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From: "Carole" <>
Subject: Re: [Irish-American] Re: IRISH-AMERICAN-D Digest V03 #175
Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 11:34:14 -0700
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lace curtain Irish and John Barleycorn were phrases I remember.
Carole
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From: "NEIL MURPHY" <>
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Subject: Re: [Irish-American] Re: IRISH-AMERICAN-D Digest V03 #175


> Has anyone ever heard the expression "dutch love in an Irish kitchen?"
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> Have you heard of the "shanty Irish," the "kitchen Irish," and the "lace
> curtain Irish?"
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> Are there many in your family who've been seduced by John Barleycorn?
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> I have really enjoyed the messages on the meals in Irish households. I did
> not realize how much the food I ate as a child connected me to my Irish
(and
> German) roots. I laugh when I read about Mueller's spaghetti for Friday
> dinner. That was a regular on our Friday dinner table. I grew up in
> Maryland...where did these other Mueller spaghetti eaters live? I am
> curious
> about that brand of pasta...was it the only kind available on store
shelves?
> Did those pasta eaters who chose that brand live in the same general area
> of the East coast? I guess because I am half Irish and half German
ancestry
> I
> thought my mother chose Muellers to please my dad.
> ...One day's meals spicy (sour beef) and the next days meals bland and
> overcooked. No wonder parents wanted their kids to marry within the
ethic
> group-to avoid stomach upsets! :>)
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