The interesting history behind potatoes is that they were considered as pig food until the 18th century. It was Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (August 12, 1737 – December 13, 1813) who elevating the lowly potato from the hog trough to the dining table in France and around Europe. … [Read more...] about The Best Mashed Potatoes
Side Dish
These Dinner Rolls Need No Yeast
This is a quick and easy way to add a nice touch to your dinner table: fresh dinner buns without yeast. … [Read more...] about These Dinner Rolls Need No Yeast
Roasted Cauliflower Supreme
This is one of my favourite side dishes to serve to company. It is an unusual combination of pantry ingredients you likely have in the back of your cupboard. Frozen cauliflower works just as well as fresh. The joy of cauliflower is that you can roast frozen cauliflower just as … [Read more...] about Roasted Cauliflower Supreme
Irish Potato Cakes
This recipe comes from Jane Pettigrew's Traditional Teatime Recipes cookbook. "Irish recipes make inventive use of potatoes and working people relied heavily on recipes that mixed them with milk, buttermilk, cream and eggs to make breads and cakes and these traditional … [Read more...] about Irish Potato Cakes
Easy Peasy Irish Soda Bread
Soda Bread became a staple in Irish homes after the potato famine wiped out crops and baking soda became more readily available in the 1840s. Baking soda was cheap and kept longer than yeast. Traditional Irish Soda Bread uses only 4 ingredients that the poor would have had … [Read more...] about Easy Peasy Irish Soda Bread
