How to Select Food for an Irish Themed Wedding
Irish themed weddings incorporate many traditions to make it authentic, one of which is the food. The food is always very simple, but delicious and filling. It's an easy part of planning an Irish wedding but an important one because it gives the wedding a distinct Irish taste.
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Select several items for authentic Irish appetizers. Good food choices include Irish baked brie, Irish smoked salmon and Irish Fruit in a Paper Bag.
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Have Irish drinks available. Guinness stout is a must, and other good drinks to have on hand would be Smithwick's Ale, Killian's Irish Red, Beamish Irish stout and Irish whiskey. Irish weddings have even been known to have whisky tasting before dinner. Make sure the bartender knows how to make Irish drinks such as an Irish Dog, Irish Lady, Irish Lady champagne punch and Irish Seaman. A very traditional Irish drink is a honey wine known as mead, and this drink is consumed at Irish weddings because it was thought to promote virility--the term honeymoon came from this drink.
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Choose a traditional main dish. Corned beef and cabbage is a common dish, but lamb, salmon or roast bacon also serve as a good traditional formal meal at Irish weddings. Another option is Colcannon--a stew with broiled cabbage, carrots, turnips and potatoes.
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Serve Irish soda bread to help add to the Irish theme.
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Consider sheep teats as a special treat, for they are alleged to enhance a man's sexual virility.
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Serve a rich fruitcake with almonds, raisins, cherries and spices. Have an Irish whiskey cake as the top tier because according to Irish tradition it's to be saved for the christening of the first child and a slice of it saved for the couple's first anniversary.
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Tips & Warnings
Pesto sauce can be used in certain dishes to add green to the menu.
Food and drink were traditionally paid for by the bride's father so include him in the selecting process.
