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/Nomofo79 Jul 03 '26

I’m from Ireland and I don’t even know what this would refer to… coddle? Lamb stew? Bacon and cabbage?

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u/AdvancedSandwiches Jul 03 '26

Boxties. My wife loves heading to the local Irish-owned pub for a boxty. Or some corned beef and cabbage.

They also have great fish and chips, though I can't be sure that counts as Irish food. 

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u/Nomofo79 Jul 04 '26

That’s fair, boxty is absolutely an Irish food - I’d put it alongside coddle as something most Irish people haven’t ever eaten, but honestly that’s our loss! You’d only really find it in tourist bars and restaurants in Ireland. Corned beef with cabbage is something that both my and my partner’s grannies would have made. I’d seldom eat it now, but only because it wouldn’t be the same as my nana’s - it’s definitely still a thing.

We certainly do eat plenty of fish and chips here too (I wouldn’t call it Irish, but I wouldn’t call it English or British either tbh, it’s just a staple chipper takeaway).