Dia
Dhuit (Hello),
Brrrrrrr! January
was very cold but now we are on the upswing to
spring. Valentine's Day is almost
upon us, so I have added five new recipes for
you to prepare for your sweethearts. First,
we have
some Irish
Coffee Muffins for you to
enjoy with your breakfast. On the lighter side,
there
is a recipe for Irish
Pub Salad. The
next two could be served for either lunch or
dinner:
Popover
Pudding with Irish Bacon (similar
to the English dish 'Toad in a Hole') or individual
servings of Beef
and Guinness Pie. Lastly,
I have prepared an Irish
Cream Chocolate Mousse Cake. Have fun!
Speaking
of recipes, I will be searching through my cookbooks
during this month to find some new
recipes for St. Patrick's Day. We will be
adding quite a few
more affiliates to our store and will include
some choices of English and Scottish products
as well.
Please check out our online store for featured
Valentine's Day products.
Gerry
Bohan sent us the 2009 edition of the 'Leitrim
Guardian' yearbook. It contains
a wonderful article
about his mother, and our dear friend, Teresa
Bohan. It was
a report on the graveside
eulogy that
was given, including a short biography
and some memorable anecdotes. I contacted
Myra
Reynolds,
Editor of the
Leitrim Guardian, who has given her consent
for LittleShamrocks.com to reprint the
article on
our site. We are also currently
working on the possibility of selling the
Leitrim Guardian on LittleShamrocks.com. I
will keep
you posted.
We
received a lovely note from Maura Casey and family
thanking us for the flowers and
the tribute
to Thomas
in last month's newsletter. We also received
a nice email from Mary Lydon of Co. Meath.
She had a lot
of news including the celebration of her
father's 90th birthday at the Darnley Hotel
in Athboy.
They had a wonderful time and all of the
children and
grandchildren were in attendance. Mary
told us that she and her family watched President
Obama's
inauguration
ceremony and they couldn't get over the
size
of the crowd. It was mind boggling!
Well,
that's all I have to report this month. I will
look forward to writing the
March
newsletter including
more new recipes. Until next time ...
I hope you all have a Happy Valentine's Day!
Slainte,
Tyna
