Irish foods/fun for holiday box

[MEmama]

I want to put together a box of Irish foods/fun items for DS for the holidays. Everything has to be ordered, so ideally I’d like to shop at the fewest places as possible. He’s mostly vegetarian but not strictly so. 
 

What are the essentials to include? Bonus points for keeping it silly and fun. He’s 17 and making plans... 🙂 

[Kareni]

Here is an Irish tea gift basket that might give you some ideas.

Link

ETA: more goodies here.

Regards,

Kareni

[katilac]

13 minutes ago, Kareni said:

Here is an Irish tea gift basket that might give you some ideas.

Link

ETA: more goodies here.

Regards,

Kareni

I know Irish food is notoriously bad, but not so bad that Lickable Treats cat food should be included on the list 😄

[Kareni]

17 minutes ago, katilac said:

I know Irish food is notoriously bad, but not so bad that Lickable Treats cat food should be included on the list 😄

That is seriously funny! I didn't notice it when I posted the link. But, who knows, Irish cats might love it.

Regards,

Kareni

[MEmama]

2 hours ago, Kareni said:

Here is an Irish tea gift basket that might give you some ideas.

Link

ETA: more goodies here.

Regards,

Kareni

So helpful—thanks! 🙂 

[domestic_engineer]

Food items

• Kerrygold butter (should be in your grocery store)
• Tayto crisps
• McVitties digestives
• Irish oats
• Irish shortbread 
• cadbury flake bar (but I don’t know that this is uniquely Irish)

fun items:

• hurling stick and sliotar  (heres a us based site that sells them:  ushurling.com
• article of clothing made of Aran wool
• an Irish cookbook (I have this one from Avoca Cafe that I enjoy.)

[Laura Corin]

3 hours ago, domestic_engineer said:

Food items

• Kerrygold butter (should be in your grocery store)
• Tayto crisps
• McVitties digestives
• Irish oats
• Irish shortbread 
• cadbury flake bar (but I don’t know that this is uniquely Irish)

fun items:

• hurling stick and sliotar  (heres a us based site that sells them:  ushurling.com
• article of clothing made of Aran wool
• an Irish cookbook (I have this one from Avoca Cafe that I enjoy.)

The Cadburys were an English Quaker family.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cadbury

The McVities were Scottish 

https://mcvities.co.uk/about

You could still include both if they are popular in Ireland though.

[domestic_engineer]

10 hours ago, Laura Corin said:

The Cadburys were an English Quaker family.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cadbury

The McVities were Scottish 

https://mcvities.co.uk/about

You could still include both if they are popular in Ireland though.

I figured they weren't truly Irish creations .... but my mind kept going to potato dishes .... and alcoholic Irish products 😂

[domestic_engineer]

A set of U2 albums?!?  Or trad or Irish folk songs. 

[wintermom]

What do you mean/what is the purpose? Do you mean traditional Irish foods that your ds enjoys and that can be shipped? Is your ds going to Ireland. I feel like I'm missing some important link in this thread.

These are some food-related things I found memorable from my visit to Ireland:

- Soda bread, 

- French fries (even the KFC ones were somehow amazing)

- Irish alcohol (probably not going to be appropriate for a 17 yo), Guinness, Irish Mist, Irish Whiskey

 

TBH, the food was NOT memorable. I'm really struggling. There are a ton of great things about Ireland, though. Food just isn't what made my visit there amazing. 

What I REALLY loved was:

- the people, their sense of dry humour, their accent, their story-telling ability

- Irish sweaters, Celtic designs on pretty much anything

- the landscape - it's SO GREEN, no wonder it's called the Emerald Isle

- the ocean (I'm from inland, so this was very special for me, it probably won't be as big for your ds)

- I also enjoy Irish music and dance, but I didn't actually experience it during my trip there. It is definitely available there, though

Edited November 10, 2020 by wintermom

[MEmama]

8 hours ago, wintermom said:

What do you mean/what is the purpose? Do you mean traditional Irish foods that your ds enjoys and that can be shipped? Is your ds going to Ireland. I feel like I'm missing some important link in this thread.

These are some food-related things I found memorable from my visit to Ireland:

- Soda bread, 

- French fries (even the KFC ones were somehow amazing)

- Irish alcohol (probably not going to be appropriate for a 17 yo), Guinness, Irish Mist, Irish Whiskey

 

TBH, the food was NOT memorable. I'm really struggling. There are a ton of great things about Ireland, though. Food just isn't what made my visit there amazing. 

What I REALLY loved was:

- the people, their sense of dry humour, their accent, their story-telling ability

- Irish sweaters, Celtic designs on pretty much anything

- the landscape - it's SO GREEN, no wonder it's called the Emerald Isle

- the ocean (I'm from inland, so this was very special for me, it probably won't be as big for your ds)

- I also enjoy Irish music and dance, but I didn't actually experience it during my trip there. It is definitely available there, though

DS has been accepted into his program at one of his top choice Irish universities, and even though he’s waiting to accept the offer I thought it would be fun to put together a few Irish goodies as a celebration. I have to wait on the sweatshirt until he decides where to go, lol, but food is always appreciated. 🙂  
 

We've been and obviously love the country. 🙂  

[J-rap]

I'm not sure what makes oatmeal Irish, but:

https://www.zingermans.com/Product/macroom-irish-oatmeal/P-OAT

Also, here's a make-your-own Irish Soda Bread mix:

https://www.englishteastore.com/irish-soda-bread-mix-white-hogans.html?utm_source=googlepepla&utm_medium=adwords&id=&gclid=CjwKCAiAkan9BRAqEiwAP9X6UTvW6pvkdeSP3orY_9D1p3QEgupoIBx-NnBnBsJMOTpDacuygG_opxoCS14QAvD_BwE

 

 

[wintermom]

3 hours ago, MEmama said:

DS has been accepted into his program at one of his top choice Irish universities, and even though he’s waiting to accept the offer I thought it would be fun to put together a few Irish goodies as a celebration. I have to wait on the sweatshirt until he decides where to go, lol, but food is always appreciated. 🙂  
 

We've been and obviously love the country. 🙂  

Congratulations! That is really exciting. 

If he likes cheese, I can get Kerry cheese from Ireland in my local grocery stores. They are very tasty. You could make some soda bread, sweet or savory.