On the last day of our road trip we drove to Glenstal Farm which is near Limerick, we had organised an Irish cooking lesson and farm tour of a dairy farm. The farm supplies milk which is used to make Kerry Gold butter which was the attraction for Amy. We arrived about 10:30am and meet our host Sharon. We sat down to scones, jam and cream which were divine. After a good chat we were put to work making Irish Soda Bread, Champs (Irish mashed potato) , parsley sauce, buttered cabbage and loin of bacon for our lunch. Amy also got to churn and make butter.
Amy churning the butter
Spreading, salting and cooling the butter
Shaping the butter
Amy preparing our dessert and our Irish Soda Bread we made earlier cooling.
Then we met Andrew, Sharon's husband who came and took us for a drive around the farm and explained to us some of how they dairy farm in Ireland, it was very interesting. We even got to meet some of the cows.
Then it was back to the house where we finished of preparations for lunch and then sat down with our hosts and enjoyed a lovely lunch.
We had a really lovely time and enjoyed our experience.
Then it was back on the road, we headed to Dublin where we are staying with my brother and his family for a few more nights.
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