colcannon

[ kuhl-kan-uhn, kawl-kan- ]

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noun

an Irish dish made of cabbage, kale, or other greens, and potatoes boiled and mashed together.

colcannon

/ ˈkɒlˌkænən; kəlˈkænən /

a dish, originating in Ireland, of potatoes and cabbage or other greens boiled and mashed together

1765–75; < Irish cál ceannann, equivalent to cál (< Latin caulis cabbage) + ceann head + -ann, weak variant of fionn white

C18: from Irish Gaelic cál ceannann, literally: white-headed cabbage

Come Halloween, per Irish custom, the restaurant will slip wrapped coins into its colcannon.

I’d order the pork belly just for the chance at colcannon, some of the dreamiest mashed potatoes of any country’s repertoire.

Colcannon, kol-kan′on, n. an Irish dish, being a stew of pounded cabbage and potatoes with butter.

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