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CarsAreBasic's avatar

OK Donovan (it is Donovan isn't it?)

What with the Feel Good print stuff????

Green or get pinched? Is that your way of getting back at people you went to Grammar School?

Oh and what is this about listing makers of the "Wee Nip?"

Yea and if I supply the ingredients will you do the Corned Beef???? (chuckle)

OH, and is this a comment on your readers??? crockpot to high

See here it is again.... "Irish Coffee featuring Jameson or Bushmills"

I tell you Lady!

Great article.... (Now where is my orange jacket - don't look at me like that)

Thanks

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Bonnie Donovan's avatar

HA HA, growing up if you wore the "O word" or said the "O word" Dad would throw you in the pool. :)

Enjoy your St. Patrick's Day

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Polly Frost's avatar

Wonderful, Bonnie. In my experience, the Irish in Santa Barbara are divided into two camps, those who become more Irish with every year they live here and those who give it up to say “Yeah, dude.”

Our Corned Beef Brisket is on its way from Shalhoob's Butcher Shop. Not too Irish a store. I also have Bangers in the freezer I got from Jolly Posh, British not Irish yes, but the best bangers you can buy in America. https://jollyposhfoods.com/. And according to Wikipedia, your son's Reuben Egg Rolls were possibly invented by Reuben Kulakofsky, who was Lithuanian Jewish. Where are the local Irish SJWs about this cultural appropriation? Drinking Donovan Stout at The Brewhouse!

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Bonnie Donovan's avatar

Reuben Kulakofsky created the first Reuben Sandwich in Ireland using his own homemade sauerkraut (others also claim to be the first) But for the eggrolls, Michael doesn't have cheese so it's technically not a Reuben :)

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Polly Frost's avatar

You beat me to correcting! Yes of course you're right. Claim for invention is by Mader's a German restaurant in Milwaukee. But without cheese it wouldn't be a Reuben.

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Bonnie Donovan's avatar

I just went to Jolly Posh website, NICE

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Brian MacIsaac's avatar

Thank you, Bonnie for the great article and recipes! We will definitely be giving some of these a try this year. Happy St. Paddy’s Day to you.

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Loy Beardsmore's avatar

Thank you for sharing. Bonnie!!

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Monica Bond's avatar

A fun, uplifting article to start the day! Thank you for the tasty looking recipes and the history lesson.

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Thomas John's avatar

Bonnie this piece is wonderful! I will no doubt get a Donovan Stout before it's gone.

"Lá fhéile Pádraig sona duit"

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Bonnie Donovan's avatar

Thomas, it started as a St. Patrick's Day add to their list of brewed beers, yet now it is available year-round. Enjoy

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Thomas John's avatar

Even better. And thanks again for providing so much background and history of the day.

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Pat Fish's avatar

Not to put a damper on an entirely positive and enthusiastic article, but in my time living in Ireland my friends there never wore green. They considered it bad luck, and a way to identify tourists. They said that during the famine people were reduced to eating grass to try to stay alive, which was insufficient, and so were found dead by the side of the road with green stained clothing. Just to point out that there are always more sides to any story.

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Michael Self's avatar

Dear Bonnie, what a delightful article.

Now we can all have the proper recipes to celebrate St. Paddy’s Day

Thank you

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LamedVav disavows all vaxes.'s avatar

I always thought that Green was for the southern Catholic Irish and that orange was worn by the northern Protestant Irish.

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Carol Redhead's avatar

"OH IT IS THE GREATEST PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE EVER SEEN, ME FATHER WAS AND ORANGE MAN WHILE ME MOTHER SHE WAS GREEN" THE IRISH ROVERS

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Bonnie Donovan's avatar

Correct, the flag Green, white, orange, "the divide"

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LamedVav disavows all vaxes.'s avatar

Thanks, that’s what I thought. Very good article, Bonnie.

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Tom Fitzgerald's avatar

I am of Irish heritage. A Geraldine and a McGowan. So...Saint Patrick was of Welch origins (it is said) and was a Catholic zealot. He was sent to Ireland by the Church to rid the land of 'snakes'. But there were no snakes as such. 'Snakes' was a derogatory reference to all worship within the Druid traditions. Patrick was sent to Ireland to 'eliminate' the Druids. He did. And the Church made him a saint.

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Earl Brown's avatar

Bon Bon, your corned beef and cabbage sounds great - save me some! :)

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Stephen H Siemsen's avatar

Green became a powerful symbol of Irish identity and resistance to British rule, particularly after the 1798 rebellion. The Society of the United Irishmen, a republican revolutionary organization, used green as a key symbol of their cause. In response, British authorities, in an effort to suppress Irish nationalism, outlawed the wearing of green, viewing it as a direct challenge to their authority. Individuals caught wearing green or displaying green symbols could face arrest, imprisonment, or even execution. The Irish song "The Wearing of the Green" became a powerful anthem of Irish resistance, capturing the sentiment of the ban and the struggle for Irish freedom. Those who supported British occupation wore orange. Erin go bragh!

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Polly Frost's avatar

Btw, my test for telling how Irish someone is: ask them what's their favorite Christmas song? If they say the Pogues' “Fairytale of New York” then they are Irish.

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Emmett's avatar

This hit me, “the tradition of wearing green has evolved, with Americans leading the charge and influencing global customs.”

Yes America is very influential throughout the world. Even here celebrating another country’s history we influence the world to celebrate that tradition.

What happens here spreads throughout the world.

The world looks to America. So how do you think the world looked upon the US with Mr Biden in the WH, Democrats & corporate media are now admitting they knew he was mentally deficient for a period, meaning the WH & Media knew he was not competent to be Commander in Chief. Is that treason?

Who was running the country? Dr Jill? Obama? Obama spent a lot of time at the WH, without Mr Biden present.

The people purposefully ignored his mental decline not calling for his stepping down. Were the people ok with the fact that we, the entire US & world knew Mr Biden was not the one running the country.

And now Democrats are upset because a President is running the country?

Very interesting times this country is experiencing.

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Stephen H Siemsen's avatar

What does this post have to do with the topic of St. Paddy's Day...póg mo thóin!

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Robert Johnson's avatar

I agree. Mr. MacIsaac should have his mouth washed out with a bar of Irish Spring soap!

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Brian MacIsaac's avatar

More than that, now they have to deal with America’s own Rosie O’Donnell! 🤣

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Michael Callahan's avatar

For some of us every day is Saint Patricks Day!

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