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.