T'was Mighty Craic!

 It was a very nice Saint Patrick's Day. The craic (fun in Irish) was mighty! I lived in Galway, Ireland as a teenager for a few years and have visited there as well. However, I feel like no one  does Saint Paddy's Day like we do here in Beantown. We went to our relatives house who always do things up right, no matter what the occasion is.  Great food and drink and they always decorate for the holidays. The weather was cold so we decided not to go the big parade in Boston. However, the annual game of  "find the leprechaun" still happened despite the chilly wind.  The stuffed leprechaun is hidden outside and all the kid's go searching for him. The winner gets some chocolate gold coins.  However, with so many little children, there is always a couple of poor sports so we give all the participants candy and the winner gets a some cash as well.

 Below we see the food staying warm in this great multipurpose food warmer.  There is corn, turnip, potatoes as well as the boiled veggies and cabbage in the crock pot to the far right. The Irish bread featured is homemade...the real way with caraway seeds. The grey briskets were cooling down before being cut. Everything tasted fantastic for really, what I would call, somewhat bland fare.

 Here is one of my favorite relatives sporting an authentic Irish knit straight from" the old sod" and an all-inclusive Saint Paddy Day greeting for the few guests who weren't Irish.  They loved it! After all every one is Irish on this fun special day!

 There was candy right from Ireland.  My favorite is on the bottom the pile.  They are called Flake.  They are best eaten stuck into a soft serve vanilla cone.

 The hostess made this really cute chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting and raspberry filling. It was just the thing with some mint chip ice cream.  There were also cup cakes for the kids sporting cute plastic shamrocks.  Very retro. We wrapped up the party with singing and some traditional dancing. A tin whistle even made an appearance ... No one minded that the song played was the theme song from, the movie , "The Fellowship of the Ring".