Comments on: Irish Car Bomb Bread Pudding http://foodwhirl.com/sweet-treats/irish-car-bomb-bread-pudding Creative, Healthy Cooking for Modern Life Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dot http://foodwhirl.com/sweet-treats/irish-car-bomb-bread-pudding/comment-page-1#comment-707 Dot Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:53:31 +0000 http://foodwhirl.com/?p=2594#comment-707 Karen, It is named after a drink (shot) which has Irish Whiskey, Irish Cream, and Guinness. Hence the Irish part. The 'car' comes from it being a 'side car' (a shot on the side). It is a 'bomb' shot, as in you drop the shot glass into your beer then drink the whole thing. (the quintessential 'bomb' shot is the Jager Bomb, but there are other examples: http://www.barschool.com/bartending-blog/bomb-shots) I can see where it would be confusing, if you've never heard of the drink. And yes, plenty of shots have sexist or not very tasteful names, i think it's the nature of the beast. In this case, it's just i would think a clever play on the description of the drink . there are California Car Bombs, Canadian Car Bombs, etc. There are lo Karen, It is named after a drink (shot) which has Irish Whiskey, Irish Cream, and Guinness. Hence the Irish part. The ‘car’ comes from it being a ‘side car’ (a shot on the side). It is a ‘bomb’ shot, as in you drop the shot glass into your beer then drink the whole thing. (the quintessential ‘bomb’ shot is the Jager Bomb, but there are other examples: http://www.barschool.com/bartending-blog/bomb-shots)

I can see where it would be confusing, if you’ve never heard of the drink. And yes, plenty of shots have sexist or not very tasteful names, i think it’s the nature of the beast. In this case, it’s just i would think a clever play on the description of the drink . there are California Car Bombs, Canadian Car Bombs, etc.

There are lo

]]> By: Karen Lizzie http://foodwhirl.com/sweet-treats/irish-car-bomb-bread-pudding/comment-page-1#comment-704 Karen Lizzie Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:45:05 +0000 http://foodwhirl.com/?p=2594#comment-704 The name of this pudding seems to be in remarkably poor taste! I don't suppose you would think a 9/11 pudding was in good taste, so why is it OK if it is Irish? The name of this pudding seems to be in remarkably poor taste! I don’t suppose you would think a 9/11 pudding was in good taste, so why is it OK if it is Irish?

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