Food and drink - Bia agus deoch
Torthaí - fruit or vegetables
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Fruit
Spíonáin – gooseberry
Úll - apple
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Vegetables
Fata - potato Fataí - potatoes
Cabáist' – cabbage
inneoin - onion
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Dairy
Bainne – milk
Cáis – cheese
Ím – butter
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Eggs
Buíocán – yolk
Ubh – egg Gog - (slang for egg)
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Bread
Arán – bread
Builín – a loaf
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Breakfast
Arbhar - cereals
Brachán – porridge
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Meals
Dinnéar – dinner
Min - meal
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Pork
Crúibín - pigs' feet
Stiall bagúin - rasher
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Pastries
Cácá milis – pastry
Císte – cake
Toirtín - little cake Toirtíní - little cakes
Cáicíní - cakes
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Fruit preserves
Subh – jam
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Sweets and candies
Milseáin – sweets, candy
Solamar – goodies, treats
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Ingredients
Salainn – salt
Siúcra – sugar
Plúir – flour
á mbeadh aon ghráinne plúir nó aon ghráinne min acu, súithfeadh siad thart é - if they had any grain of flour or any bit of maize, they'd mix it in
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Drinks
Cúpán tae – cup of tea
Tae – tea
Uisce - water
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Alcoholic drinks
Naigín – naggin
Póitín – poteen
Uisce beatha - whiskey
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Potato based recipes
Bacstaí - boxty
Cós - potato (slang)
Brúitín – mashed potatoes
Brúití - mashed
Ceallaí - mashed potatoes with butter and onions
Ceallaí pot' - cally mashed in a pot
na fataí róstaith' - roast potatoes
Fraois – small bits of potato etc.
Lugán - a piece of a potato that would be thrown away
Póirín – small potato Póiríní - small potatoes
Scoilleán – split potatoes
Fataí fuara - uncooked potatoes
Bhainfí an craiceann dóif', bhrúithí iad. Cuirfí gráinne salainn agus greim ime thrí'iontu - they'd peel them, mash them, maybe there'd be a grain of salt and butter mixed with
na fataí a bheadh ar an mbord i ndéidh an tsuipéir - the potatoes that would be left after the supper
Adjectives about food
Milis – sweet
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The process of eating
Blogam – mouthful
Cámín - food left around mouth
Ceaig - a full belly
Glugar – eating noisily
Fach - stuffing your face
Slog - gulp, swallow
a'slogadh - swallowing
Tá mé sách - I'm full up
Ní bheadh sé a'tabhairt mórán ama dhó fhéin an bia a chongailt - he wouldn't be giving himself much time to chew the food
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Quantities of food
Forgan – a feed of
Braon – a drop of
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Hunger
Ocras – hunger
Tá ocras orm - I'm hungry
Fíorghorta - really hungry
Gorta – hunger, famine
Nach bhaol dóif' aon ocras - they wouldn't be in fear of hunger
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The process of drinking
Tá tart orm - I'm thirsty
Stiúcaith' leis an tart - killed with the thirst
a'dóirteadh - spilling
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Getting drunk
Diúrám - a drinking session
Mearbhall óil - drunken raving
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Cooking
a théamh - to heat up
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Taste
an-deas le n-ithe - very nice to eat
Bhí siad go han deas le n-ithe - they were very nice to eat
Drochbhlas - a nasty taste
Ní raibh aon mhaith iontu le n-ith' - they weren't edible
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A drink to seal a deal
ag ól a'bhéiléiste - drinking the 'luck penny'
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