Global Recipe Project

Tony has this amazing ability to pull the most appropriate country at the most appropriate time....amazing that it's St. Patrick's Day and Ireland was pulled from the jar... Although most folks are having corned beef and cabbage we're not. We've been enjoying the beef and cabbage this since Monday and we're going to another Irish party on Sunday where we'll be able to indulge again in the salty/briny goodness. So, instead I'm making the Irish favorite, calcannon . It's so familiar in Southern Irish homes that there's even songs about calcannon. Seriously. Calcannon is a mashed potato/cabbage dish. I'm serving it tonight alongside grilled sausage and of course Guinness. Calcannon 2 lbs potatoes, peeled and diced 1 small onion-chopped 4 tbsp butter 1/2 head savoy cabbage-chopped 1/4 cup milk salt and pepper Bring a large pot of water to boil, add the potatoes and cook until tender. Drain them in a colander and then return to the pot ...

The card for Germany accidentally fell out of the mason jar. Weird. Although I'm three weeks late, we're celebrating Oktoberfest today. We've invited great friends for a German afternoon feast. On the lunch menu is: Bratwurst Kartoffelsalat (warm potato salad) Sauerkraut Beer Versunkener Apfelkuchen (sunken apple cake)   When it comes to meat and potatoes I'm sticking with the Germans. Everything was delicious. The kartoffelsalat was wonderful.  I've been conditioned after years of fourth of July parties that potato salad is cold, full of mayonnaise and eggs and boring. Well, not in Germany.  Kartoffelsalat is warm, simple and delicious.  The Sunken Apple cake was a bit dry though I wonder if that was not just a fault in the recipe (or my oven). The sauerkraut came straight from a newly discovered deli and was packed in nothing other than its own juices (ie no vinegar). I then simmered the sauerkraut in bacon fat, white wine, bacon bits, and sliced ...