Monday, May 14, 2007
EOS 400D ... my new toy
Limerick view from the quay.
Wall in da house.
Ring of Kerry ...cloudy
On the road to valentia (island)
Valentia Island
View on the Skellig Islands from Valentia Island
Wall in da house.
Ring of Kerry ...cloudy
On the road to valentia (island)
Valentia Island
View on the Skellig Islands from Valentia Island
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Sea kayaking
Saturday: Glencariff sea kayaking with http://www.seakayakingwestcork.com/
Excellent, damn my camera fail me ....
See some shy seals, unfortunately the rain was back.
Excellent, damn my camera fail me ....
See some shy seals, unfortunately the rain was back.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Forest Walk
Just walking in the forest near Lough Key...
Saturday: No Wicked Chicken, replace by a very nice concert from Fionn Regan in Dolans.
See Fionn Regan in the RTE program Other Voices.
Saturday: No Wicked Chicken, replace by a very nice concert from Fionn Regan in Dolans.
See Fionn Regan in the RTE program Other Voices.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Irish spring ... hot hot
It has been the warmest April recorded in Ireland, according to Met Eireann. And the driest at Shannon airport... I would not more agree... No rain for 2 weeks, then 2 days of rain, and now great sun.
For example, maximum temperature yesterday at Shannon airport: 16.7.
In the house the garden has seen its first roses....
A follow up, to the previous post, the good thing about food in ireland, is that you rediscover French food with an incredible pleasure, you might also rediscover the most simple pleasure ( french green beans just fired to be crunchy, with a nut of butter ).
For example, maximum temperature yesterday at Shannon airport: 16.7.
In the house the garden has seen its first roses....
A follow up, to the previous post, the good thing about food in ireland, is that you rediscover French food with an incredible pleasure, you might also rediscover the most simple pleasure ( french green beans just fired to be crunchy, with a nut of butter ).
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Food in ireland
Seafood
Some thinking about food in Ireland. Even if Ireland is an island, surprisingly Irish people don't eat fish. I admit you can find the traditional fish and chip which consists of deep-fried fish (cod most of the time) in batter or breadcrumbs with deep-fried potatoes.
Sea Food is rare, even if there is an oyster festival near Galway ( to be consumed with Guinness), i've never seen people here eating blue mussel or other "fruits de mer".
The deep-fried approach seems the based of any cooking here, the specialty of one of my first Irish roommate was fried sausages at 3am when coming back from the pub ... lovely smell in the house.
There is a socking contrast between the brilliant TV program you can see here( mainly British: The F word, R Kitchen's Nightmare, ...etc... ) about food and the quality of the food you can find here. If I compare with France, we certainly don't have that many hours dedicated to food on television ( except Maiite and some lunch hours short programs ), but the education about food is done at school and home with much more variety and choice in your daily food.
Breakfast
Very symbolic the traditional Irish breakfast is composed of:
toasts, fried sausages, fried tomatoes, black pudding, baked beans, bacon eggs and coffee or tea.
And as you can see it's brilliantly fat ( and perhaps unhealthy ? ) !
Food is a common source of criticism for French expatriate here in Ireland as developed in an interesting point of view of French people ( in French ) about Food in Ireland (mfe.org).
Cheese
In one word, I am sorry, but cheddar is not real cheese ! Viva unpasteurized cheese !
The situation is slowly progressing, as you can now find some French cheese in supermarkets ( at prohibitive price )
On other milk product, I've never seen people eat so much butter with just a slice of wheaten bread ( at breakfast, during their tea break ), every restaurant will provide you with a couple of slices of bread and some butter.
The traditional cooking is simple (Irish stew, baked potatoes ), and only recently starting, with the country becoming economically healthier, to be a bit more varied and elaborated.
See History of Food in Ireland.
Nice restaurants in Limerick area:
- The Green Onion (Rutland St, Limerick) +++
- Copper & Spice (CornMarket St, Limerick) +++
- Brulées (corner of Henry Street and Mallow Street) ++++ (but expensive)
Some links:
- Italian Foodies (limerick)
- Marmiton (there is an english version but mainly in french)
- BBC Food (Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Bill Granger )
- Traditional simple Irish recipes
Some thinking about food in Ireland. Even if Ireland is an island, surprisingly Irish people don't eat fish. I admit you can find the traditional fish and chip which consists of deep-fried fish (cod most of the time) in batter or breadcrumbs with deep-fried potatoes.
Sea Food is rare, even if there is an oyster festival near Galway ( to be consumed with Guinness), i've never seen people here eating blue mussel or other "fruits de mer".
The deep-fried approach seems the based of any cooking here, the specialty of one of my first Irish roommate was fried sausages at 3am when coming back from the pub ... lovely smell in the house.
There is a socking contrast between the brilliant TV program you can see here( mainly British: The F word, R Kitchen's Nightmare, ...etc... ) about food and the quality of the food you can find here. If I compare with France, we certainly don't have that many hours dedicated to food on television ( except Maiite and some lunch hours short programs ), but the education about food is done at school and home with much more variety and choice in your daily food.
Breakfast
Very symbolic the traditional Irish breakfast is composed of:
toasts, fried sausages, fried tomatoes, black pudding, baked beans, bacon eggs and coffee or tea.
And as you can see it's brilliantly fat ( and perhaps unhealthy ? ) !
Food is a common source of criticism for French expatriate here in Ireland as developed in an interesting point of view of French people ( in French ) about Food in Ireland (mfe.org).
Cheese
In one word, I am sorry, but cheddar is not real cheese ! Viva unpasteurized cheese !
The situation is slowly progressing, as you can now find some French cheese in supermarkets ( at prohibitive price )
On other milk product, I've never seen people eat so much butter with just a slice of wheaten bread ( at breakfast, during their tea break ), every restaurant will provide you with a couple of slices of bread and some butter.
The traditional cooking is simple (Irish stew, baked potatoes ), and only recently starting, with the country becoming economically healthier, to be a bit more varied and elaborated.
See History of Food in Ireland.
Nice restaurants in Limerick area:
- The Green Onion (Rutland St, Limerick) +++
- Copper & Spice (CornMarket St, Limerick) +++
- Brulées (corner of Henry Street and Mallow Street) ++++ (but expensive)
Some links:
- Italian Foodies (limerick)
- Marmiton (there is an english version but mainly in french)
- BBC Food (Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Bill Granger )
- Traditional simple Irish recipes
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Cinema de quartier
Jean Pierre Dionnet dans ses oeuvres....
By the way, "El Topo" and "Holy Mountain" has been re-released in DVD.
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