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