St Patrick"s Day Dinner
W e had planned to have our St Patrick's Day dinner last night (Sunday) but I was still recovering from fixing our neighbors roof earlier in the week so we put it off until today... assuming I felt better. I was feeling quite lousy yesterday and I was so exhausted I didn't even have the energy to stand. I did feel better today so we had this heavy, fat-laden meal tonight. I started the day's cooking this morning by baking some Irish Soda Bread. I cut the recipe for this bread in half this year so it didn't come out as well as expected. Since it was smaller, it turned out a bit drier than usual but still more moist than most other people's soda bread. So, I'd say it was "slightly" dry... whereas I would say that most soda bread that I get elsewhere is "exceptionally" dry bordering on inedible. My Irish Soda Bread is usually moderately moist. I usually make this in a 9 inch springform pan but this year I only made enough to fill a 6 inc...