What to Drink for St. Patrick's Day: Dessert!
Once you'd had your fill of corned beef and cabbage, you'll need something sweet to wash it all down. This post is dedicated to fired McDonald's spokesthing, Uncle O'Grimacey.
First off, Irish Ice Cream Soda, from Serious Eats.
Irish Ice Cream Soda
Ingredients:
1 generous scoop of Ben & Jerry's Dublin Mudslide ice cream
1 12-ounce bottle Guinness stout
1/2 ounce Bailey's Irish Cream liqueur
Chocolate shavings, for garnish
Directions:
1. Spoon the ice cream into a pint glass.
2. Pour in the beer, tilting the glass to reduce foaming.
3. Drizzle with Bailey's and sprinkle with chocolate shavings.
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Next up, we have something a little harder, but in the same vein as the last one.
Shamrock
Ingredients:
1 ounce Bailey's Irish Cream liqueur
1 ounce Kahlua coffee liqueur
1 ounce Jameson Irish whiskey
Directions:
Serve over ice. (If you serve it over a glass of Guinness, it's called a Belfast Carbomb.)
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And finally, something your kids can enjoy (legally)...
McDonald's Shamrock Shake
Ingredients:
Vanilla "shake"
Mint extract
Green dye
Directions:
1. Go to McDonald's
2. Order a Shamrock Shake
--Spanno
Techie on March 17, 2008 at 12:31 PM
What, no Irish Car Bombs?
Same idea as a Sake Bomb, but with Bailey's and Guinness instead of Sake and Kirin Ichiban
Dan McI on March 17, 2008 at 01:18 PM
For St. patrick's Day, one should drink at least one proper Irish toast, which requires uisce beatha, that is whiskey, pure, uncut, unmixed, unadulterated.
helen on March 17, 2008 at 03:02 PM
I paid for my first two years of college, many decades ago, by working at McDonald's and I remember the Shamrock Shakes principally by how long it took to clean that shake flavoring syrup off the machines. Bright green and practically indelible.
Marty Murphy, Brooklyn, NY on March 17, 2008 at 03:45 PM
Warning: never go drinking on St. Patrick's Day evening -- amateur night!
Spanno on March 17, 2008 at 03:48 PM
Very true, Marty. Professional St. Patrick's day drinkers start in the morning and are done by dinner.
rjm on March 17, 2008 at 05:19 PM
Have the Irish named a drink after 9/11? I propose we refrain from referring to a drink as a terrorist act, no matter how good it tastes.
rjm on March 17, 2008 at 05:19 PM
Have the Irish named a drink after 9/11? I propose we refrain from referring to a drink as a terrorist act, no matter how good it tastes.