PHOTOS - IrishCentral’s top ten Irish food and drinks you’ve never heard of
Have you ever found yourself confused by food menu’s in Ireland?
Throughout the centuries we have developed some rare and delectable recipes, where few things go to waste. To find out more about some odd Irish cuisine, read on.
1. Fraughans
Variety of wild blueberry used in desserts and for flavoring poitin.
2. Kassler
Prime cuts of pork loin, lightly brined and smoked.
3. Kipper
To ‘kipper’ a herring is to split it, bone it, lightly salt it, then smoke it. Usually eaten at breakfast.
4. Mead
An alcoholic drink made from fermented honey
5. Poitin
Homemade distilled spirit, a practice which is illegal in Ireland. Made from a brew consisting mainly of barely, it has a distinctive dry and grainy flavor with a delicate aftertaste that becomes sweeter as it develops.
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6. Porter Cake
A fruit cake in which the liquid used is porter (a light variety of stout).
7. Rowan berries
The berries of a rowan tree, also known as the mountain ash.
8. Sloes
The fruit of the blackthorn tree which are suitable for preserves.
9. Soda Farl
A flat white soda bread, shaped into a round, cut into triangular quarters and baked on a griddle; farl is an old work for quarter.
10. Yall Man
Honeycombed toffee, a specialty of Ballycastle, County Antrim.
SOURCE: Biddy White Lennon (www.discoverireland.com)
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.DrTrelawney | Oct 12, 2011, 09:29 AM EDT
Yeah, JohnJoe, the poitin entry is totally bizarre. I quote: "Made from a brew consisting mainly of barely, it has a distinctive dry and grainy flavor with a delicate aftertaste that becomes sweeter as it develops." The latter phrase is cut and pasted from a website that is discussing a commercially produced -- and utterly bogus -- version of the spirit. Poitin was, of course, traditionally made from anything that could be harvested cheaply -- often potatoes. It's usually disgusting and often hugely dangerous.
JohnJoe4444 | Oct 11, 2011, 08:44 AM EDT
Very irresponsible to list poitin among the foods of Ireland. It is illegal and often dangerous. Criminals sometimes make batches of the stuff that contains chemicals that are lethal. People havd gone blind and have died from the after effects of the poison. There are some honest makers but it is safer to stick to the Jameson! I agree with the rest of the comments about the article. Where do they get off peddling nonse like this? It is insulting to readers and undermines the credibility of the organisation.
DrTrelawney | Oct 11, 2011, 06:54 AM EDT
Ellen, Yellow Man is definitely a real thing in Ballycastle. But how it has become "Yall Man" I really can't tell. This article is beyond nonsense.
abhainn | Oct 10, 2011, 08:22 PM EDT
Kippers and mead are British foods, not Irish ones.
ellenfromcork | Oct 10, 2011, 06:58 PM EDT
Bernie Malone, this story is rubbish.The only ones I never heard of was Yellow man and Kassler.If you look Kassler up you'll see it's definitely German, not Irish.
seanomelbourne | Oct 10, 2011, 05:43 PM EDT
My Gran use to make porter cake,My mother use to take us picking fraughans,sloe and hazelnuts.All this may be new to Bernie but not us oldtimers.
DrTrelawney | Oct 10, 2011, 12:28 PM EDT
I was born and raised in Belfast and used to holiday in Ballycastle. Believe me, it's called "yellow man".
citizen69 | Oct 10, 2011, 12:11 PM EDT
Gin made from sloes is pretty good!
joan1954 | Oct 10, 2011, 11:36 AM EDT
For an online paper, I found a few spelling errors. I once knew an elderly lady from the north, now passed on to her reward that called "yellow man" yalla man and I can well see where they got yalla from yellow. As a Texan it is like me saying ya'll for you all. Makes sense.
Murph46 | Oct 10, 2011, 11:12 AM EDT
Where do I get in line for one of each?
DrTrelawney | Oct 10, 2011, 10:21 AM EDT
Ah, Irish Central. Kippers are an English invention. Kassler is a German dish, which, in 47 years, I have never seen on an Irish menu. On an even more bizarre point, what the heck is "Yall Man"? I assume you mean "Yellow Man". It's called that because it's, ahem, yellow. Where did you drag up this nonsense?