Maggie's Farm

Real Irishmen like to have a pint at the pub on the way to work. Every day, not just on the Feast of St. Patrick, which is not a big event in Ireland. To make it breakfast, the barman stirs in one or two raw eggs. Then a fellow is ready for work.

But that is just breakfast. Here is the Irish version of�haute cuisine. You cannot have too much mustard to go with it, and the meat has to be falling apart.

St. Patrick, himself, was a 5th Century missionary to Ireland. His career is well-addressed in Thomas Cahill's excellent and Maggie's-recommended How the Irish Saved Civilization.�As wonderful as that book is, we found Cahill's Desire of the Everlasting Hills to be a Christian eye-opener, in the finest sense, and a book not-to-be-missed.