I wanted to vary our St. Patrick's day boiled dinner from our usual. I made cabbage fritters instead of boiled, Irish baked potatoes instead of boiled and @Shelby the recipe looks pretty much the same as the British baked potatoes you made and were discussing with mommpomps and CookBot last October. But this recipe said 'Irish' so I felt that gave me permission to make them today. Everyone liked them. I made Irish soda scones instead of soda bread, Irish whisky butter and Irish Pots de Créme. To drink, I had an Irish red ale. I did boil the rutabagas, carrots and corned beef. I got a good price on a whole brisket in Feb. and pickled it for 4 or 5 weeks instead of the usual 1 1/2 to 2. It was a little more salty than before. I won't do that again. The Pots de Créme were in small tea cups but it was so rich, that even that was too much for one serving.
