Ulster Fry- An enormous grease fest of a meal where everything (even the bread) is fried. It consists of sausage, bacon, potato bread, fried bread, and a pancake.
Sunday Lunch- An Irish lunch served on sunday which consists of meat, gravy, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, yorkshire puddings, and two types of potatoes!
Today in Northern Ireland many members of the team were fortunate enough to eat both of these incredible meals within an hour of each other! That's right after enjoying our morning Ulster fry we were alerted that we were late for lunch! After being whisked out to Downpatrick we sat down and enjoyed the second meal. To say we were stuffed would be the biggest understatement of the century. Don't let me forget Dessert!
Eating in Ireland is as social as the rest of the culture. For this reason you seem to burn off a few calories just in conversation. Regardless this is more than made up for in sheer amount of food... especially potatoes.
With concern to the day itself, we were welcomed into a local church this morning where the team was introduced and Beth and Ashley shared a song. They sang beautifully and a great time was had by all, especially Isaak who had a woman offer her hand in marriage to him immediately upon hearing that he was from Niagara on the Lake.
All in all today was a great success!
I'm loving your posts! I'm glad to hear that you're all settling in well and adapting to the culture. Praying for you as you dive into ministry this week.
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