Living Up To My Ethnicity

It's tough being Irish on St Patrick's Day, people expect me to wear green and give me a hard time if I don't.

When I got to the office this morning, several of my coworkers were in the kitchen for bagel Thursday. As soon as they saw my blue sweater, they all asked "Where's your green?"

I replied "I'm already drunk, what more do you want?" which made them laugh.

Another asked "Did you at least bring some Guinness in?"

"I did bring some in, in my belly."

In The Cucina With Seamas

I recently went to an Irish Brunch and made Irish Soda Bread to bring. One of my friends doesn’t like raisins, so I made two loaves. To compensate for the lack of raisins in the one loaf, I added cranberries as well for the second loaf.

My friends who attended are excellent cooks themselves, so I limited myself to two slices of my contribution. Sadly I forgot to bring those leftovers home with me, but I did take a blueberry muffin, chocolate muffin, and a ginger cookie.

Now the diet begins.