let them eat cake

menu fit for the queens visit to ireland, tonight:

"Cured
salmon with Burren smoked salmon cream and lemon balm jelly, horseradish and
wild watercress, Kilkenny organic cold pressed rapeseed oil

Rib of
Slaney Valley Beef, ox cheek and tongue with smoked champ potato and fried
spring cabbage, new season broad beans and carrots with pickled and wild garlic
leaf

Carrageen
set West Cork cream with Meath strawberries,

fresh yoghurt mousse and soda bread sugar biscuits,

Irish apple balsamic vinegar meringue

Executive
Chef: Ross Lewis

Caterers: With Taste" - taken from:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0518/statedinner.html

i'd eat that!

the most intriuging part for me was, of course, dessert. mainly, the "irish apple balsamic vinegar meringue." i had a look and it seems that its made with the only balsamic vinegar made IN ireland, and is made entirely of apples (6kg per 1liter bottle!). i still dont know what the dessert looks like or how its compiled but i now have a new ingredient to seek out! much more local than the italian stuff!

heres a link to the actual product:

http://www.fruitandvine.com/llewellyn%60s_irish_balsamic_cider_vinegar-objectid-1061-recordid-39-z-product_details.htm

taylor