We had our Irish-American meal this afternoon. If there weren't a St. Patrick's Day, I'd invent a holiday for making corned beef brisket from scratch. Maybe my birthday... well no, that's July. Not a good time for boiling a big chunk of meat for hours. Maybe that Seinfeld holiday.. Festivus. I told Charlie that I'd make it even if I lived alone .
I did not serve an everything-boiled-in-one-pot this year. The soda bread recipe said this one is more likely to resemble the way it would look and taste in a typical Irish home. It contains some whole wheat flour and rolled oats.
I bought a turnip for the colcannon a few days ago but could not find it today. I made a quick trip to the closest store to grab one and they did not have any. Instead I got a rutabaga. It was from Canada and cost $4.53. A pretty hefty price for one Canadian rutabaga. Trump tariff?
This is the first time I have made colcannon. Charlie liked it and the mixed cabbage cooked in butter instead of boiled too. The colcannon recipe said to use peeled red potatoes but the red potatoes available were the size of river rock so I boiled and mashed them with skins on. The dip sauce for the Scotch eggs is made with butter, cream and mustard. I left out the flour and instead let it thicken as the butter cooled. Just to explain the Scotch eggs today, the recipe came from an Irish Pub Food cook book. 
