Ireland eat of potatoes a week. Consequently, dishes that are considered as national dishes represent a fundamental unsophistication to cooking, such as the Irish stew, bacon and cabbage, boxty, a type of potato pancake, or colcannon, a dish of mashed potatoes and kale or cabbage. Since the last quarter of the 20th century, with a re-emergence of wealth in Ireland, a "New Irish Cuisine" based on traditional ingredients incorporating international influences has emerged. This cuisine is based on fresh vegetables, fish (especially salmon, trout, oysters, mussels and other shellfish), as well as traditional soda breads and the wide range of hand-made
Pork Knuckles and Ginger Stew with large amount of protein which is especially good for repairing muscles. A bowl of pork knuckles and ginger stew has nearly 600 kcal The main ingredients of "Pork Knuckles and Ginger Stews" are: pig trotters, ginger, sweet vinegar, eggs, salt, and oil. The tradition is to cook this dish in a tall earthenware pot with a glazed interior. The acidic vinegar and cooking method will leach metals from iron pots into the stew, more so than with water based stews. As a traditional ritual, families usually make the stew themselves, sometimes according to their own secret family recipes. In