This week marks the jubilant cheerfulness of St. Patrick’s Day fun. Irish lagers and stouts abound. These can be enjoyed year-round and cooking with beer and ale creates an outstanding one-dish wholesome meal. While you friends gather for the St. Patrick’s Day experience, cook a great dinner in a Dutch oven. Choose either good cuts of pork center-cut medallions or lamb ribs. Set the protein choice onto thick slices of oranges and set into the Dutch oven. Cover the meat selection with an Irish beer selection. Smother the meat with 1 large can of crushed pineapple. Add some parboiled peeled carrots set around the sides of the dish. Then, cover tightly and bake at 400°F for at least 2 hours until thoroughly cooked. Serve with some boiled new potatoes for a celebratory hearty springtime dish, as fine as any dish served on Grafton Street in Dublin, Ireland! © Kelly McBride Loft