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IRISH ROAD KILL

[1]There's plenty we Micks can be proud of: James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, Oscar Wilde, the Ballymaloe Cooking School, JFK and the history of How the Irish Saved Civilization [2].   With March 17th just around the corner now's a good time to remember the wit of the Irish as well in the form of this great St. Patrick's Day recipe.

Over at Shockingly Delicious [3] our friend Dorothy (she of the prize-winning Chocolate-Toffee Pecan Pie [4]) gave name to these delicious spuds.  She bakes hers; mine are fried. Here's my recipe for Irish Road Kill: Steam some new potatoes. Let them cool a bit. Heat a nice amount of butter in a skillet. Smash the potatoes into flattened blobs. Fry on both sides 'til crispy.  

[5]Tasty as they are this recipe for Irish fried potatoes doesn't make for much of a blog entry.  So why not fill this post with some of that celebrated Irish humor? 

Here are the punch lines — see how many of the set-ups you know:

1. Paddy O'Furniture.

2.  Rick O'Shea

3.  Brace yourself Bridgette!

4.  A six pack and a baked potato.

5.  Ah m'am, 'tis a fine thing to be able to read!

6.  BITCH!

[6]7.  Well tell me now, will y'be seeing the dentist too? 

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Happy St. Patrick's Day — may the wind