Too many potatoes
I think the most interesting dish I ever had was when I went to Ireland when I was sixteen. Potatoes are apparently a very important staple food in Ireland, which I wasn’t really aware of until I got there. The very first meal I ever ate in Ireland was at a pub in a town called Galway on the west coast of Ireland. That was the first time I had ever had an Irish beef stew. Beef stew in Ireland consists of a bowl of the thickest beef broth I’ve ever, with huge chunks’ of beef swimming in it. On top of that are mashed potatoes that completely cover the stew. Finally, there is a ring of beef sausages circling around the bowl on top of the mashed potatoes. I didn’t mind the large quantities of meat so much as what they served with the stew. On my plate next to the bowl were potatoes cooked every way possible. There were boiled potatoes, baked potatoes, and even another side helping of more mashed potatoes. Needless to say I wasn’t able to eat all of it, although I tried my best. The stew wasn’t much to look at, but as soon as started eating, I didn’t want to stop. After we left the pub, I regretted that I couldn’t finish the rest of it, I felt like I missed out by leaving any part of it uneaten. I almost went back in to see if I could get some in a to go box. I didn’t eat beef stew anywhere else while I was in Ireland, I didn’t want to jinx it by having too much of a good thing. If I’m ever in Ireland again I’ll have to remember to go back to that pub in Galway and see if the stew is still as delicious as I remember it.
