St. Patrick's Day

We've always celebrated St. Patrick's Day

Even though I thought I was German

(of course, we Germans celebrate ours with a whole month -- Oktoberfest while the Irish only have one day!)

However, when I had my DNA done -- I found out I was 30% Irish/English

So now it is my holiday as well!

St. Patrick's Day calls for four things:

1. Beer
2. Corned Beef and Cabbage
3. Irish coffee
4. Friends

Last night at Linderhof . . . 

those four things came together!

The table --

Lace cloth, English transfer ware, Irish linen napkins in silver rings

Daffodils are the perfect centerpiece -- it is, after all, almost Spring!

The menu -- a classic:

Bread

I decided to make this Irish Guinness Brown Bread instead of my classic

Top of the Tower Irish Soda Bread

And it may be a permanent substitute

It was good -- that good!

We don't serve courses.

Everything comes out of the kitchen on a big platter

Corned beef

Cabbage

Carrots

Potatoes

Served with:

Horseradish Sauce

(From Stephenson's Restaurant in Kansas City -- the only horseradish sauce I make --

it is so good, I can almost eat it with a spoon.   Not only good for corned beef -- it goes well with brisket and roast beef)

Dessert was neither Irish nor Green

A lemon sponge cake

for one of our guests loves lemon!

It's Mother's recipe and she often made it for Easter Dinner

It is a "spring" cake!

After cake, you can't celebrate St. Patrick's Day without:

Irish coffee

(the little mugs given to me many years ago by a dear friend.   Used only once a year --

but it wouldn't be St. Patrick's Day without coffee out of these sweet mugs!)