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Colin and his mother were just discussing St. Patrick’s Day on the phone and she mentioned that they have corned beef and cabbage to celebrate.  So, I asked for her recipe and she said “it’s the easiest thing in the world” and I paraphrase the rest with the following:

Put water and the spices from the packet that comes with the corned beef package in the crock pot with the meat and cut-up potatoes, carrots, and cabbage.  Cook all day, drain, and put meat and veggies on a serving dish.  Serve with horseradish, mayo, or mustard on the side.

If I can get to the grocery store early enough tomorrow (I hear my father-in-law is going out at 5am tomorrow), I’m totally going to try this one.  I’ve made corned beef before, but I don’t remember doing it in the crock pot or with all the veggies before.  I love corned beef and we haven’t had it in a long time because I’d simply forgotten about it. 

St. Patrick’s Day is also my mom’s birthday, and she finds out tomorrow whether she’s “matched” for a residency next year after she graduates from medical school.  I’m crossing my fingers that she gets matched for her birthday. 

We have a lot of clover around our apartment, so maybe for a fun St. Patrick’s Day/counting activity I’ll take the kids outside and we’ll look for a four-leaf clover.  And, of course, I’ve got to make sure we all get our green clothes out to wear tomorrow so we don’t get pinched!

I was just looking for some more ideas online for things to do for the holiday, and discovered that St. Patrick’s Day was actually officially YESTERDAY!  The Catholic church switched it, just for this year, to the 15th so that it wouldn’t conflict with the buildup to Easter next weekend.  Isn’t that interesting?  The next conflict like this will be in 2160!  But everyone is celebrating it secularly (like me) on the 17th as usual. 

I found this list of Top 10 movies to watch on St. Patrick’s Day.  If I were to pick one, I’d go for the Gnome Mobile (if I could find a copy). 

http://familyfun.go.com/parties/holiday/specialfeature/stpatday_sf/ Has tons of great kid-friendly ideas for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, including games, crafts, and lots of green food ideas. 

http://www.fabulousfoods.com/holidays/stpat/stpat.html Has more serious Irish recipes (not so much green), and some fun “blessings” and toasts.

Maybe we’ll have a treasure hunt tomorrow, too, and try to find some “gold coins” in a pot at the end of the rainbow.  I’ll bet the kids would love it. 

Tags: Holidays