St. Patrick's Day - Recipe Night!

Had to join in the festivities and create our own Irish specialty.  A new twist on the Irish Coffee, the Frozen Shillelagh, is a tasty frozen drink that can be enjoyed any time of year.  Now that you know how to spell it, here's how to make it.

Frozen Shillelagh
4 oz Sheridan's Coffee Layered Liqueur
4 oz coffee
Blend with ice.
Rim with anything green. We used green sugar sprinkles (leprechaun dust).
Drink responsibly.
Makes two servings.

The shillelagh is a walking stick made of oak or blacktorn roots, traditionally used in a ritual form of fighting, or in general self-defense. It also is said to possess magical properties. When, in1670, Major Thomas Weir was burned as a witch, his powerful shillelagh (his reputed mode of transportation) was burned with him.

We often see leprechauns (maybe you don't) carrying a sturdy staff.  Now, what a leprechaun does with his shillelagh is his business. And that pot 'o gold he's always looking for? Metaphor. Pure metaphor.