I Love St. Patrick's Day, but...

**ckelly327** · 16th March 07, 06:38 AM

My biggest pet peeve was that before I started wearing kilts I would rarely wear green on St. Patrick's Day and I would get the insufferable people asking Why aren't you wearing green? My name is Kelly, my mother is a Sullivan, my grandmothers were Corden (probably Gordon) and Moran - I don't have anything to prove by wearing green just to please the once a year people. Now with the kilt it's never brought up so I don't have to answer that question.

And for you who are making corned beef at home - use at least two cans of Guinness to replace some of the water when you simmer your loin. I know it's sacriligious to suggest not drinking it but it adds a subtle flavor during the cooking process. It also adds a little flavor to the potatoes and cabbage when they are finally added. Also if you can't handle Guinness on it's own and want a black & tan, please use either Smithwick's or Harp and don't even think about that Bud recipe.

Enjoy your St. Patrick's Day (and it's not St Paddy's Day - he is a Saint and earned that much respect). We are waiting for the snow to start later this morning so I don't know what's going to happen to the plans. We might get 15" of snow which would postpone the parade and probably stop our family party that is planned for tomorrow with about 20 guests. Oh well, hopefully the weathermen will keep up with their record of being right 10% of the time and we'll have an OK day.

**mrpharr** · 16th March 07, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by ckelly327

My biggest pet peeve was that before I started wearing kilts I would rarely wear green on St. Patrick's Day and I would get the insufferable people asking Why aren't you wearing green? My name is Kelly, my mother is a Sullivan, my grandmothers were Corden (probably Gordon) and Moran - I don't have anything to prove by wearing green just to please the once a year people. Now with the kilt it's never brought up so I don't have to answer that question.

And for you who are making corned beef at home - use at least two cans of Guinness to replace some of the water when you simmer your loin. I know it's sacriligious to suggest not drinking it but it adds a subtle flavor during the cooking process. It also adds a little flavor to the potatoes and cabbage when they are finally added. Also if you can't handle Guinness on it's own and want a black & tan, please use either Smithwick's or Harp and don't even think about that Bud recipe.

Enjoy your St. Patrick's Day (and it's not St Paddy's Day - he is a Saint and earned that much respect). We are waiting for the snow to start later this morning so I don't know what's going to happen to the plans. We might get 15" of snow which would postpone the parade and probably stop our family party that is planned for tomorrow with about 20 guests. Oh well, hopefully the weathermen will keep up with their record of being right 10% of the time and we'll have an OK day.

Stolen from Wikipedia for lazy people like me...
Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá 'le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially Paddy's Day or St. Patty's Day, is the feast day which annually celebrates Saint Patrick (373-493), the patron saint of Ireland, on March 17.

**Bob C** · 16th March 07, 08:15 AM

Brian - we're expecting about twice that, 65 miles east of you. I have plans to drive north to see the Irish Rovers tomorrow and I'll be VERY angry if the weather prevents me from getting there.

Back on topic, I agree with most of the sentiments I've read here, though I do enjoy the fact that Irish music and people with whom to enjoy it are easier to find on March 17.

I'm VERY glad we adopted corned beef. I'll never forget the boiled bacon that my maternal grandmother cooked with the vegetables until the whole thing was a tasteless mess.

**davedove** · 16th March 07, 08:47 AM

The thing that always gets me is the green bread in the grocery store.

Hey, when bread turns green I throw it out!!

**ckelly327** · 16th March 07, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by mrpharr

Stolen from Wikipedia for lazy people like me...
Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá 'le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially Paddy's Day or St. Patty's Day, is the feast day which annually celebrates Saint Patrick (373-493), the patron saint of Ireland, on March 17.

Ah yes, Wikapedia, the death of human intelligence.

St. Patrick is one of three Saints who are Patron Saints of Ireland and his day deserves to be recognized as the Feast of St. Patrick and not St Paddy. The other two, of course are St. Columba and St. Brigid. While the Irish Padraig may be shortened to Paddy in Ireland, it is not appropriate in the states to shorten Patrick to Paddy. Before it became an excuse to abuse the Irish culture the Feast of St. Patrick was one of two Feast days in the Catholic church during the Lenten period with the other being the Feast of St. Joseph on March 19th. Things have changed over the years but these were the two days of feasting for a long time during a period of contemplations and self denial.

Sorry, didn't mean to get religious about things but it's a lot of how I was raised. Mods, you can delete if you think it's inappropriate.

**James73** · 16th March 07, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by ckelly327

My biggest pet peeve was that before I started wearing kilts I would rarely wear green on St. Patrick's Day and I would get the insufferable people asking Why aren't you wearing green?

I used to get this question all the time and I would respond that I was wearing my green boxers. If it is a woman, or a guy who I know will be a little bothered by it, I offer to show them.

**auld argonian** · 16th March 07, 02:19 PM

I had an uncle on my dad's side...the Polish side...who owned a local tavern in our predominently Irish neighborhood. He was apt to get no little verbal abuse from the locals on March 17th. He was a very in-yer-face kind of guy so he began the practice of (I am not kidding about this) painting his...ahem...posterior kelly green on St. Patricks Day and proudly exhibiting it to anyone who came into his saloon and made a disparaging remark about his Polish-ness.

Life of the party, that guy!

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**Caradoc** · 16th March 07, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by auld argonian

He was a very in-yer-face kind of guy so he began the practice of (I am not kidding about this) painting his...ahem...posterior kelly green on St. Patricks Day and proudly exhibiting it to anyone who came into his saloon and made a disparaging remark about his Polish-ness.

Sounds like this is right up his alley (may offend - don't click it if you're easily offended.)