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St Patrick's Day

Bacon and cabbage in Ireland, corned beef and cabbage in America, and stout in both.

What is eaten for St Patrick's Day

The feast of Ireland's patron saint falls in Lent, and the Church has long relaxed the fast for the day. In Ireland the traditional plate is boiled bacon with cabbage and potatoes, or a lamb stew, with soda bread. Irish emigrants in American cities swapped the bacon for corned beef, which was cheaper there, and corned beef and cabbage became the dish of the day in the United States. Stout and whiskey are poured on both sides of the Atlantic.

The dishes

Bacon and cabbageThe plate of the day in Ireland.Corned beefWith cabbage, the Irish American version.Irish stewLamb, potatoes and onions.Soda breadQuick bread raised with baking soda and buttermilk.ColcannonMashed potato with cabbage or kale.GuinnessThe stout raised for the toast.

More dishes made for St Patrick's Day

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About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Saint Patrick's Day" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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