Irish Foods and their American translations!

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What are the things an Irish woman in Texas misses about home? Despite the fact that Irish food is not considered particularly exotic here in the US, (folks ask me regularly what is typical Irish food) I miss the items I can't get here. King Crisps - or in translated to US English -chips! I remember as a small child a real treat was for my dad to bring home a pack of king crisps from a pub - because back then they could only be bought in pubs. They are still delicious and my mouth waters thinking about them - especially cheese and onion flavor!




Another food item I miss is long ray and chips from the chipper - or in US English skate and fries from the fish and chip shop! Long Ray is a Dublin delicacy and is hard to get outside of Dublin - if you ask for it in most towns in Ireland you will be asked "Are you from Dublin". It is one of the first things I order when i go home on vacation .

Of course a good Irish fry is something most Irish folks miss when they come to the US. Sausage, rasher and black and white pudding is just the best food. A rasher for those who don't know is a piece of bacon similar to Canadian bacon, a sausage is similar to the US link sausage and black pudding is a blood sausage. Delicious. It would often be served with potato cakes and eggs. I serve potato cakes here at the bed and breakfast some mornings and they are very popular.

There is a great resource for finding some familiar foods not too far from here in Grapevine Texas, called the British Emporium. I can get a regular supply of Heinz baked beans , which are not at all like US baked beans.We used to have them on toast, most people I say that to here, think it is really weird!