BS: Taste of Ireland??

Subject: BS: Taste of Ireland??
From: Mr Happy
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 07:39 PM

Some chums returned from hols in Ireland, bearing gifts!

Included 'A Taste of Ireland, Vanilla Fudge'

Blurb on box says:

'The timeless mystical image of a cottage by the lake evokes a unique memory of Ireland - a special place, a land of beauty & many treasures.

Take a moment to savour a taste of Ireland with this Vanilla Fudge & recreate the experience of a magical land'.


Seems vanilla is a native of Mexico, & largest producer is Madagascar – don't know of any Irish connection??

And interestingly, appears name 'Vanilla' comes from same word root as 'Vagina'!!

See here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla
.

But again, what I don't get is the 'Taste of Ireland 'connection.

Similar examples??

Subject: RE: BS: Taste of Ireland??
From: Amos
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 08:02 PM

You might want to add that the Latin word from which vanilla derives means "sheath", not "pussy" you dirty minded old man.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Taste of Ireland??
From: GUEST,lox
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 08:07 PM

... hey beavis ...

... vaginal fudge ...

... huh huh huh ...

Subject: RE: BS: Taste of Ireland??
From: GUEST,thurg
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 08:22 PM

Vanilla Fudge, the Michigan acid-rock band from the 70's? They're doing the Irish thing now?

Subject: RE: BS: Taste of Ireland??
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 08:54 PM

Whiskey flavoured fudge perhaps?

Subject: RE: BS: Taste of Ireland??
From: ard mhacha
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 04:23 AM

Without fudging the question,you could the Yanks anything, a load of baloney, not fudge.

Subject: RE: BS: Taste of Ireland??
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 07:22 AM

It wouldn't surprise me if you found the same fudge in other tourist areas, labelled 'a taste of Scotland', 'a taste of the Lake District', 'a taste of the West Country', 'a taste of Vermont', etc.

Subject: RE: BS: Taste of Ireland??
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 07:34 AM

I think I'd be more concerned about fudge than vanilla. WIkipedia suggests (with riders) that fudge was invented in America in 1886. I would guess the Irish were using vanilla long before then.

Subject: RE: BS: Taste of Ireland??
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 10:33 AM

Probably ALL from the same maker too, Topsie!

Subject: RE: BS: Taste of Ireland??
From: Kaleea
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 01:47 PM

I used to play Music for a living Museum of the "Wild West" in @1870's. They made fudge in one house as per recipe from a diary from the early 1870's donated by a local person.

However, the Ojibway (aka "Chippewa") people of the Northwest USA may have made some of the first known fudge, as they traditionally collected the syrup from the Maple trees & boiled it down to a soft solid form with which they could preserve the sugar for use in the coming year. Some Ojibway people still do.