A Broken Pledge
Remember how I said I was going to follow the New York Times recipes to the letter ? Um, not so much. At least not today, St. Patrick's Day of all days, for a traditional Irish meal. This morning when I opened the NY Times Cooking app on my phone, there was a lovely looking recipe for Guinness Pie . My oldest daughter had invited herself to dinner (in fairness, we usually have dinner at their house on Friday nights); I thought I'd invite my son and his family, too. All this on account of us watching the 3 Grandsons at our house because Friday is not only Flip Flop Friday (cf: my Facebook page), it's also Grandpa Dan-o Child Care Day. So that recipe was calling to me. During the day, I recalled our trip to Ireland almost 13 years ago. The first meal I had was a very yummy Guinness stew. Actually, it was about the best meal I had the entire week we were in Ireland. The Irish are know for their whiskey and beer, not their food. S...