Taste of Cape Breton - Old Fashion Boiled Dinner
Hi folks!
Wow it's March already, where is this year going. With St Patrick's Day coming up it gave me an idea for this post, Old Fashioned Boiled Dinner. Lots of people on the Cape will tell you about having Boiled Dinner growing up. This is a large recipe so you will have some left overs, This recipe takes a little time so it would make a great Sunday dinner. Make sure you have a large enough pot for all the ingredients and that you pick up good quality Corned Beef.
- Boiled Dinner
- 4-5 pounds Corned beef
- 2 small turnips
- 6 carrots
- 5 medium onions
- 6 potatoes
- 1 small head of cabbage
Place the meat in the pot and cover with cold water.
Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer with the cover on for 3-4 hours on until tender.
Cut up the Vegetables:cut the carrots in half and quarter, halve the onions, cut into wedges the turnips and cabbage, then quarter the potatoes.
About hour before the meat is cooked, skim off any fat on top of the water and add the carrots, onions, and turnips.
Cover and cook for 30 more minutes, during the last 30 mins add the potatoes and cabbage.
Cook until the potatoes are tender, you're done!
Take out the meat and serve on a large hot platter, surrounded by the removed vegetables and garnish with parsley if you like.
You can also slice the meat thin and serve like that. This makes a lot, but the left over are still great the next day or can be turned into a Corned Beef hash.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Cape Breton Music Roundup #27 - March 12 2015 - March 15 2015 and St. Patrick's Day
It's starting to look a little Irish out there with St. Patrick's Day right around the corner. In that vein we've decided to include Tuesday's St. Patrick's day event's in this roundup. We start off recommendations however on Thursday night in Sydney Mines with Cape Breton Country Workhorse, Michael Lloyd at the Firemen's Centre in Sydney Mines. We follow that up on Friday night with Cape Breton expats The Gold Coast returning to the Island with support from The High Tide and Danny MacNeil Band. If you are looking to make it a full evening and night at Governor's Buddy MacDonald will be hosting the after work party. Down the road at the Highland Arts Theatre is great show to get your St. Patrick's Day weekend rolling, Evans and Doherty will be kicking out some Irish classics to get your weekend going. Saturday has a great show, great cause event going on at the Sandbar Lounge in Dominion with Singing for Shelter, a fundraiser and awareness raising event for homelessness. Saturday is just littered with St. Patrick's Day events, we've listed what we have below including a great show with Rob MacLean, Buddy MacDonald and Cyril MacPhee at the Whycocomagh Waterfront Centre. We have a few shows listed for actual St. Paddy's day on Tuesday, check back often for updates and make sure to check out our Music Guide Cape Breton for our full listing of shows on St. Patrick's Day and throughout the week.
- Thursday March 12 2015
- Friday March 13 2015
- Saturday March 14 2015
- Singing for Shelter - Sandbar Lounge, Dominion
- 4 PM
- Donations at the Door
- Headspin
- John Curtis Sampson
- Johathan Kanary
- Final Cut
- Alex Lee
- Bittersweet
- Dave Donovan
- Michael MacKenzie
- Bad Habits
- Steve Andrews
- Charlie Murphy
- The Jam Band
- ** Saturday St Patrick's Day Celebrations
- St. Patrick's Day Dance with Silver Moon - Royal Canadian Legion, St. Peter's
- 4:30 PM
- St. Patrick's Dance with Pam & Tim - Frenchvale Senior's Club, Frenchvale
- 8 PM
- St. Patrick's Day Dance with Jeremy White - Creignish Community Hall, Port Hastings
- 9 PM
- $8
- St. Patrick's Day Dance - Framboise Community Centre, Framboise
- 9 PM
- $6
- St. Patrick's Day Dance with DJ Gerald MacIntyre - Riverdale Community Centre, Evanston
- 9 PM
- $10
- St.Patrick's Day Dance with Al Martin & Donna Marie DeWolf - L’Ardoise Community Centre, L'Ardoise
- 9 PM
- St. Patrick's Day Dance with the Pub Boys - Rocky Bay Community Hall, Rocky Bay
- 9 PM
- St. Paddy’s Day Party with Kintyre Lite - John Nugent Firefighter’s Club, Sydney Mines
- 9 PM
- $10 advance, $15 at the door
- St.Patrick's Day Bash - Pier Legion, Sydney
- 9 PM
- $5
- Rob MacLean, Cyril MacPhee, and Buddy MacDonald - Whycocomagh Waterfront Centre, Whycocomagh
- 9 PM
- $15 advance
- Tuesday March 17 2015
- **Tuesday St. Patrick's Day Celebrations
- 10 PM
- St Patrick's Day Bash Featuring the Pub Boys - Embers Southern Barbeque, Sydney
- 6 PM
- $8
- St. Patrick's Day Extravaganza - Old Triangle, Sydney
- 10:30 AM
- St. Patrick's Day with Kintyre Lite featuring Jennifer Roland - Steel City, Sydney
- 6 PM
- St. Patrick’s Day Celebration ALL DAY - Governor's Pub, Sydney
- 11 AM
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