Ok- I know it’s super early for St. Patrick’s day but my FCCLA Leadership teacher wants us to turn in our plans for the monthly meeting we were assigned.
Mine just so happens to be March. So I guess the easiest thing to do is a St. Patrick’s Day theme… but i have no freakin’ clue about what activities we can do.
Does anyone have any ideas? Please, keep in mind that this is a >high school< FCCLA meeting. Thanks so much!!
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For starters, serve this at the meeting for a dessert:
Irresistible Irish Soda Bread
PREP TIME 15 Min
COOK TIME 1 Hr 10 Min
READY IN 1 Hr 25 Min
Original recipe yield 1 – 9×5 inch loaf
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup butter, melted
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DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and baking soda. Blend egg and buttermilk together, and add all at once to the flour mixture. Mix just until moistened. Stir in butter. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake for 65 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Wrap in foil for several hours, or overnight, for best flavor.
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup butter, melted
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DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and baking soda. Blend egg and buttermilk together, and add all at once to the flour mixture. Mix just until moistened. Stir in butter. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake for 65 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Wrap in foil for several hours, or overnight, for best flavor.
Nutritional Information
Irresistible Irish Soda Bread
Servings Per Recipe: 12
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 192
Total Fat: 4.9g
Cholesterol: 30mg
Sodium: 508mg
Total Carbs: 31.7g
Dietary Fiber: 0.8g
Protein: 5.1g
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Thyme for Tea
Lore
To celebrate spring and St. Patrick’s Day, let’s have an Irish tea!
Of all the plants in lovely green Ireland, the shamrock is the one that has come to symbolize this beautiful country. But what is the shamrock? It is thought that the name comes from the Irish word “seamroge,” or “little clover,” and first appeared in print in 1571 as “shamrote.” But the wearing of shamrocks on St. Patrick’s day was not recorded until 1681, and the legend that St. Patrick used the plant as an emblem of the Holy Trinity does not appear in print until 1726. Mostly, early writers describe the shamrock as a food and seem to equate it with watercress. Most modern herbalists believe that it is the Lesser Yellow Trefoil that is most commonly identified as the shamrock. It was worn by the Irish as a charm against witches. The shamrock of luck and blessing is a four- or five-leaved clover: When you find it accidentally (this doesn’t work if you go looking for it!), you should say this incantation as you pick it, and you will have good luck.
Thou Shamrock of promise on Mary’s Day,
Bounty and blessing thou art at all times.
Decorations
Of course, all your decorations will be green (with perhaps a bit of yellow to brighten things up). A green cloth, green napkins, a bouquet of clover picked from your yard (the next best thing to the Real Shamrock). And how about a few daffodils to suggest spring? You might also want to include a small green rosemary–perhaps a rosemary topiary in a pot.
Menu
Assortment of tea sandwiches (for ideas, see previous menus/recipes). Garnish the tray with sprigs of green herbs, such as rosemary, parsley, thyme, and clover from your garden
Gaelic Country Scones
Dublin Cream Cheesecake
Aunt Maureen O’Reilly’s Favorite Tipsy Cake
Selection of Irish teas (for sources, put “Irish tea” into one of the search engines)
Recipes
Gaelic Country Scones
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1/2 cup dried currants
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 Tablespoons sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
5 Tablespoons butter
1 cup sour cream (you can substitute the fat-free kind, but the scones won’t be as flaky)
1 egg yolk
1 egg white, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tsp dried rosemary, chopped very fine
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a small bowl, pour enough hot water over the currants to just cover them; let stand for 5 minutes. Drain well and set aside. In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, soda, and rosemary. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the currants. In a small bowl blend the sour cream and the egg yolk.
Add all at once to the crumb mixture, stirring just until dough clings together.
On a lightly floured surface, knead gently for 10 to 12 strokes.
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