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History through the eyes of the potato - Leo Bear-McGuinness

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The Irish breakfast is one of the most famous in the world. A plate with bacon, bread of form, egg, sausages, mushrooms, tomatoes, potatoes and beans, accompanied with a cup of coffee, or tea.

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Ireland has two official languages, Irish and English. During the English domain, which was from 1175 to 1921, the Irish were widely persecuted and their customs (dances and language, for example) were heavily combated.

Despite this, the Irish have always been very resilient and Irish culture has never been extinguished. Today, all of Ireland's transit plates are written in both languages. The teaching of Irish is also compulsory for schools and the majority of the local population has at least a basic understanding of the language.

Only 2% of the population has Irish as the main language, almost entirely located in Conamara and the Aran Islands, both in Galway County.

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Ingredients

2 cups (9 oz) all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp Kosher or sea salt

1 cup (8 oz) mashed potatoes, boiled in salted water (I prefer Idaho© potatoes)

1 1/2 cups (8 oz) grated, raw potato (nothing fancy needed, just a regular grater)

1 cup (8 oz) buttermilk (or more if needed)

butter for the pan

In a small bowl, place the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

Using a large mixing bowl, combine the mashed potatoes with the grated raw potato, then add the flour and mix well.

Next, slowly add the buttermilk and stir gently (do not over mix)

The mixture should be like a very firm, thick batter; almost like a dough, so add more buttermilk if needed (I just used 1 cup or 8 oz). .

Heat a nonstick frying pan or cast iron pan over medium-high heat, and add a pat of butter, just before scooping out some of the boxy batter onto the pan. You are now cooking Irish potato cakes!

Flatten and shape into a nice, round pancake shape and fry until golden brown on the bottom.

Turn the boxty and continue to cook until golden brown on top, too. Turn the heat down if they are browning too quickly (remember there is raw potatoes which need to cook).

Continue to add a little butter and fry the boxy until all the batter is finished.

Serve the traditional Irish boxty hot, as desired, with or without toppings

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This dish is a classic of the culture and of the typical foods of Ireland, England and Australia. Fried fish fingers with French fries, this is the ' rice with beans ' of the Irish.

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The Irish Stew is a stew of meat with vegetables such as carrots and potatoes. In Ireland, it is common to see this dish on a version with Guinness gravy.

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Its origins took place more than 250 years ago, in the middle of 1759, in the capital of the country, Dublin. Arthur Guinness was the one who developed the beer and baptized it, as you can see, with his surname. Ireland was going through a difficult time at this point, and this beer comes with a different flavor option, because before that there was another one being produced in the country, but with a taste much like the beers that came from England.

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A drink that is based on the mixture of whisky with cream and other ingredients, including coffee, which results in a creamy consistency. The beverage is widely used in the preparation of cocktails and shots. The most famous brand in Ireland and the world is the Baileys.