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IrishCentral’s top ten Irish food and drinks you’ve never heard of



Fraughans - Variety of wild blueberry used in desserts and for flavoring poitin. - hisforhomeblog.com Kassler - Prime cuts of pork loin, lightly brined and smoked. - Google Images Kipper - To ‘kipper’ a herring is to split it, bone it, lightly salt it, then smoke it. Usually eaten at breakfast. - my-online-log.com Mead - An alcoholic drink made from fermented honey. - billsbasquin.com Poitin - Homemade distilled spirit, a practice which is illegal in Ireland. - whiskyminibottles.com Porter Cake - A fruit cake in which the liquid used is porter (a light variety of stout). - ginandcrumpets.wordpress.com Rowan Berries - The berries of a rowan tree, also known as the mountain ash. - Google Images Sloes - The fruit of the blackthorn tree which are suitable for preserves. - gastronomydomine.com 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. - niamheen - flicker.com Yall Man - Honeycombed toffee, a specialty of Ballycastle, County Antrim. - The Guardian


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