An Enquiry into "Irish Food"

[gothwalk]

If you live in Ireland, or know a bit about the place, what do you think of as "Irish Food"?

If you had to provide a recipe for "something Irish", what would it be?

Comments

[gmh.livejournal.com]

clanwilliam makes good soda bread.

(And in necessity, it can be used as an offensive weapon, effective at a range of up to 30 yards.)

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

Maybe it was wheaten bread then.. utterly delicious though, but then of course I *like* stodgy bread, and fluffy bread, and bland bread, and I don't much care for dark breads or rye, assuming Finnish bread is of similar nature to German rye breads. I also like potato cakes and similar heavy baked goods which I think Irish bakers make quite well. Isn't oaten bread quite heavy and stodgy though? The kinds I've had in various places have been - yum!