Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Green-dyed Food ! To dye food green in America is fun, but for an Irish person, If heesh knows hiser history, it can be a shocking experience. During the Irish potato famine of the 1840s, about one million Irish Died in the span of six years, having no food. These people were so deprived of food, they resorted to eating grass, Which colored their mouths green as they died ! Thus an Irish person first confronting green-dyed food in the 'New World', Is jolted into a recollection of the harsh reality of Irish history. Another Irish nonhistorical fact is corned beef, consumed on St. Patrick's Day. The Irish valued a cow for milk, not for meat, So meat for such a person meant not beef, but pork! When the English conquered Ireland, corned beef was added to the cuisine, But it was not until the Irish arrived in America That they learned to love corned beef, picked up From their Jewish neighbors in the New York City melting pot ! Frank Maurer 29 February 2024 1340 Hours.