Yesterday started a bit rough. I am entering into the two-week final stretch of the academic year which means ‘nose in books’ (as you can see) and exams. By this time next week I will be all but done with second year and free for the summer to resume my mothering chores of homework, laundry and dish bitch duties. It is difficult to say which appeals to me more.
Yesterday also brought the first day of ‘Eat only Irish for one week‘ and it followed hot on the heels of a food documentary that ran Sunday evening ‘What is Ireland Eating‘ these days. (you can watch it on RTE Player – and should watch it).
All this talk about food is making me hungry.
Of course, I am one of the lucky ones. I married a Chef and this kind of challenge is what he is all about. For the most part we will be eating right out of our own back garden. That is about as good as it gets!
We made the horrible mistake decision to let the children watch Philip Boucher-Hayes‘ food documentary yesterday afternoon after they had finished their homework and I am confident that they will never touch a piece of processed ham again (or any other kind of processed meat with the exception of chili dogs…….mmmmm…..chili dogs).
AND, they were headed in to school this morning loaded down with waaaaay too much information on all the ‘crap dat was injected into the ham’. Sorry teachers, I hope they do not ruin your lunch!
We will not be able to stick to the diet completely because the Chef & I just don’t function without Coffee. Or Wine. And, in fairness, as he reminded me last night, we are not really ‘eating’ our coffee beans or ‘chewing’ our wine, so this might be the loophole we were looking for.
We are days away from digging our own ‘early spuds’ so had to resort to a few bought items.
A bucketload of our own sautéed mustard greens and rocket using Donegal Rapeseed oil and Irish atlantic salt and a succulent leg of lamb from Roscommon with beautiful baby carrots from the Chef’s garden and a few lovely spuds from Athenry.
I know it seems grand to have a lovely big roast dinner on a Monday night doesn’t it. Well, considering I have to make 16 + sandwiches for the kiddos for the rest of the week, it seemed to make perfect economic sense!
Are you supporting your local community and ‘Eating Only Irish‘ for a week?
Ok, back to the grind. Must be nearly time for a break from all this ……..ah …………study.
Those are all the WiseWords I have for today,
WiseMóna
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