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For Ronnie, one dish above all others is the true taste of
Dublin - coddle. "They say there are as many recipes
for coddle as there are people in Dublin". But the
basic ingredients are sausage, rashers of bacon, potatoes
and onions just boiled in water. However, everyone has their
own special way of cooking it.
"It was a traditional supper dish that people used
to have on a Saturday right. You left it on very slow and
you could have some out of it any time. I still make it at
home."
Another reason coddle was said to be popular is that it could
be put on the stove and left to simmer until the man of the
house arrived home from the pub, long after his wife had gone
to bed - "Sounds like a good explanation to me," says John.
Another meal that's
popular with the Irish is bacon and cabbage. "The
traditional way of cooking was to boil both in the same pot." explains John. "They'd say there was a cross-over
of flavours. Cabbage was thrown in on top of the bacon after
it had been cooking." Fish is also popular in this coastal capital. "Herrings
were eaten a lot in Dublin," says |
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