I do like cabbage but I am not particularly fond of cabbage that has been cooked to death. I find the simple steam/saute method works great with cabbage (and many other vegetables!). Basically, you simmer the vegetable in a mix of butter (or other fat) and water (or broth) until the liquid has evaporated and…
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Soda Bread
I used to make this now and then and somehow got out of the habit. On St. Patrick’s Day I like to honor the small bit of Irish ancestry I have and made this Irish Coddle. I also made some Soda Bread to go with it and my eldest loved the bread. It’s probably a…
Irish Coddle Recipe
Last year a friend shared her recipe for Irish Coddle, which I’d never heard of but was a favorite of my friend and her husband. It’s basically a stew of sausage and potatoes and onions. Her version had sweet potatoes in it. Last year I made it with plain Russet potatoes and it came out…