"May the light find you on a dreary day.When you need to be home,
May you find your way.
May you always have courage
To take a chance
And never find frogs
In your underpants"
(Irish Blessing)
Happy St. Patricks Day, Everyone! That sneaky leprechaun was at our house again this morning. He turned the milk green.....again. I also noticed that Liam's vanilla pudding for his school snack was green, too. Oh my.
Well, I've sent all the kiddos off to school wearing their green. Liam even insisted that he ride his bike to school today because......you guessed it, his bike is green. :-) I'm off for coffee at Angie's (the local one but you can pop up for a diet coke, Ms. Tennessee Angie, if'n ya wanna. lol) Tonight will be the traditional corned beef, cabbage and potatoes and Irish Freckle bread for dessert. No Irish Daddy to enjoy it with us but we will say a blessing over him. :-)
Have a blessed day and may the luck of the Irish be with you (hm, maybe that isn't such a good thing.....my luck hasn't been so good lately. lol)
Edited to add recipe for IRISH FRECKLE BREAD:
5-5 1/2 cups flour
1/2 c. sugar
2 tbsp active dry yeast
3/4 tsp salt
1 c. potato water or water
1/2 c butter or margarine
2 eggs
1/2 c. cooked mashed potatoes (room temp)
1 c. chopped dates
In large bowl, combine 1 1/2 c flour with sugar, undissolved yeast and salt. Heat water and butter until very warm. Gradually add to dry ingredients; beat 2 minutes at medium speed of electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally. Add eggs, mashed potatoes and 1/2 c flour; beat 2 minutes at high speed. With spoon, stir in dates and enough remaining flour to make soft dough. Knead on floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 min. Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover; let rise in warm place until doubled in size (about 1 1/2 hr). Punch dough down. On floured surface, shape dough into 4 slender loaves (about 8 in. long). Set 2 loaves, side by side in each of 2 greased loaf pans. Cover; let rise in warm place until doubled in size . Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until done. Remove from pans. Cool on wire rack.
8 comments:
I'm sitting here -- sipping a cold one (DIET COKE) as I read your blog.
I'm praying blessings of froggy underpants for you. . .and still hoping that we'll be able to connect in person. Ya know??
May the luck of the Irish be with us all! Wonderful blessings! Thanks so much.
Green pudding and milk ... oh my!! I don't know if I could do that, but I'm sure the kiddies loved it! :) Have a beautiful day!
froggy underpants...bwahahhahhahah ! love it...my lil red haired green eyed non-Irish self wishes you a Happy St. Pat's day!
Great post.
Happy St Patrick's Day from N Ireland.
Not sure what Irish Feckle Bread is, can you tell me?
Well Pinch ME! I didn't put any green on. LOL! Hubby is Scottish so he insists on wearing orange. LOL! We already had the corned beef and cabbage last night. Yummm!
I got a kick out of the Irish Blessing. Nope no frogs in the drawers yet.
Hope your St. Paddy's day is a good one.
This sounds delicous! Happy St. Paddy's day and may the luck of the Irish be with you every day. I think you could use a leprechaun to look out for you these days.
:-)
Thanks for the recipe. Sounds yummy!
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