Sir, – Further to recent correspondence, when I was a kid, it was a church requirement to abstain from meat on a Friday. So most families had fish on a Friday.
However, when there was stormy weather on a Thursday and the fishing boats could not go out, there was no fish available on a Friday, there being few fridges or freezers then. So the Friday dinner had to be mashed potato with one or two lightly boiled eggs mixed through it. – Yours, etc,
TONY CORCORAN,
Rathfarnham,
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Sir, – Just mash the potatoes, add some chopped cabbage and then there’s no doubt about the name. It’s colcannon. – Yours, etc,
NOEL SHANAGHY,
Faithlegg,
Co Waterford.
Sir, – In Nenagh, Co Tipperary, we had pandy at dinner and goody (white bread, warm milk, spices) for dessert. – Yours, etc,
FRANK WALSH,
Malahide,
Co Dublin.
