I love the saying that on St. Patrick's Day everyone is Irish. I think celebrating holidays are a great way to bring family and friends together and is a fun way to pass traditions on to children. I tell the wee ones stories of Shamrocks and St. Patrick, fairies galloping about the night on the golden blossoms of Fairies Horses, and leprechauns searching for the pot of gold.
I always make corned beef and cabbage, parsley potatoes and Irish Soda Bread. Even though it's hard to believe some people don't like corned beef and cabbage, so I usually add Irish Stew or Ham and Green Beans. Everyone loves Irish Soda Bread and every year I make more and every year I run out. Find my recipe at http://.www.associatedcontent.com/article/2621629/st_patricks_day_tradtion.html?cat=22
I don't put caraway seeds in my Irish Soda Bread, but I have a friend who became interested in herbs, so she could grow her own caraway seeds. Caraway is easily grown and is a biennial started in the early spring or fall. Allow to self seed it will start new plants. To harvest seeds allow to ripen about a month after the flowers appear, and clip the seed heads before they …