Killarney (Ross Castle, Muckross House) This was a day in Killarney without Michael. Walter’s Way had arranged a guided horse carriage tour of Killarney National Park in the morning and an evening show by the Celtic Steps Irish dancing and music revue. For the rest of the day we were on our own. The top …
Killarney (Ring of Kerry) The breakfast at the Agadoe Heights Hotel was described as “sumptuous” but after the previous evening’s dinner we had our doubts. We went down and were happy to find a very nice buffet of continental items including fresh honey from a slice of honeycomb. We waited quite a long while for …
Kinsale to Killarney The Perryville House had a very nice breakfast room and a menu from which to order. I started with a mix of homemade granola and yogurt with homemade honey on top. Barb went with porridge again. For main breakfast, Barb had eggs Benedict while I chose a pan grilled fish, possibly a …
Kilkenny to Kinsale (Kilkenny Castle, Rock of Cashel, Cobh) Our breakfast buffet at the Rivercourt Hotel was a little sketchy — no one would seat us for a while and it was a while before other customers showed up. Also, who puts out a whole salver of fried eggs which then got lukewarm and hard? …
Dublin to Kilkenny (Newgrange, Glendalough) We enjoyed a final breakfast in Dublin though we had trouble opening our safe which did not respond to our code. The housekeeping person was able to use a master code to free up our passports and we made it downstairs by 9am to meet our Walter’s Way driver, Michael …
Dublin (The Little Museum, Museum of Archaeology) By our second day at the Wynn’s we were already nearly masters of breakfast. We got down a bit before 7:30am before the room became crowded. I got salmon with scrambled eggs, Barb had half of a full Irish breakfast along with oatmeal/porridge. The Little Museum of Dublin …
Dublin (Book of Kells, Kilmainham Gaol) Breakfast at the hotel was good, served by a very efficient and polite gentleman. We both had full Irish breakfasts which was more than either of us could finish. We headed out on foot across the River Liffey to Trinity College and the Book of Kells exhibit. We were …
Wednesday, Sep 18 – To Dublin I made our flight arrangements with the idea of stopping in Boston on the way to and from Ireland to see Allie. As it turned out, Allie was quite busy in this September window with several weddings and other activities so she didn’t have as much time or patience …
Barb and I used to make picnic potato salad from scratch until my Mom showed us a shortcut: start with store-bought salad and make it better! In a large bowl, combine potato salad, chopped ingredients, pickle juice, mustard and 2 eggs (all ingredients adjustable to taste). Season with salt and pepper. Stir well. Refrigerate for …
Our friend Leslie makes the best creamed corn — for Thanksgiving or whenever. Here is her recipe. Serves 4 people In large sized pot, add milk, butter, cream cheese, seasonings and Jalapenos. Then add corn. Let it sit on stove top on very low heat for about 1 1⁄2 hours (or if you are doubling …