I discovered this : Good Mood Food (cool because I like the recipes and the pictures, although the site functionality itself is not so cool): http://www.thegoodmoodfoodblog.com
I got inspired to try out some colcannon mash. The word colcannon means "white-headed cabbage" in Irish, according to the trusty Wiki page. It's basically potatoe mash with things like cabbage in it. In Belgium they have a similar thing: mash made with root vegetables, called "stoemp" which is also delicious.
We deviated a bit from Donal's recipe and fried 2 chopped onions and a quarter head of white cabbage. We then added that, some pepper, salt, butter, milk and finely grated parmesan to a generous amount of cooked potatoes (about 8 medium sized ones). We mashed it all together, adding liquid to attain a nice thick, stodgy subsistency. And it was done! Easy as that.
It was enjoyed with a plain cucumber salad, a rump steak, some chutney (a South African sort of savoury jam-sauce) and a Paulaner.
A note on chutney: The wikipedia page on the subject has informed me that "Chutney is a loan word incorporated into English from Hindi describing a pasty sauce in Indian cuisine." And they do also come in a powdery, dry form.
However, here in South Africa, well, in my home at least, we only really knew of one type of chutney: Mrs. Balls'.
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