A new SavannaBel post - For those of us who love ‘real’ food, but who live on the outside of nowhere thousands of miles away, the word ‘Ballymaloe’ carries an almost mythical sound. It didn’t surprise me at all when later I learned that its meaning in old Irish was “town of milk and honey”. It’s exactly what I expected. BALLYMALOE. Milk. Honey. Sweet butter. Brown bread. Spring lamb. New potatoes. Wild garlic. Stewed rhubarb. It was all this, and more. Kindness. Warmth. Simplicity. Comfort.
