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The house is decked in green, the Irish music is playing softly in the background and you’ve got the table set.

Organizing a Saint Patrick’s Day dinner can be a fun way to celebrate this March holiday with your friends and family. While your first instinct may be to shop for corned beef and cabbage, there are a number of traditional dishes from which to choose.

According to the Food Services of America organization, a Saint Patrick’s Day dinner of corned beef and cabbage is perhaps more of an Irish immigrant luxury than a traditional dinner served in Ireland.

Thanks to the use of expensive salts in production, corned beef was a costly delicacy that was reserved for annual Easter feasts. Pork and fresh beef would be more authentic Saint Patricks Day dinner ideas.

The FSA recommends serving up the following dishes for your dinner this March. Irish Lamb Stew, Irish Pot Roasted Chicken, Marinated Fried Fish Strips & Potatoes, Cod Cobbler, Potato & Parmesan Gratin, Bangers and Rum Sauce and Irish Smoked Salmon Salad.

What Saint Patrick’s Day dinner would be complete without a tasty Irish dessert? Irish chef Damien Brassel of Knife & Fork in Manhattan recommends serving a bottle of whiskey. Cathal Armstrong, an Irish chef at Restaurant Eve in Alexandria, Virginia, recommends apple-based desserts like crumbles, pies, cakes, fritters, dumplings or soufflés.

For an Irish-American take on desserts, try a Guinness Cake. With any luck, your St. Patty’s Day dinner will inspire your children to carry on Irish customs and traditions of their own one day.

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There are a different party planning ideas for different parties. For example, ideas to celebrate the birthday of a one year old, are different to a retirement party. But, there are a few basic tips and ideas you need to ensure all goes well for your party.

If you are inviting a number of children to celebrate the birthday of your little princess, then you need to know how to ensure the children to not eat anything that may affect their health. Some children may be diabetic, others may be wheat intolerant. You need to know all these facts, before you invite these children to celebrate her birthday. You should contact the parents of the children to find out any special dietary requirements.

You may also need to ensure children with special dietary requirements, do not eat food that may affect their health. If a child cannot eat sugarry food, then he may not be able to eat a slice of birthday cake, but you should have something that does not contain sugar as an alternative, so the child does not feel the odd one out.

Knowing the needs and requirements of your guests is one of the better party planning ideas.

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