Irish Folks - Cork

[Ant1981]

Hey guys,

I'm going to Cork with a friend soon for a weekend break, what nice places to eat, things to see, things to do would any of you guys who live in Cork or near or have been, reccommend?

Thanks

[Timbaline]

You can eat potatoes......
I went to Ireland for part of my Eurotrip last year. They fed us potatoes every meal. NO JOKE! Even the "mystery plates" in some of the restaurants were potatoes.

[Ant1981]

Sounds good to me, I love mash potato

[IbanezDaemon]

I'm from Ireland!! Potatoes? What are they? Someone enlighten me.

[Timbaline]

Originally Posted by IbanezDaemon

I'm from Ireland!! Potatoes? What are they? Someone enlighten me.

Do you ever notice that one food on your plate that's ALWAYS there, those are potatoes.

[rob777vdy]

ya cant whack tatties

[Timbaline]

Originally Posted by rob777vdy

ya cant whack tatties

It's true I do love my taters. But no joke that's about all the food I got when I went to Ireland, a bunch of Potatoes. An Irish meal that's not full of potatoes is about as common as a sober Irishman walking out of a bar!

(If that joke offends someone, tell me and I'll delete it.)

[jim777]

Not to derail the thread but everyplace you'll eat in Ireland has mushrooms on the menu as well, and those are always awesome, and usually different from place to place. I'd rather be in Galway (or Kilkenny) than Cork myself, but there should be decent places all around anyway.

[jim777]

Anything that helps kill the taste of Guinness has to be a good thing

j/k

[IbanezDaemon]

Originally Posted by jim777

Anything that helps kill the taste of Guinness has to be a good thing

j/k

I do agree!! It's an acquired taste for sure, the dark stuff is certainly not to everyone's liking.

[rob777vdy]

Originally Posted by IbanezDaemon

I do agree!! It's an acquired taste for sure, the dark stuff is certainly not to everyone's liking.

yeah you need the palate for guinness,you either love it or hate it.someone told me years ago that a pig was strung up (dead obviously) with its throat cut and hung over that vat and the blood dripped into the vat and left to ferment.how far true this is ive no idea but some of the irish lads might know ???.

[IbanezDaemon]

Originally Posted by rob777vdy

yeah you need the palate for guinness,you either love it or hate it.someone told me years ago that a pig was strung up (dead obviously) with its throat cut and hung over that vat and the blood dripped into the vat and left to ferment.how far true this is ive no idea but some of the irish lads might know ???.

Blimey!! Never heard that one before but it does appear that there is some sort of a weird custom involving this....well I never!!!

http://www.justanswer.com/questions/...ave-pigs-blood

[rob777vdy]

Originally Posted by IbanezDaemon

Blimey!! Never heard that one before but it does appear that there is some sort of a weird custom involving this....well I never!!!

http://www.justanswer.com/questions/...ave-pigs-blood

according to that the blood is just added,i thought hanging a pig upside down was a load of cobblers lol.

[jim777]

When I'm in Ireland I stick to Harp or Smithwicks, but Harp gives you a killer hangover. You can feel it starting while you're still drinking, a lot like the Chimay Blue label. Smithwicks in any pub in Kilkenny is still the best way to go for me

[rob777vdy]

the worst stuff for hangover is kronenberg (larger) once had a skin full of that,never again though lol