Colcannon is most commonly made with only four ingredients: potatoes, butter, milk and cabbage. Irish historian Patrick Weston Joyce defined it as "potatoes mashed with butter and milk, with chopped up cabbage and pot herbs".[1] It can contain other ingredients such as scallions (spring onions), leeks, laverbread, onions and chives. Some recipes substitute cabbage with kale.[2] There are many regional variations of this staple dish.[3] It was a cheap, year-round food.[4][5] It is often eaten with boiled ham, salt pork or Irish bacon. As a side dish it goes well with corned beef and cabbage.[1]
An Irish Halloween tradition is to serve colcannon with a ring and a thimble hidden in the dish. Prizes of small coins such as threepenny or sixpenny bits were also concealed inside the dish.[6] Other items could include a stick indicating an unhappy marriage, and a rag denoting a life of poverty.[7] The dish champ is similar but made with scallions, butter, and milk.[2] It was traditional to offer a portion of champ to the fairies by placing a dish of colcannon with a spoon at the foot of a hawthorn.[8]
Etymologyedit
The origin of the word is unclear. The first syllable 'col' is likely to be derived from the Irish 'cál' meaning cabbage. The second syllable may derive from 'ceann-fhionn' meaning a white head (i.e. 'a white head of cabbage') – this usage is also found in the Irish name for a coot, a white-headed bird known as 'cearc cheannan', or 'white-head hen'. In Welsh the name for leek soup is cawl cennin, a phrase combining cawl meaning "soup", "broth" or "gruel", when it is not a reference to the typical Welsh meat and vegetable stew named in full 'cawl Cymreig', with 'cennin', the plural of 'cenhinen', meaning "leeks".[9] It is thus unlikely that this Welsh phrase could be the source for the Irish word, because of the differences in pronunciation affecting the vowels, and the great divergence in sense, "mashed potato and cabbage" versus "leek broth".
Songedit
The song "Colcannon", also called "The Skillet Pot", is a traditional Irish song that has been recorded by numerous artists, including Mary Black.[6][10] It begins:
Did you ever eat Colcannon, made from lovely pickled cream? With the greens and scallions mingled like a picture in a dream. Did you ever make a hole on top to hold the melting flake Of the creamy, flavoured butter that your mother used to make?
The chorus:
Yes you did, so you did, so did he and so did I. And the more I think about it sure the nearer I'm to cry. Oh, wasn't it the happy days when troubles we had not, And our mothers made Colcannon in the little skillet pot.
^ abAndrews, Colman (21 December 2012). The Country Cooking of Ireland. ISBN9781452124056.
^ abSheraton, Mimi (13 January 2015). 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A Food Lover's Life List. ISBN9780761183068.
^. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
^Irwin, Florence (1986). The Cookin' Woman: Irish Country Recipes. Blackstaff. ISBN0-85640-373-3.
^Friedland, Susan R. (2009). Vegetables: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cooking 2008. ISBN9781903018668.
^ abAllen, Darina (2012). Irish Traditional Cooking. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. p. 152. ISBN9780717154364.
^Allen, Darina (28 October 2020). "Eat, drink, and be scary this Halloween". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
^Mahon, Bríd (1998). Land of milk and honey : the story of traditional Irish food and drink. Dublin: Mercier Press. pp. 138–140. ISBN1-85635-210-2. OCLC 39935389.
^Evans, H. Meurig (1980). Y Geiriadur Mawr. Gwasg Gomer.
^"The Black Family" CD, 1986, Dara Records, DARA CD 023
External linksedit
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April 25, 2024
colcannon, irish, cál, ceannann, meaning, white, headed, cabbage, traditional, irish, dish, mashed, potatoes, with, cabbage, bowl, colcannoncoursemain, course, side, dishplace, originirelandserving, temperaturehotmain, ingredientsmashed, potatoes, cabbage, med. Colcannon Irish cal ceannann meaning white headed cabbage is a traditional Irish dish of mashed potatoes with cabbage ColcannonA bowl of colcannonCourseMain course or side dishPlace of originIrelandServing temperatureHotMain ingredientsMashed potatoes cabbage Media Colcannon Contents 1 Description 2 Etymology 3 Song 4 Similar dishes 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksDescription editColcannon is most commonly made with only four ingredients potatoes butter milk and cabbage Irish historian Patrick Weston Joyce defined it as potatoes mashed with butter and milk with chopped up cabbage and pot herbs 1 It can contain other ingredients such as scallions spring onions leeks laverbread onions and chives Some recipes substitute cabbage with kale 2 There are many regional variations of this staple dish 3 It was a cheap year round food 4 5 It is often eaten with boiled ham salt pork or Irish bacon As a side dish it goes well with corned beef and cabbage 1 An Irish Halloween tradition is to serve colcannon with a ring and a thimble hidden in the dish Prizes of small coins such as threepenny or sixpenny bits were also concealed inside the dish 6 Other items could include a stick indicating an unhappy marriage and a rag denoting a life of poverty 7 The dish champ is similar but made with scallions butter and milk 2 It was traditional to offer a portion of champ to the fairies by placing a dish of colcannon with a spoon at the foot of a hawthorn 8 Etymology editThe origin of the word is unclear The first syllable col is likely to be derived from the Irish cal meaning cabbage The second syllable may derive from ceann fhionn meaning a white head i e a white head of cabbage this usage is also found in the Irish name for a coot a white headed bird known as cearc cheannan or white head hen In Welsh the name for leek soup is cawl cennin a phrase combining cawl meaning soup broth or gruel when it is not a reference to the typical Welsh meat and vegetable stew named in full cawl Cymreig with cennin the plural of cenhinen meaning leeks 9 It is thus unlikely that this Welsh phrase could be the source for the Irish word because of the differences in pronunciation affecting the vowels and the great divergence in sense mashed potato and cabbage versus leek broth Song editThe song Colcannon also called The Skillet Pot is a traditional Irish song that has been recorded by numerous artists including Mary Black 6 10 It begins Did you ever eat Colcannon made from lovely pickled cream With the greens and scallions mingled like a picture in a dream Did you ever make a hole on top to hold the melting flake Of the creamy flavoured butter that your mother used to make The chorus Yes you did so you did so did he and so did I And the more I think about it sure the nearer I m to cry Oh wasn t it the happy days when troubles we had not And our mothers made Colcannon in the little skillet pot Similar dishes editClapshot stovies and rumbledethumps from Scotland Bubble and squeak from England Champ from Ireland Biksemad from Denmark Trinxat from the Emporda region of Catalonia northeast Spain and Andorra Roupa velha Portuguese for old clothes from Portugal often made from leftovers from cozido a Portuguesa Boerenkool stamppot from the Netherlands Stoemp from Belgium Hash from the United States Hash browns Potato cakeSee also edit nbsp Food portal nbsp Ireland portal List of cabbage dishes List of Irish dishes List of potato dishesReferences edit a b Andrews Colman 21 December 2012 The Country Cooking of Ireland ISBN 9781452124056 a b Sheraton Mimi 13 January 2015 1 000 Foods To Eat Before You Die A Food Lover s Life List ISBN 9780761183068 Recipe from An Bord Bia Irish food board Archived from the original on 19 February 2014 Retrieved 12 May 2011 Irwin Florence 1986 The Cookin Woman Irish Country Recipes Blackstaff ISBN 0 85640 373 3 Friedland Susan R 2009 Vegetables Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cooking 2008 ISBN 9781903018668 a b Allen Darina 2012 Irish Traditional Cooking Dublin Gill and Macmillan p 152 ISBN 9780717154364 Allen Darina 28 October 2020 Eat drink and be scary this Halloween Irish Examiner Retrieved 29 October 2020 Mahon Brid 1998 Land of milk and honey the story of traditional Irish food and drink Dublin Mercier Press pp 138 140 ISBN 1 85635 210 2 OCLC 39935389 Evans H Meurig 1980 Y Geiriadur Mawr Gwasg Gomer The Black Family CD 1986 Dara Records DARA CD 023External links edit nbsp Media related to Category Colcannon at Wikimedia Commons nbsp Look up Colcannon in Wiktionary the free dictionary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Colcannon amp oldid 1214222388, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
