Shane,
We do have chips/fries over here btu not like the ones at home, don't get me wrong they are good here just different!!
I make potatoe and leek soup and yes you can get delicious soup here.
Everyday my mother used to make a cream base soup for us and when we came home from school she would serve it up at the kitchen counter, as a snack! It was the BEST!!!!!!!!!
Whenever, I go home or when she visits she makes it and it is just SOOOOOOOOO good!!!!
Also as a busy Mum myself now it is such a treat to have a large bowl of warm soup and crusty bread handed to you......... only a Mum knows how to spoil you like that!!
The food here is excellent but it is different, we do not have brown bread like we do at home, which I love!!
The dairy is very different here too.
My favorite thing was on Saturdays I would go to the local country market where all the local farmers wives would be and we would get the best bread and homemade butter, it had a different flavor and soured quickly but it was delicious!!!!!!!!!
But even with all that wonderful homemade healthy food, the chipper still holds a special place in my favorite food.......not really gourmet but just so good!!!!!!!!!!
I am getting homesick now....I was talking to my aunt in Co.Wicklow yesterday and she was talking all about family/friends and I got all emotional.... I better plan another trip!!........for after mare stare
Sorry this is way
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