One two three Hodgepodge

 

So this week I'm answering three Hodgepodge questions from Joyce at From This Side of the Pond. Here we go ... One ... two ... three!

1. St. Patrick's Day lands on March 17th. Do you believe in luck? Are there things you do thinking they'll  bring good luck or  things you avoid because they're considered bad luck? 

 

I honestly don't believe in luck.  As a believer in Christ and a child of God, I believe that He orchestrates everything that happens for my eventual good and for His glory.  A wonderful post by Abby at Little Birdie Blessings explains it well: No Luck Here.  Fun graphic below is by Abby also.

 

2. Forest-lime-sage-mint-olive-emerald...what's your favorite shade of green? 

 

Oh, this is a tough one. For years my favorite color was blue, but for the last couple decades I've fallen in love with green, almost every shade.  Even just reading the names of these shades of green makes me smile.  Of those listed, I will say sage but really, pretty much any shade of green is a favorite.

3. In Ireland the meal on this day is often a hearty beef or lamb stew served with colcannon (mashed potato mixed with cabbage and leeks). In the US corned beef and cabbage is the more typical St. Patty's Day meal. Will you/did you mark the day with one of these dishes?

I do like corned beef and cabbage and had a slow cooker version that I liked a lot.  It was called Glazed Corned Beef Dinner, and you cooked the corned beef and vegetables until done, then removed the corned beef, put it in a pan, added a glaze and baked it for a short time.  However, when I followed the link from my blog to this favorite recipe, I saw it is now called just Glazed Corned Beef and no longer includes the vegetables.  A bit annoying, but I hadn't planned to serve it this year anyway, so it's okay.  I'll dig a little deeper into my old Taste of Home magazines and see if I can find it there.

I might make Irish Coddle, aka Dublin Coddle, which is made with potatoes, onions, and breakfast sausages.  That's quite easy and authentic, and delicious too.

Baked-fried-roasted-mashed...what's your favorite way to eat a potato?

Potatoes ... basically, I love them.  That said, I don't eat them that often.  We try to keep the carbs down, and not only that, but potatoes are in the nightshade family and my hubby couldn't eat them for months while trying (and mostly succeeding) to get his psoriasis under control.  So we still consume them sparingly now.  Of the ways listed, our favorite is just a plain baked potato, removed from the shell and mashed with loads of butter, salt and pepper.  The potato shells or skins get a dab of butter each and are enjoyed out of hand.  So good.  One of my favorite comfort foods from childhood.

The Oven Potato Wedges pictured below are also scrumptious and a favorite way to serve potatoes.

And that's a wrap for my one two three Hodgepodge this week!