- Irish stew
Irish stew (in Irish "Stobhach Gaelach") is a traditional Irish dish made from lamb, beef or
mutton , (mutton is used as it comes from less tender sheep over a year old and is fattier and more flavourful) as well aspotato es,onion s, andparsley . [ [http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa031300a.htm Home Cooking: Traditional Irish Stew] ] It originated inIreland but appears in cookbooks all overEurope , including inEscoffier 's "Guide Culinaire ". The essence of Irish stew is summed up in the recipe's entry in "The Joy of Cooking ": "This famous stew is not browned."More recently, stouts have been added to provide extra flavor.
In popular culture
A well known joke is "What's a policeman's favourite dish? Irish Stew (in the name of the law)"
Irish stews figure in the
1959 "Goon Show " episode "The Scarlet Capsule", a parody of theBBC serial "Quatermass and the Pit ", in which several people are struck down by flying Irish stews (a reference to flying objects animated bytelekinesis in the original serial.)References
See also
*Scouse
*Scotch broth
*Lancashire Hotpot
*List of Ireland-related topics
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