Colcannon Colcannon Colcannon () is a traditional Irish dish of mashed potatoes with kale or cabbage. Colcannon is traditionally made from mashed potatoes and kale (or cabbage), with milk (or cream), butter (or vegetable oil), salt and pepper added. It can contain other ingredients such as scallions (spring onions), leeks, laver, onions and chives. There are many regional variations of this dish. It is often eaten with boiled ham or Irish bacon. At one time it was a cheap, year-round staple food, though nowadays it is usually eaten in autumn/winter, when kale comes into season. An Irish Halloween tradition is to
Knedle Knedle Plum dumplings, popularly known as knedle (from knödel, "dumpling"), is a dish of boiled potato-dough dumplings filled with plums, popular in Central and East European cuisines. The dish is eaten as dessert, a main dish, or side dish. It is known as plum dumplings in English, and in other languages as: , , , or alternatively "Gomboce" in Vojvodina, , , , , . It is simply known as "knedle" in the Slavic languages. The dough is made with mashed potatoes. Some recipes use eggs in the dough, some flour. The dough is flattened out and cut into squares.