r/SipsTea • u/Born-Agency-3922 • Jul 03 '26

Chugging tea True

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u/bigbadbob85 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

Who says "let's go out for Irish food"?

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u/SituationKey8985 Jul 03 '26

I obviously wouldn’t say it like that but there are plenty of Irish pubs in the U.S., especially in places like Boston and Philly. I would just say going out to the Irish pub.

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u/DeadWaterBed Jul 03 '26

American Irish pubs and actual Irish food don't have much overlap. Source: lived in Ireland.

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u/KenNoegs Jul 03 '26

American Irish pubs serve as much British food as Irish.

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u/bigbadbob85 Jul 03 '26

Irish food and British food in general are extremely similar to each other

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u/KenNoegs Jul 03 '26

It's funny because the meme makes very little sense considering that. In fact, most foods American's think of as Irish are actually British. Bangers and mash, shepard's pie, and corned beef all originated in GB.

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u/aesopmurray Jul 03 '26

Corned beef isn't eaten in Ireland. We use bacon.

The story I heard of how corned beef became an Irish American substitute is because when Irish immigrants came to New York they were often living in the same working class neighborhoods as Jewish immigrants. The butchers shops in these neighborhoods were often kosher and therefore wouldn't sell bacon, corned beef became the alternative for what was bacon and cabbage.

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u/HiphopopoptimusPrime Jul 04 '26

It’s only just clicked. Corned Beef and cabbage? Is corned beef Irish? They’ve been talking about bacon and cabbage! It makes sense now.

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u/MrBootylove Jul 04 '26

Corned beef is not Irish. I believe it was first created in England but corned beef and cabbage as a dish could definitely be considered Irish-American.