Do You Celebrate St. Patrick's Day?
@bagarad (14283)
Paso Robles, California
March 17, 2018 2:45am CST
I've been seeing a lot of my friends post blogs with special St. Patrick's Day recipes and product reviews. I just posted an ordinary, everyday recipe. Then I wondered if anyone would even bother to look at it on St. Patrick's Day, since it wasn't related. It was just a quick and easy dinner recipe that would be good any time.
Do you cook special meals for St. Patrick's Day? If so, what do you like to make? Or do you treat St. Patrick's Day like any other day and eat the way you usually do? I'm just curious.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Mar 18
It is just another day on the calendar for me.
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@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
17 Mar 18
I think being Irish helps! For some reason, the Irish seem to be much more keen on celebrating their patron saint's day than do the Scots, Welsh or English - I'm just talking about the four British home countries, here. There are celebrations on 1st March (St David) 23rd April (St George) and 30th November (St Andrew), but they are nothing like as noticeable!
The reason in the UK is probably to do with the fact that many Irish people are Catholic, and Catholics pay much more attention to saints than do Protestants.
In the US, it must have much more to do with the fact that there are so many people there of Irish descent, and that the Irish immigrants tended to band together and retain their identity as a group.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
17 Mar 18
I agree. Although I have Scotch/Irish in my ancestry, I grew up Protestant, so the Scotch side must have won out. I din't know a thing about patron saints until I married a Serb whose family whose nominally Orthodox family celebrated Slava. For them it was more a Serbian celebration than a religious celebration, though they did try to prepare by making peace with all in the family before celebrating. They at least recognized the Christian symbolism.
@RasmaSandra (73803)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Mar 18
I am not Irish but in my younger days I really enjoyed St. Patrick's Day. It was an excuse to celebrate and do some fun things. Later on I just enjoyed cooking corned beef and cabbage. Unfortunately, you cannot get corned beef here in Latvia so St. Paddy's Day was not on the menu so to say. Young adults here enjoy celebrating it at the Irish pubs in the city. I just make sure to have a poem about it out on the web and that is all.
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@anikoonline (3250)
• Hungary
20 Mar 18
We don't celebrate St. Partrick's Day in my country.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
20 Mar 18
What's the biggest holiday in your country? How do you celebrate it?
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
21 Mar 18
@anikoonline Sounds like fun! Does the bread have any symbolic meaning in this feast?
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@anikoonline (3250)
• Hungary
20 Mar 18
@bagarad We have a national holiday in August, which is the the Foundation Day. And it is also the feast of new bread. Usually many different bakeries prepare for this day their best bread. And there's firework.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16544)
• China
17 Mar 18
I have not known of St. Patrick's Day .It is said that it is now Irish's National Day.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
17 Mar 18
My family always made corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick's Day. I still enjoy it with them on the years when I go over to my parents house to celebrate. I do not cook the meal myself, as my partner didn't grow up eating that stuff and doesn't care for it. I used to make a roast some years, but this year I am unable to make anything special, as I am down with a broken ankle.
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@sharpcard (219)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Mar 18
I don't know what to do on this day,Please excuse my ignorance.Like a Turkey festival?
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