, it does mean I cook a lot of Irish food at home. Our freezer always has white pudding and Irish bangers stocked and if a week of meal prep goes by without some form of potato, my boyfriend looks at me with a confused face saying something like, “...but the potatoes are where?”. So with St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, it’s time to dip your toes into these Irish American and Irish classics. Sláinte!
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