Maopopo iaʻu ʻole: Shamrock Pie and Corned Beef with potatoes, carrots, celery, and of course cabbage!

I believe it goes without saying that I am officially in the St. Patrick's Day spirit. *grins widely* I have been a wee bit depressed lately (note the sarcastic note there) with the alcoholic house wife invading my personal territory, the bad infection I had, and now Japan's crisis. So what does poor ditzy blonde do when she gets depressed? *Sighs dramatically cause you apparently don't know* Bake!!!! Yes, somewhere in my obviously genetically flawed history, I was taught to bake when depressed or faced with a serious issue that I could not readily solve… (either that or sleep all day, which I have been known to do from time to time). So I decided to make a Shamrock pie, something my grandma would do when I was younger for St. Patrick's Day. She called it clover meringue, but I don't like that name for whatever reason, so I renamed it! ^_^

Before I started that though, I started the corned beef in the crock pot first, then started the pie… As a result I now have a very happy dog! She got a lot of the left over meringue. Yes I took pictures and they will be at the bottom of this post. Before I forget though, I would desperately like to remind people to donate to a charity to help Japan, and if you do not know who to donate to then I suggest you read my previous post from yesterday. They are already suffering economically and the more money we get to them the more this financial pain can be eased, even if we can do nothing for the emotional toll for all the death and loss of loved ones, doing something is better than nothing.