Irish Heritage

Jason has Irish ancestry. Sometimes, when I ask really nicely, he'll talk with an "Irish" accent (bogus) - which I very much enjoy hearing. Tonight, he made colcannon soup. I don't have the pronunciation done, so it's good that this is typed. The soup is a combination of cabbage, potatoes, onion and leeks with bacon and chives as a garnish. He substituted in green onions for the chives since they were on hand. I made a grilled cheese sandwich with a little Tillamook cheddar as a companion piece and had a bottle of Bedford's Ginger Beer to drink. Bedford's is a soda company out of Port Angeles, Washington where I lived last year. P.S. I didn't take the time to bake bread for the sandwich and yes I do feel a little guilty using store bought. In my defense, it needed to be used up.

Ginger Beer by The Ginger People

Admittedly, I like ginger a lot. In my younger days Canada Dry was my ginger ale of choice. Lately, I've sought out stronger and stronger ginger beverages which brought me to the ginger beer neighborhood. The absolute strongest, most flavorful, sit up and take notice drink I've found is The Ginger People's Ginger Beer. They actually put ginger juice in it which gives it that extra kick. If you do try Ginger Beer remember to turn the bottle upside down and mix it. Otherwise, the bottom is going to have a lot more attitude than the top. A word of warning - this drink is probably not for the casual ginger enthusiast.

The Ginger People - Ginger Beer