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March may come in like a lion and go out like a lamb (and this week's weather certainly did), but this week's cooking came in with a whimper and went out with a bang. It started with the Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars from Everyday Food, which looked amazing in the magazine, but just didn't wow the mouth the way they wowed the eyes. Maybe if I made them with walnuts they might actually taste like something. Fortunately my experiments with the Irish food from Saveur went much better. I made the Colcannon (mashed potatoes with cabbage and leafy greens), which I served with some garlicky roast chicken, and we finished the meal with the Tipsy Puddings from the same issue. Though not for the faint of heart or the under-aged palate, they were really lovely, and a perfect end to the meal. And the following day the Colcannon leftovers turned into a really nice lunch of colcannon cakes, following the method in the Kitchen section of the magazine. Definitely recipes I'll use again.
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I'm suprised you didn't like the Chocolate Pecan Bars -- I made them a couple of weeks ago (with walnuts) and they were a big hit. Perhaps if you used a different chocolate, there would be a better outcome?
Posted by: Laura Rebecca at March 10, 2006 04:47 PM
I think you had the right idea - they would have been much better with walnuts. The pecans just had no flavor.
Posted by: Georgia at March 11, 2006 06:38 PM
