Sat, May 10, 2008
Boxty
Posted to Weather category
Farmers' Market today was cold and windy and it snowed at us. Not flakes, but little white lumps, as if it couldn't quite make up its mind whether to be snow or hail. Despite the weather, we had a good day and sold out by 12:30, so we loaded everything back into the truck, locked it, and walked over into downtown Boulder to find lunch somewhere warm.
Nanette had a coupon for Conor O'Neills Traditional Irish Pub and Restaurant, which is two blocks from the market, so we went there.
I ordered the lunch boxty plate with chicken filling, which turned out to be very like an Irish burrito: meat, veggies and sauce wrapped in a flat tortilla shaped thing, garnished with bits of tomato and green onion, and served with sour cream on the side. The 'tortilla' was the boxty, a sort of fine potato pancake, almost a crepe. The filling in my meal was tender chicken, big chunks of mushrooms and peas in a sherry cream and tomato sauce that was mildly but wonderfully seasoned.
I made a good choice I think. I loved the boxty. Nanette had the "Shepherd's Pie" (which would have been my alternate choice) and we swapped tastes of our meals. The Shepherd's Pie was spicier than I would have preferred.
Their on-line menu indicates that the fillings with beef, salmon, and veggies have different kinds of sauces. It would be interesting to try them. I don't eat out very often when I am in Boulder, but Conor O'Neills is going on my short list of places to go when I do eat out.
I just had a toasted cheese sandwich for supper: the boxty was a big meal, and for breakfast, after setting up our market tables, we had "Mediterranean Breakfasts" from the Greek place in the market Food Court. Eggs scrambled with spinach, served on a pita bed with gyro bits (lamb for us), cheese (feta for me, cheddar for Nanette) and a little cucumber dressing. Market days, for me, tend to mean good eating as well as work and fresh veggies to take home.
I'm not going to make a pound cake this weekend after all... rhubarb is in, so I'm going to make an apple/rhubarb cake, like the ones I made last year. I'm feeling hungry for fruit, anyway.