How to pronounce Crubeens

Crubeens is written crúibíní where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /kruːˈbiːnz/. In plain English letters that is kroo-BEENZ, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Crubeens?

Crubeens is a snack of Ireland. Where it comes from: Munster. People usually eat it as a snack and late at night. Its main ingredients are pork. It tastes savory and rich.

Where Crubeens comes from

Crubeens is one of 18 signature dishes of Ireland on this map. See all dishes from Cork.

• Colcannon cál ceannann · Main dish · Munster

  Colcannon is mashed potato mixed with chopped kale or cabbage and spring onions, enriched with butter and milk.

• Drisheen drisín · Main dish · Munster

  Drisheen, from the Irish drisín, is an Irish blood pudding set apart by its soft, gelatinous texture.

• Spiced beef mairteoil spíosraithe · Main dish · Munster

  Spiced beef is a joint of beef, such as silverside, topside, rump or brisket, cured for days with salt, sugar and saltpetre and rubbed with spices like black pepper, allspice, juniper, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg, then boiled or semi-steamed, sometimes in stout.

• Skirts and kidneys · Main dish · Munster

  Skirts and kidneys is a Cork white stew of pork skirts, the thin, tender trimmings from around the diaphragm, and pork kidneys, simmered for about two hours with onions, thyme, salt, white pepper, water and potatoes, sometimes thickened with a little cornflour, and eaten with crusty white bread.

• Irish stew stobhach Gaelach · Main dish · Countryside

  Irish stew was a meal of poor country homes: mutton, often from an older sheep, simmered for hours in one pot with potatoes, onions and water, with little else.

• Soda bread arán sóide · Bread & pastry · All Ireland

  Irish soda bread is raised with bicarbonate of soda and buttermilk instead of yeast, so it can be mixed and baked within an hour.

Food of Ireland

Dishes like Crubeens in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Crubeens:

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