There's an old Irish saying that seems particularly appropriate for yesterday's cash-concious Saint Patrick's Day celebrations across the Western world: "A Cabin with plenty of food is better than a hungry castle".
Corned beef might not be the priciest meat in the market, but catering to a rowdy crowd of revelers is no cheap feat in these days of drastically reduced spending.
And yet it is times like these that throwing caution to the wind with the grocery bill for a big old fashioned Saint Paddy's Day party is worth its weight in (Irish) gold!
Take Margie and Dave D'eorsy's annual neighborhood get-together in their Irish/Italian American home tucked into the lush, green hills of pastoral West Petaluma.
Margie's late mother passed on her lifetime collection of Irish linens, crystal and china in order for Margie to maintain the family tradition of a hearty Saint Patrick's Day dinner party for friends and neighbors each March 17th.
With a whopping 38-pounds of prime Petaluma Market corned beef on the burners, a teetering pile of cabbage, carrots and potatoes, Margie and Dave's annual Irish shindig must surely be one of the more epic proportioned Saint Patrick Day house parties in town.
Guests provide the salads and sides, Irish-themed appetizers and desserts, the harp and Guinness and green balloons, but it's Margie's dedication to the delicious mainstay of a massive Corned Beef dinner which makes the day.
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