File under: fairy and folk, Food of - Saint Patrick Day's supper

Well, well, well, for some folk, it's a "feast day" with the emphasis on "feast." It's Saint Patrick's Day. KNIVES IN KNOTS likes the corned beef; likes the cabbage; but KIK doesn't like it in that "Corned beef and cabbage" kind of way. Given that, and the fact that one of us was "christened" with the name, "Patrick," after You-Know-Who, we make room at the table for the Venerable, as long as he doesn't get out the shamrock and start proselytizing. Despite having a heck of a lot of charm and charisma, as far as feast days go, it's just not a big day around these parts, where the corned beef usually winds up on New York deli-style Reuben sandwiches.   

Supper menu:

• Warm biscuits and Gaeilge "rud beag"
• Boxty with a capital B!
• Reuben sandwiches. Has the corned beef, has the cabbage. 'Nuff said.

Here you go. Have some corned beef and cabbage with Saint You-Know-Who!  

Whatever you do, don't say his name or he'll start talking at you about the shamrock 

and the "Holy Trinity!" If you're not in the right mood, it can be a real buzz kill. 

KNIVES IN KNOTS*

*One way that KNIVES IN KNOTS likes to use ChatGPT is by having it help plan menus and arrive at the fundamental ingredients and procedures for producing a given dish.  More on that soon.