Personally, I can’t think of anything nicer than a corned beef pie on Saint Paddy’s Day! And thanks to Karla we have a wonderful picture to celebrate what we think is a real culinary golden pot at the end of the rainbow!
A few ‘facts on Saint Patrick you might not have known:
1) He was born in Roman Britain in the fifth century, at the age of sixteen, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken captive to Ireland as a slave
2) Originally, the color associated with Saint Patrick was blue
3) New York’s first Saint Patrick’s Day Parade was held on 17 March 1762 by Irish soldiers in the British Army.The first celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day in New York City was held at the Crown and Thistle Tavern in 1766
4) Seattle and other cities paint the traffic stripe of their parade routes green. Wikipedia says Chicago dyes its river green and has done so since 1962 when sewer workers used green dye to check for sewer discharges and had the idea to turn the river green for Saint Patrick’s Day
As the folks at Guinness say,”everyone is GREEN on Saint Patrick’s Day!”
Enjoy the Day!
Roger Freberg