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Food safety
 
Top tips
 
Speciality of the Café
 
   
NEWS
 
Well the Taste of Dublin Festival is well and truly underway and there are a host of events for you all to attend. Held in June each year, Taste Festivals are a celebration of fabulous food and drink, and excellent company. City based, in unique locations,Taste brings together the city's best restaurants, food personalities, and speciality food and drinks producers. Features include celebrity chefs' live cookery demonstrations, tutored wine tastings, and the opportunity to enjoy sampler menus from the top restaurants, as well as VIP dining and entertainment.
 
 For 2008, Taste of Cork will add a new exciting dimension to Taste Festivals Ireland, which has been widely welcomed. 35,000 visitors will be catered for in the  Iveagh Gardens during 12th-15th June 2008 for Taste of Dublin Festival and up to 15,000 will visit Cork City Gaol Heritage Centre for Taste of Cork Festival during  27-29 June 2008.
 
   
FOOD SAFETY
 
 When you find a pot of jam or marmalade that has mould on it you can't simply remove the affected area you must discard the pot as the whole product has been infected and mould which is a single celled molecule must be discarded.
 
 
TODAYS TOP TIPS
 
 Today's top tip is when storing your dried herbs and spices and other useful bits and bobs in your cupboards then simply put the less used products at the top or towards the rear of your storage space this will aid you in your cooking and save you time looking for that all important ingredient!
 
 
 SPECIALITY OF THE CAFÉ 
 
 Well for Fathers Day here's a dish that all dads out there will love!
 
 Southern fried chicken with potato salad and corn on the cob.
 
 For four people simply cut your chicken up into even sized pieces and place in a large pot, bring to the boil and simmer for around 45 minutes, leave to cool and keep the stock for soup or a sauce at a later date.  When cooled, roll the chicken pieces in seasoned flour with some Cajun spices or chilli powder then into egg wash and roll into fresh bread crumbs. Place chicken into deep fat fryer for 2-3 minutes then finish in the oven until  heated through. While the chicken is cooking, peel and boil some potatoes, add  parsley and mayonnaise, serve with your buttered corn on the cob and southern fried chicken with an ice cool glass of beer...... an absolute delight  for any discerning Dad.
 
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