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others in my party
to do the same. "When it came there was a base of
sauce on the plate, and on top of that were three tiny lamb
chops arranged in a sort of Isle of Man symbol. Then in the
corner there was half of a half-cooked carrot. At the bottom
of the plate there was a piece of potato and in the corner
some cucumber - I don't know where they got that from that's
not in Irish Stew."
But what Martin Dully objected to was to most were the half-cooked
carrots. "Irish Stew should be stewed." I
thought that was a prostitution of Irish culture. Either it
should be the genuine article or it shouldn't be on the menu
- thanks goodness nobody's ruined the Irish breakfast. As
chairman of Bord Fáilte Ireland Dully has to respond
to these issues seriously. Constructively critical
seems to be his catch-phrase when talking about the problems
and niceties of Irish life.
The size of the room necessitated our sitting at the corner
of a table for eight and immediately Martin Dully fell into
conversation with the solo diner opposite, inviting comments
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