Blessings
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| May
this home and all therein be blessed with Gods love. |
| Irish
Proverbs |
| The
older the fiddle the sweeter the tune |
| Jokes |
In
the days before the IRA got hold of sophisticated explosives and timers,
they had to make do with dynamite and alarm
clocks.
One particular bomb nearly injured a British Army bomb disposal squad by
making them laugh their heads off. The wires from the fuse were connected
to the hands of an alarm clock. The minutes hand was bent down, so that
at 12:00 it would touch the hours hand and complete the firing circuit.
There was just one problem. The clock had plastic hands. |
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| Irish
Tea Bread |
Ingredients
-
12
tablespoons strong tea
-
1 pound
mixed dried fruit
-
6 ounces
soft brown sugar
-
1 egg;
lightly beaten
-
1 ounce
butter; melted
-
9 ounces
all purpose flour
-
1/2
teaspoon soda
Method
The
mixed fruit can include raisins, currants, and any other kind of dried
fruit you like; chop any larger pieces down to about raisin size.
Place
the tea, mixed fruit and sugar in a bowl; cover and leave overnight.
Stir
in the egg and melted butter.
Sift
the flour and the soda together and fold
them
in.
Line
the bottom of a large loaf pan with baking parchment.
Pour
the mixture in and smooth the top.
Bake
in a preheated oven (360 F) on the middle shelf for 1 1/2 hours.
After
removing from the oven, leave in the pan for 2-3 minutes; then turn out
of pan
and
cool on a wire rack.
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