NORA FABIANOVÁ AND DENISA HLADOVÁ 3.C Irish cuisine

fresh ingredients (lamb, pork, beef, fish and seafood) excellent salmon and trout Irish cuisine is about MEAT and POTATOES fast food meals such as fish and chips (fried fish with fries) are also popular

FOOD Irish breakfast- similar to the English breakfast (usually includes sausages, fried eggs, sometimes fried tomato or mushrooms) with potato bread or toast washed down with TEA the equivalent of „Irish breakfast“ is the ULSTER FRY

IRISH STEW stewed meat (lamb or mutton meat) and vegetables, potatoes, onions, carrots and parsley national dish

COLCANNON consisting primarly of mashed potatoes and kale or cabbage (other ingredients: leeks, onion, chives, bacon, ham)

SHEPHARD ’ s PIE a meat pie with minced meat covered with potato- cheese layer

SEAFOOD CHOWDER a thick soup with seafood contains milk or cream

BLACK PUDDING pudding made of pork blood, grains and spices sausage cut into slices and fried black pudding is one of the basic components of the Irish diet

POTATO BREAD thin potato bread potatoes are replaced with wheat flour

BLAA soft bun sprinkled with flour mostly consumed in the morning with butter contains various fillings

BARMBRACK sourdough bread with raisins toasted with butter and washed down with a cup of tea

IRISH CHEESES produced on farms in Ireland for centuries nowadays many of them have excellent quality Ardrahan, Gubbeen, Cashel Blue

DRINKING Irish coffee a drink with hot coffee, Irish whiskey, sugar and cream

BEER like a national symbol and part of the Irish society Guinness is an Irish classic – bitter dark beer

POTCHEEN Irish spirits distilled from malted barley or potatoes produced for centuries illegally at home the distillate had a high percentage of alcohol (60- 95%) production was officially banned until 1997 now two officially licensed distilleries nowadays "only" 40-45% of alcohol

BAILEYS Irish liqueur consists primarily of Irish whiskey and cream Baileys is drunk with or without ice, added to cocktails or coffee

IRISH WHISKEY one of the most famous Irish products and export products the best-known brands of Irish whiskey are Jameson and Bushmills