The Pa Melting Pot - Part 2 - Great Britain - Part 1 - Ireland

These immigrants came to western PA in two 

waves because of religious persecution, the

potato famine …

Please see photos of Ireland at bottom of post. 

Irish Catholics

• 1800’s and on
• By 1850 10,000 in Pittsburgh
• Settled in Pittsburgh and southwestern PA
• From Ulster in Northern Ireland
• Others came from Leinster, Munster and Connaught
• Area’s first most significant Catholic influx
• Tradesmen
• The Protestant hold on Pittsburgh created an anti-Catholic sentiment
• Late 19^th century emerged as a force of their own
• 17 % of the southwestern PA population claim Irish as part of their heritage. 

Popular Irish foods:  Potato Onion Soup, Irish style; Dublin Coddle (potatoes, pork, ham); Colcannon (potatoes, kale, leeks), etc.  The Irish also used recipes with cabbage: boiled cabbage with smoked pork butt, Irish boiled dinner (brisket, cabbage, beer, potatoes).  The Hunters left legacies of lamb & beef dishes such as Irish Stuffed Shoulder of Lamb, Lamb Stew and Steak and Potato Pie. The Fisherman provided Irish smoked Fish & Rice with Saffron (Kedgeree) and Scallop and Mushroom Pie.  The farmers left the legacy of Irish Soda Bread, Oat Bread, Potato recipes, Irish Peas...  Irish desserts:  Donegal Oatmeal Cream, Chocolate Potato Cake, Apple Amber (pastry, apples, meringue). 

RECIPES BELOW

Potato Onion Soup, Irish style

LINK TO James Beards's Irish Potato Soup with cheese & red ale

Dublin Coddle (potatoes, pork, ham)

LINK TO British Food Dublin Coddle recipe

Boiled cabbage with smoked pork butt

LINK TO Smoked Butt

Irish boiled dinner (brisket, cabbage, beer, potatoes)  

LINK TO All recipes Irish boiled dinner

Irish Stuffed Shoulder of Lamb

LINK TO the BBC's Stuffed_shoulder_of_lamb with video

 Steak and Potato Pie
(recipe says it is English but it is Irish, too)

LINK TO Steak and Potato pie from All recipes

Scallop and Mushroom Pie

LINK TO  recipe for Scallop and Mushroom 
Irish Soda Bread and Oat or Oatmeal Bread

   LINKS TO Oatmeal Bread below

        LINK TO Irish Oatmeal Bread

 Irish Mushy Peas
LINK TO Irish american mom's mushy pea recipe
...  Irish desserts:  

                              Donegal Oatmeal Cream

LINK TO European cuisine's Donegal-Oatmeal-Sweet-Cream

                              Chocolate Potato Cake

                      LINK Chocolate-Potato-Cake

Apple Amber (pastry, apples, meringue)

LINK TO European Cuisine's Apple Amber