Irish cuisine a low starch content. Many elements of Irish cuisine were lost or abandoned during that time, with the loss being particularly acute between the Great Famine of the mid 19th century and the mid 20th century. By the 21st century, much of Irish cuisine was being revived. Representative traditional Irish dishes include Irish stew (made with lamb, mutton, or goat), bacon and cabbage (with potatoes), boxty (potato pancake), coddle (sausage, bacon, and potato), colcannon (mashed potato, kale or cabbage, and butter), and, in Ulster, the soda farl. Modern Irish Food still uses these traditional ingredients but they are now being
Stew peas dish in Spanish-speaking areas of the Caribbean. Canned beans can also be used to prepare stew peas, and the dish can be prepared using a pressure cooker. It is sometimes prepared without the use of meat. In Jamaica, stew peas is often prepared using flour dumplings known as "spinners" in Jamaica. Stew peas is commonly served atop rice or with a side dish of rice. Rice is typically not included in the stew itself when it is cooked, and the stew serves to moisten and complement the separately-prepared rice. Stew peas contains a considerable amount of protein. Stew peas is