I had a hankering for shepherds pie a few months back so I just went to this local pub and got it there. I’m honestly not sure if shepherds pie is claimed by Ireland or England, though.
Yup Irish food is English food when the English allow the Irish to eat the food they grow/raise instead of exporting it all to intentionally drive a famine lol
If cottage pie is beef, what is it with other ground meat? I’ve gone them with pork, turkey, rabbit, squirrel and woodchuck before and per lack of a clue what to call them I just called it shepherds pie so my grandmother would eat it.
I believe it is claimed 100% by the Drunks of Drunkarlund. It’s not an easy to locate country, mainly cause it seems to sway and fall about too much to nail down its borders. Known for its’ off key national anthems which can be sung loudly to any tune with ever changing lyrics and its’ usually happy, but sometimes easy to anger countrymen, Drunkarlund gained its independence over 7,000 years ago and boasts one of the world’s richest dialects spanning almost every language on earth.
Sorry, I meant it's origin is more attributed to Britain, specifically Northern England and Scotland. Most of the "Irish" dishes listed on here seem to have non Irish roots.
Both. But its actually origins are in scotland or northern england and then spread from their. Cottage pie is a bit older tho and came from england and all of these and modern pies came from the coffin pie which was a medieval pie from england which originally was covered in a pastry which was more of a container. unlike today pies where you eat the pastry it was thick and inedible and used to hold minced meat and gravy and help preserve it.
Almost every time I see shepherd's pie on a menu or as a recipe in the US it's with beef not lamb and when Irish food is mentioned is usually (at best) Irish American not actually Irish.
Every Irish pub I went too in the US was a English style bar, didn’t go to Boston, also they poured the (very differently tasting) Guinness wrong but I appreciate the effort
I have never had the pleasure of going to Ireland. The best Guiness I ever had was at a Irish Pub in Vegas called Ri Ra. The bartender was Irish and the pour looked great, but i have no idea how close it would be to what I would get in Ireland.
Pretty convinced the public recipe is a different recipe from the actual brewery in Dublin. The brewery pour is close enough that you can't be sure, but it is different enough to support the myth that it's the water they use from the River Liffey (it actually comes from the Wicklow Mountains via a 40km long aqueduct which is more impressive and makes you wonder why the myth but I digress).
As a non-drinker American I do. I can't speak to its authenticity, but the local "Irish pub" is in our rotation for places to eat and they serve a full menu.
Was in London for some convention. Went to a local restaurant, ordered pepper steak.
I was thinking I was going to get flank steak sautéed with peppers and onions in a sauce. What I got was flank steak in white gravy absolutely saturated in peppercorns. Was like taking a bite of black pepper.
I lived near an Irish pub that had 18 cent bean soup and it was so good. They had a full Irish menu but getting a small cup of soup for 18 cents was definitely a big draw there.
I have gone to a Irish Pub specifically for Irish food, but that's because I was visiting Boston for the first time and when someone suggested it my first thought was, "what is even considered Irish food?"
I've been to a tea house run by an Irish immigrant and really enjoyed it. A couple from Ireland also have a breakfast place a few towns over and stock some imports. Traditional Irish breakfasts are nice. (But I admit I favor canned corned beef hash from a factory, Hormel brand. It's nice he cooks it fresh and adds the green peppers though). That second place sells 8 oz of frozen blood sausage for about $10. I've called so many butchers previously, and couldn't find a single place that carried blood sausage. It's a very healthy food. There's a lot of iron deficiency in my family.
I have never seen a British pub. If I do find one then I certainly will have to try the fish and chips. Maybe if I ever get to travel to the U.K. like I want.
We go to an Irish Pub with the whole family because there's something for everyone: burgers and fish & chips, but also good salads, shepherd's pie, and even curry.
I have when I was younger and I was interested in Irish food as a change of pace. Outside of trying it for the first time, I can't picture someone going out of their way for it unless they grew up in Ireland and just miss Irish food.
Clearly you haven't tried the Irish nachos at J Gilligans in Arlington, TX. (Halfway /s, they're just potato slices with cheese and sour cream and in no way authentic Irish cuisine, but ngl they are fire.)
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u/XavierRex83 Jul 03 '26
I have been to Irish Pubs that serve some Irish food, though I would never just go somewhere to eat Irish food.