Celebrate St. Patrick's Day With Authentic Foods

Everyone’s a little bit Irish when St. Patrick’s Day rolls around, or at least they try to be. For many of us, that means cramming ourselves into the local faux-Irish pub, drinking overpriced green beer and Guinness, and eating a sad attempt at corned beef and cabbage or soggy fish and chips. But there are plenty of Irish culinary options out there that don’t involve corned beef, and we’ve tracked down 15 that you should really know about.

Steak and Guinness Pie

Irish Stew 

Pastie 

Shepherd's Pie 

Soda Bread

Full Irish Breakfast 

Coddle

Champ 

Boxty 

Battered Sausage 

Bangers and Mash 

Bacon and Cabbage 

Colcannon 

Cottage Pie 

Source: http://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/beyond-corned-beef-15-traditional-irish-foods-eat-st-patricks-day-slideshow