St Pats Day!

roundtop, Mar 16, 12:29pm
What would be good and easy to do for the day 2moro at the cafe we work at
thats green!Any simple ideas anyone!
carriebradshaw, Mar 16, 12:56pm
Why does it have to be green!Just curious.I'm from Ireland and we certainly dont eat green food or drink green drink on Paddys day.
Why not just do something like an Irish stew,beef and guiness stew or Brown Soda bread with smoked salmon.
elliehen, Mar 16, 1:00pm
The American Irish like it green ;)The Chicago Irish even dye the river green for the day.

http://greenchicagoriver.com/
apple741, Mar 16, 1:05pm
four leaf clover cookies iced green,
lindylambchops1, Mar 16, 1:23pm
The local butcher in Rangiora made green sausages one year for St Patrick's Day.I bought some but found the colour some how off putting!LOL
elliehen, Mar 16, 2:24pm
Was it you who once posted your grandmother's recipe for genuine Irish Soda Bread!
bridget107, Mar 16, 2:31pm
supercook, Mar 16, 2:59pm
I am making the kids green lamingtons for treat for St Pat's day.
carriebradshaw, Mar 16, 5:29pm
I remember about 10 years ago in Dublin all the pubs reckoned they were going to put green colouring in the beer for Paddy's Day.The uproar it caused!
roundtop, Mar 16, 5:48pm
I dont know why we go green,but it seems to be the thing to do!
elliehen, Mar 16, 1:00pm
The American Irish like it green ;)The Chicago Irish even dye the river green for the day.

http://greenchicagoriver.com/
bridget107, Mar 16, 2:31pm
uli, Mar 16, 5:08pm
lodgelocum, Mar 16, 5:52pm
Saw somewhere today, cupcakes in the green paper wrapper, green icing and a chocolate piped four leaf clover placed on top, looked pretty good.
strebor1, Mar 17, 11:08am
Brown soda bread with smoked salmon, sounds absolutely delicious! Too hot up here for a stew tonight, very tropical feeling, love the sound of the salmon though!
elliehen, Mar 17, 11:49am
.because every photograph you ever see of the Irish countryside is of lush green fields, every sports team wears green, Riverdance-style troupes have green lights diffused across the stage, Leprechauns wear green jackets etc etc

It's rather like the New Zealand black.
lurtz, Mar 17, 12:00pm
Wikipedia explanation below.It doesn't answer the question about the colouring of food, but it explains why St Pat's day is a greenies day.

"Originally, the colour associated with Saint Patrick was blue. Over the years the colour green and its association with Saint Patrick's Day grew.[11] Green ribbons and shamrocks were worn in celebration of St Patrick's Day as early as the 17th century.[12] Saint Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish, and the ubiquitous wearing and display of shamrocks and shamrock-inspired designs has become a feature of the day.[13][14] In the 1798 rebellion, to make a political statement, Irish soldiers wore full green uniforms on 17 March in hopes of catching public attention.[11] The phrase "the wearing of the green", meaning to wear a shamrock on one's clothing, derives from a song of the same name."