Happy Saint Patricks Day

Happy Saint Patricks Day


Still wondering what to serve on this special day?
If you want to try something a bit more adventurous this site may help.
http://shamrock.org/food/

More fun below the recipes

or make some Baileys Brownies
Ingredients
Brownie:
200g caster sugar
4 eggs
225g unsalted butter
70g cocoa
70g plain flour
300g dark chocolate
1 measure (35ml) Baileys® Irish cream
Sorbet:
1 pint water
9oz caster sugar
1 punnet of raspberries (about a pint)

Method
Melt chocolate over a pot of hot water.
Beat eggs and sugar together.
Melt butter and add to eggs.
Sieve flour and cocoa, then add to butter and egg mixture.
Add half of the Baileys®.
Stir in the chocolate.
Bake in a preheated oven at gas mark 4/180C/350F for 30 minutes.
When brownie has cooled down, brush with remaining Baileys®.

Boil all ingredients together and blend in a liquidiser or blender.
If you have an ice-cream machine, churn until frozen.
If not place in a freezer and stir every 20 minutes until frozen.

To serve, slice brownies into squares and serve slightly warm
with a ball of raspberry sorbet. Sprinkle with cocoa powder.

Ingredients
2oz (50g) dark continental chocolate (75% cocoa)
4oz (110g) butter
2 large eggs, beaten
8oz (225g) granulated sugar
3oz (75g) plain flour
1 tsp (5ml) baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp (30ml) Baileys® Irish Cream
1 tbsp (15ml) nut liqueur
Method
Put the chocolate and butter together in a large mixing bowl placed
over a pan of simmering water - do not let the bowl touch the water.
Allow the chocolate to melt, then beat it smooth, remove from the
heat and simply stir in all the other ingredients until thoroughly blended.
Spread the mixture evenly into a well-greased tin 7x11 inches (18x28cm)
lined with baking parchment to 1 inch (2.5cm) above the tin.

Bake in the center of the oven at 180C/350F /gas mark 4 for 30 minutes
or until slightly springy in the centre. These brownies will be slightly crisp
on the outside but deliciously soft and squidgy within.



Actually Saint Patrick was not Irish, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in
390 in England. He was captured by Irish hooligans and taken to Ireland as
a youth, where he spent several years in slavery. He eventually was either
freed or escaped and returned to England to study for the priesthood.

In 435, he traveled back to Ireland to organize the Christian church.
He was made the patron saint of Ireland for this work in converting Ireland
to Christianity. March 17th is the day of his death.


HOW IRISH ARE YOU?

TEST YOUR I. Q. [IRISH QUOTIENT]



1. Why did St. Patrick drive all the snakes out of Ireland?

2. Why do people wear shamrocks on St. Patrick's Day?

3. Where does green beer come from?

4. How can you tell if an Irishman is having a good time?

5. Why can't you borrow money from a leprechaun?

6. What's Irish and stays out all night?

7. How did the Irish jig get started?

8. Why do leprechauns have pots of gold?

9. What's and Irish windbreaker?

10. On St. Patrick's Day, while people are searching for tiny, little leprechauns, what are the leprechauns searching for?

1. He couldn't afford plane fare.

2. Real rocks would look funny.

3. Who cares? As long as it keeps coming!

4. He's Dublin over with laughter.

5. They're always a little short.

6. Pati O'Furniture!

7. Lots of beer and too few restrooms.

8. They like to "go" first class.

9. Someone who's had too much corned beef and cabbage!

10. Tiny, little women.

Give yourself a point for each right answer and put and "O" in front of your name. Have a terrific St. Patrick's Day!

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Two Irishmen were walking home after a night on the beer when a severed head rolled along the ground. Mick picked it up to his face and said to Paddy "Jez, that look like Sean" to which Paddy replied "No Sean was taller than that"
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Irish business men have their names printed on the front and back of their business card in case someone looses them.
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Irishman finds a Genie lamp and rubs it. Out comes the Genie and asks "Master you have released me from the lamp and I grant you three wishes, what would you like" Irishman scratches his head, then answers "A bottle of Guinness that never gets empty. "Granted master" retorted the Genie and produced the bottle. The man was delighted and got drunk on this one magic Guiness bottle for weeks then he remembered that he had two other wishes. He rubbed the lamp again and the Genie appeared. "Yes master, you have two more wishes, what would you like?" "You know that magic, never ending Guinness bottle" he asks the Genies. "Well, for my final two wishes, I'd like another two of them"
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A major Guinness debate has existed over the years: Do the bubbles really float down. A group of scientists have found the answer: Yes they do. After close examination, it was revealed that, as a pint settles, bubbles touching the walls of the glass experience drag and that prevents them from floating up. The bubbles in the middle, however, are free to rise.

So if you plan on celebrating today, please remember to do so responsibly. And if you need a conversation starter for a beautiful stranger, sinking bubbles are sure to do the trick.