St. Patricks Day in Seoul
Far from shamrocks…and the emerald isle… 9106.37 kilometers from Seoul,South Korea to Tipperary, Ireland.
The 17th of March is just around the corner. T & I have been busy preparing treats to share with his class. What else but Green Cookies for St. Patrick’s Day. The luck of the Irish must have been with me last weekend when I went to Dongdaemun market. I had the vague hope I might find a shamrock shaped cookie cutter…here in Seoul…I have never seen one in Ireland..green Guinness…rivers … but after rummaging through lots of rabbits, stars and moon shapes I found a shamrock. Was there a leprechaun about…or just me?
Green Cookie Recipe
175g butter (at room temperature)
75g icing sugar
225g self-raising flour (sieved)
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon green food coloring
Oven temperature 180 C/ 350 F/ Gas 4
Makes 25-30 cookies
1. Put all the ingredients except the food coloring in a food processor and mix until blended together (alternatively, beat together by hand)
2. Mix in the food coloring. Knead the dough until pliable, form into a ball, wrap in clingfilm and set aside in the fridge for about 1 hour.
3. Roll out the dough to a thickness of ½ cm and cut into shapes using a variety of cookie cutters. Arrange on a lightly greased baking tray and bake in the pre-heated oven for about 10 minutes. (Put flour onto the rolling pin and table surface to avoid the dough sticking, you may even need to add a little extra after each rolling out)
4. Eat and enjoy with friends and family.
Happy St. Patricks day!
Saint Patrick’s Day (Irish: Lá ‘le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially St. Paddy’s Day or Paddy’s Day, is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick (circa 385-461 AD), the patron saints of Ireland, and is celebrated on March 17. It is celebrated all over the world, anywhere the Irish have emigrated to.
Here in Seoul the celebrations will take place on the 14th of March with the 9th Annual St. Patrick’s Day. Details of activities here in Seoul through Expat Advisory Servies and Zenkimchi.
In the Hague the place to be is the Crown Plaza Hotel – Den Haag Promenade,Van Stolkweg 1, Den Haag.
15:00 until past midnight, music, bands, rubgy 6 nations games, irish dancing displays, Guinness on tap, storyteller, kids party, 15.00 to 18.00 with Storyteller Niamh Ní Bhroin, fun, face painting and games
Tickets: €20 each available from the Irish club: info@irishclub.nl or 06-48062776 or 06-25218261. Children 12 and under are free.
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