No Lucky Charms in Ireland?

jacket67 said:
I'm all for enjoying local flavor, but my teenagers would not eat this traditional Irish breakfast:

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I wish I was sitting at the table there, but I'm curious. What are the black muffin like things near the bottom? Muffins, or some really dark sausage or what?? I see the tomatoes, with friend egg and a side of bacon/ham near top. Not too much different that say Denny's or IHOP.
 
MidGABuzz said:
I wish I was sitting at the table there, but I'm curious. What are the black muffin like things near the bottom? Muffins, or some really dark sausage or what?? I see the tomatoes, with friend egg and a side of bacon/ham near top. Not too much different that say Denny's or IHOP.
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It is most likely Black Pudding, which is a type of blood sausage.
 
MidGABuzz said:
I wish I was sitting at the table there, but I'm curious. What are the black muffin like things near the bottom? Muffins, or some really dark sausage or what?? I see the tomatoes, with friend egg and a side of bacon/ham near top. Not too much different that say Denny's or IHOP.
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Yes, the black "pudding" is blood sausage. The lighter version is white pudding, which is made from oatmeal and pork fat with some meat.
 
Akinji07 said:
Obviously the team nutritionist and coaches agree with what I'm saying so you're just a moron who wants to risk the team based on your opinion of whether it's a third world country and one guy who's saying he never had any problems. Good logic.
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I'll mention again that I studied abroad with dozens of others that had no issues.

Also pretty sure Ireland isn't even close to a third world country by basically any measure. Shit, I imagine the food has to be better in Dublin than some of the really rural areas in Alabama and Georgia some of our guys are from.

Edit: Not to mention they're eating dinner at a local tavern, so I guess they're normal and not horrified of Western European cuisine.

 
Nixon_Corral said:
I'll mention again that I studied abroad with dozens of others that had no issues.

Also pretty sure Ireland isn't even close to a third world country by basically any measure. öööö, I imagine the food has to be better in Dublin than some of the really rural areas in Alabama and Georgia some of our guys are from.
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Either you have 0 reading comprehension or you're jumping the gun after reading something that sets you off. Nobody called Ireland a third world country. Changes in diet may have unintended consequences for the digestive system. It's happened to a lot of folks that I know before. It doesn't mean it will happen to the team but there's no reason to take that risk for a 3 day trip.
 
Nixon_Corral said:
Edit: Not to mention they're eating dinner at a local tavern, so I guess they're normal and not horrified of Western European cuisine.

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JFC did someone run this by CPJ? This is a business trip not some sightseeing bullshit vacation. What if one of the punters gets the runs!
 
Diseqc said:
JFC did someone run this by CPJ? This is a business trip not some sightseeing bullshit vacation. What if one of the punters gets the runs!
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And if it happens because of this tavern ordeal I'm holding you and Nixon Corral and CPJ accountable for this.
 
Better to be banned because they are sugary than banned because the Irish are overly sensitive crybabies about stereotypes.
 
It's not even necessarily about getting sick (though you do hear about people getting food poisoning on vacation fairly often, even in developed countries.) It's about having to play a football game in two days while already jetlagged. If they want to keep their breakfasts as similar to what they get in the US as possible because they think it will help make their bodies feel normal, then they should.

They're not here to experience Irish culture and food. They're here to win a football game. This is a business trip for them, and as (essentially) professional athletes, what they put in their bodies is part of their job, so I'm going to go ahead and trust them as well as the dieticians on the staff over some people who want to whine about millennial snowflakes.
 
andrew said:
It's not even necessarily about getting sick. It's about having to play a football game in two days while already jetlagged. If they want to keep their breakfasts as similar to what they get in the US as possible because they think it will help make their bodies feel normal, then they should.

They're not here to experience Irish culture and food. They're here to win a football game. This is a business trip for them, and as (essentially) professional athletes, what they put in their bodies is part of their job, so I'm going to go ahead and trust them as well as the dieticians on the staff over some people who want to whine about millennial snowflakes.
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If they're professional athletes on a business trip, are they getting paid?
 
Akinji07 said:
If they're professional athletes on a business trip, are they getting paid?
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Not paid, but certainly compensated in a non monetary way. That's why I said "essentially" professional athletes. Now, whether that compensation is appropriate or sufficient is of course a totally different matter.
 
andrew said:
Not paid, but certainly compensated in a non monetary way. That's why I said "essentially" professional athletes. Now, whether that compensation is appropriate or sufficient is of course a totally different matter.
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What're they compensated with? A free business trip to Dublin, lucky charms and fried chicken?
 
andrew said:
...scholarships and room and board?
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Oh so you're saying that they get to stay at the school and get clothed and fed so they should work for the school for free.
 
Akinji07 said:
Oh so you're saying that they get to stay at the school and get clothed and fed so they should work for the school for free.
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I heard in the pre-civil war days, blacks used to get free room and board for working in the fields.
 
Akinji07 said:
Oh so you're saying that they get to stay at the school and get clothed and fed so they should work for the school for free.
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I guess you're trolling, but no, I actually don't. That's why I said that whether the compensation is sufficient is a totally separate matter.
 
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