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,
Newton Emerson: UK has to pick a side between the US and the EU - and Northern Ireland is stuck in the middle
When is a Soc Dem TD not a Soc Dem TD?
Emer McLysaght: The Irish live for a sunny day, but with it comes the pressure of having the ‘perfect’ day
Do we really need 10,000 steps a day to stay healthy?
Dublin 14.
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.
