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Happy Potato Chip Day! To celebrate we’re sharing a simple cookie recipe whose main ingredient is crushed potato chips. The design on the cookies was created by stamping them with the decorative base of a glass before cooking. When my eldest grandson, Andrew, was a child we’d bake these together. Called them “Mystery Cookies” because…
Read MorePeople have been asking us about how safe it is to drink tea from China. Due to the proposed tariffs on tea from China, we ordered our supplies before the end of 2019. All the Chinese tea in our possession was harvested and delivered well before the virus broke out. It takes over two months…
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Boxty is a traditional Irish food that makes good use of that most famous Irish staple: the potato. It is essentially a potato pancake that can be eaten alone or as a side dish. Boxty was a traditional “peasant food” since the ingredients were generally cheap and affordable in poor households. Irish peasants in the 18th…
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Again, during the month of March, we are honoring the rich heritage of Ireland, the ancestral home of the Larkins. CELEBRATING THE BEAUTY OF THE EMERALD ISLE We met the artist, Helen Magee while attending the Showcase Ireland Trade Show in Dublin, Ireland this past January. Her landscapes of the Irish countryside are so beautiful…
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