The Irish Are Coming! Let’s Dish # 51

Good evening, Ladies!  One week from tonight will be the 5th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Blog Crawl!  I can’t believe this is the 5th year, I am running out of Irish things to show you!  :)

Tonight I am showing you the table I did for my dinner party on March 17th, 2012.  The blog crawl was already over, so I saved it for this year.

I used the plaid wool cloth that you have seen, as well as the Belleek like dishes, mine are from CTS.

Green glass chargers are by Gorham, via Lenox Outlet. 

I served the soup in white handled bowls trimmed with gold, but I kept them in the kitchen till the soup was served.

 

Little toadstools hold the place cards.  On the right you can see a lucky lottery ticket I tucked under each plate.

The toadstools were from the PB Outlet..

I think someone won  $5.00!  Enough for a box of Lucky Charms.

One of the guests is NOT Irish, so his toadstool had the symbol for NO drawn through the flag on the back of his card.  I think he is the one who won the $5.00!

The napkins are ecru trimmed in green , napkin holders are green mini Blarney stones, :), 25 cents from CTS.

I sat the crystal bowl of fresh white mums and baby’s breath on a mirrored charger, with a few glass shamrocks around the edge.

Waterford Crystal, candlesticks by Mikassa.  Glass bowls for our Irish Soda or rye bread were my mom’s.

The flatware is silver trimmed in gold.

A closer look at my pretend Belleek…

 

We had some green chips…

Some leek and tater crisps  dipped in O’Chive cream

 

Close enough recipe here.  I sauteed the leeks, better flavor..

Individual Bailey’s Death by Chocolate.

“Irish Connolly’s”, ie,  Chocolate  Cannoli’s filled with whipped green and dipped in green sugar!  :)  Connolly is my maiden name.

Of course we had the traditional corned beef and cabbage, and Irish Flag Soup.

I hope you are getting your Shamrock on, and I can’t wait to see what you all come up with!  Last  year there were over 100 entries, and seas of green flowed throughout blogland!

Same rules to link up…

Be a follower

♣ BLOG NAME FIRST, unlimited letters for your post description

No word ID

One dish related post

A link back to this party.  Visit as many as you can.

Thank you to those who link up and always leave a comment, your manners are superb!  :)

Here in NY we are bracing for another Nor’Easter, the wind is howling and I hope the power stays on!

Now it is your turn!

Thanks to all of you for stopping by!

I am joining Susan for Tablescape Thursday

Diann for Thrifty Things Friday

Gollum for Foodie Friday

Yvonne for TTT

A Little Thrifting and Something Green

 

Yesterday when I went down to the drugstore ,(which closes at 12:30 on Sat., imagine!) I parked in front of a new Thrift Shop that opened.  The thrift shops here aren’t too thrifty, seriously, sometimes the stuff is so overpriced it makes me cringe.

This one had its share of the cringe factor, but there were a few shelves with 50% off, and I found this smaller covered tureen, complete with spoon for 3.00.  It was made in Japan, and white, so it will blend in with everything!

Good for sauce, or a vegetable when it is just us.

I also found these green and white check plates, probably wouldn’t have been tempted if we weren’t coming into the GREEN season. No scratches , made by Potter and Smith ?, whoever they are!

Speaking of greens, I have never made Brussels Sprouts, and decided it was time.  I saw a recipe from Rachel Ray and decided to give it a try.

I thinly sliced the sprouts, and onions, and quickly fried in a scant amount  of olive oil.  EVOO as she says, :) .

Here’s her recipe.

I shredded them as my friend Carol at There’s  Always Thyme to Cook did a similar recipe, and since I am not a big fan of whole cabbage, I figured this might make them more appealing.

Hmm, I guess if you like Brussels Sprouts it is good.  I didn’t care for it, nor did dh.

I prefer my cabbage this way.

Sliced cabbage, onions, powdered mustard, and lots of pepper with crisply fried bacon added at the end.

Fry the bacon, drain of most of the fat, then quick fry the cabbage and onions in it.

So much better than the kind my mom made, boiled in the pot with the corned beef.

My totally Polish DZ sister, Janice, taught me how to make it this way.  Thank you, even though you decked yourself out from head to toe in ORANGE every St. Patrick’s Day! 

She had red hair, so I really  mean head to toe!

I hope you are thinking about something to post to join the 5th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Blog Crawl on Mar. 13th.

Anything Irish, a recipe, a table, a vignette, whatever you’d like!

Maybe some Pot O’Gold cupcakes?

The gold is the cream inside.

Maybe some Apple O’Tart…

Or some Saving of the Green Quiche, where you use up bits of leftover ham, and cheese and eggs.

Perfect with a

See you Wed. night at 7 for Let’s Dish!

Thanks for stopping by.

I am joining The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday.

Yvonne for On the Menu Monday

Kathe with an E for You’re Gonna Love It Tues.

Marty for Tabeletop Tuesday.

Aqua and Blue and a Polish Lady Too~ Let’s Dish

 

Hello, Ladies, hope you have had a good week!

I am still trying to get use to my new computer, it is hard to teach an old dog new tricks, but I will persevere. :)

Would you be so kind to take my Blog Crawl button and put it on your sidebar?  Thanks so much!

I got these plates in the clearance at Christmas Tree Shop.  Johnson Bros. Farmhouse Kitchen Blue Fern.

Navy with aqua, so that is what I went with tonight.

A pale aqua tablecloth that was in the clearance of BBB is the start.  It is made from recycled plastic soda bottles, who knew!  Very soft and spill resistant.

Navy blue placemats serve as the charger, again, CTS.

My Pier One Birdies sit on a plate.

Flatware is from HG, and the square navy  bakers for our soup are from CTS.  I think they were $1.99.

The aqua rim bubble glass, ( it really is aqua irl, just like the water glass) and aqua water glass are both from a .99 store.

The little candle holders are from Walmart, .25, years ago.

Navy blue cotton napkins from CTS, in clearance, 6 for $1.24.

My newly gifted Polish Cheese Lady serves as the centerpiece, sitting on a navy bowl flipped over. Isn’t she cute?  Christine has a whole bevy of them!

Lift her up and put some cheese in her!

My neighbor gave it to me for posting her Polish Pottery.

I know, very simple.  I am trying to get back in the groove!

Now it is your turn!

Time to review the details…

PLEASE, be a follower before you link up

BLOG NAME FIRST

Make sure you have no word ID so that people will leave you a comment.

Post must be table, china, linen related, not just food

One link per week

A link back to this party is required in your post.

Most important, please visit as many as you can.  Some of you visit everyone, and that is terrific, thank you!  Please be sure to visit a minimum of 5 if you link up.

I truly appreciate those who are kind and leave me a comment!

Don’t forget the 5th Annual Blog Crawl 2 weeks from tonight. Gift card give away. 2 if I get to a magic number of followers.  :)

Lots of green ideas in the archives of the last 4 years.

Time to get your green on!

My tip for Yvonne’s TT and T is join in the blog crawl and you’ll have the luck of the Irish, or maybe just your teeth will turn green! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by, and again for your kind thoughts and prayers on the loss of my sister’s 8 year old grandson.

Let’s see what you have for us this week, dishies!

I am joining :

Yvonne for TT and T Yvonne

Diann for Thrifty Things Fri.,

Susan for Tablescape Thursday

Just a Reminder…March 13th ~ 5th Annual Blog Crawl

 

You are Irishly invited!  ♣

Hope you will join in the fun as we crawl from blog to blog for the showing of the green!

Share a table to make us GREEN with envy…

Or maybe just a Gaelic snack…

Some food to celebrate the grand day…

 

St. Pat ricot Cake?

Or Chicken Kerry?

Maybe a Shamrock Meatloaf…:)

 

I sure hope you will be there, wearing green!

If you need some ideas you can go back to Crawl 1 through 4 and check it out.

No excuses, we can all use a little green these days!  Last year we had over 100 crawlers, so be sure to join in the fun!

Thanks for visiting!  I was able to get Live Writer working with some free Tech support.  It is different than my older version, so it takes a bit of playing around to get it right, but I am very thankful .

QVC offered 4 years of free support from TREND with the purchase and the support is  right here in the USA!

DELL wanted to charge me almost $300 to do it. 

They said I would need a software contract to fix the problem on my 5 day old computer.  TREND MICRO did it in 10 minutes.

If you haven’t tried Live Writer, download it for free and give it a shot.  You will love it, I think!

Thanks for visiting!

I am joining The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday

Marty for Tabletop Tues.

Kathe for You’re Gonna Love It Tuesday

Let's Dish~A Long Way till Spring

 I still can't get Live Writer loaded on this new computer, so I am forced to use the antiquated blogger to post.  :(

You can click on the pictures to enlarge.

I took these the other day at the beach here,  Pretty...but really cold!
Spring seems a long way off.

Please remember the 5th Annual Blog Crawl on March 13th.  Anything green, or Irish, is the theme.  Hope you will join in!

 

Put on your green thinking caps!

 

Big Paddy will be here to lead us through Blogland, to share the showing of the green!

 

My thanks again to all those who said prayers for my sister's family on the loss of 8 year old Tommy.

I am not ready to party yet, but I want to open it up for you.

 

 

 

With Sincere Thanks...

I sincerely want to thank you for all your kind words and prayers for my niece and sister on the loss of 8 year old Thomas.

I read each one of them, and someday, when the time is right, I  will show them to my niece and sister.  

I told my sister how many people were praying, and your prayers meant so much to us.

I was so touched by your kind words, and expressions of sympathy and friendship.

I leave you with this thought.
The recessional for Tommy's funeral was "This Little Light of Mine."
Each time you light a candle, say a prayer for those who are suffering the loss of loved ones... the loss of a child is such a test of faith.

Again, my heartfelt thanks, you are the best!

The link for Let's Dish will be open  at 7 PM if all goes well.

My new computer was installed and I am having a terrible time.  I was on the phone for 2 hours with DELL as it wasn't loading.

Don't even get me started on where all my pictures are!

I have been unable to load Live Writer, I keep getting a message ...unable to connect to a remote server.  I googled it and did what they said, but no luck.
If you use Live Writer, you can never go back to Blogger to blog, the difference is astounding.

So if anyone has any hints for me regarding Live Writer, please let me know.
    

Sad News

It has been a very sad week for my family.

My sister's 8 year old grandson passed away.

I hope you will excuse me for not visiting, but my mind has not been on blogging.

I hope to be back next week, we will see.  We all need time to grieve.

We know Thomas is with the Lord , but if you would say a prayer for his family I would appreciate it.

My sister's son was killed when he was 18, and now she must go through this again with her grandson.  She knows the pain her dear daughter will suffer.

Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

I am opening the link, but I know I won't be able to visit.