Food
The food here in Ireland is very similar to the food back home, but you can find some differences. The traditional Irish dishes are interesting to say the least, most i am not willing to try, but i have tried a few.
Instead of peanut butter they are big consumers of hazelnut spread as is most of Europe.
Bap is sort of like a biscuit but made with bread dough…it is heavy like a biscuit but doesn’t taste like one. IT as used as a bun.
The Bacon is more similar to uncooked ham, as they don’t cook theirs as long as i would like.
Fast food in Ireland (ie McDonald’s, Burger King) is a lot less greasy than in the States.
You can find a lot of Chinese and Indian restaurants,but very few burger joints in small towns.
Pizza in Ireland is slightly different but still very good tasting.
YOU CANT FIND MEXICAN TO SAVE YOUR LIFE!!!!
Beef and Guinness Pie is like beef tips made with Guinness instead of wine and covered with a puff pastry instead of being served over noodles. IT IS GREAT!!!!
Kraft Mac n Cheese is none existent as well.
The water is safe to drink but tastes funky!
Potato Waffles are amazing! They are literally waffles made with mashed potatoes, and you can put them in the toaster!!!! They are great with ketchup (which you can buy here).
Believe it or not Chicken is really expensive over here! And beef tastes different!!!
Funny Phrases
As with any Country, Ireland has a language all to itself. If you ever get the chance to travel here you will notice while they pirmarily speak english, they have a unique style all to there own. I want to give you a small tast of this language. I will try my best to do them justice and explain eah to my full knowledge…
takin’ the piss=just kidding, just joking
have crack with ye= hang out together
ye= you
so and so’s legend= so and so is great
well= hello
the crack= fun
langers/twisted/sozzled= drunk
eejits/gobshites= people who are do something really stupid
bold= naughty
biscuits= cookies
sweets= candy
fingers= cookies/candy bars
cool man= common phrase meaning cool
RAIN!!!
So far since i have been here in Ireland the weather has been really nice. Well today when i woke up that was a different story. i found it to be quite windy and overcast all day long finally about 30 minutes ago so 10:30 pm on Monday, September 29, 2008 it rained. Granted it was not a full out rainstorm but at least rain came down from the sky and landed on the ground. I wish i had my camera so i could take a picture, but I gave my memory card to Nicole so she could update the school blog. Anyway i am so happy and excited that it jsut rained!!!!!!!!!! Much Love, Peace out!!
