Tag Archives: toirtín
In Search of the Wild, Domestic, Whatever, Blueberry – as Gaeilge Posted by róislín on Nov 27, 2011
(le Róislín) Some of you may remember the picture of the blueberry tart from the last blog (https://blogs.transparent.com/irish/toirtini-agus-diochlaontai/). While the blueberry (and its kin, the bilberry, blaeberry, whortleberry, winberry, whinberry, bog bilberry, myrtle blueberry, and black-heart) may not be overwhelmingly associated with this time of year (an Fómhar), there’s no reason we can’t enjoy them…
Toirtíní agus Díochlaontaí Posted by róislín on Nov 24, 2011
(le Róislín) ‘Tis the season to be discussing milseoga of all sorts. Starting with Halloween, at least in North America, the geataí tuile milseogra are opened and the tuile milseán starts. (N.B.: milseog, dessert; milseán, a sweet, a piece of candy, here “of candy/sweets”; milseogra, confectionery, candy/sweets collectively). In the United States, it seems to…