It is well known that what you eat – and when – can have a big impact on your performance in any sport. Most of us know that certain foods eaten before and after a match can affect performance but many of us forget that what we eat everyday –
Best Food
The Irish and their vegetables have always been something of a puzzle. How is it that at flower shows and country fetes you can marvel at the delicate tints and perfect flesh of rosy carrots, silvery leeks, snow-white cauliflowers, tomatoes glowing with health, green peas in matchless pods, broad beans and lettuces, radishes and cabbages all bursting with freshness and variety, and then find, all too often, in Irish kitchens, particularly those of hotel restaurants, the saddest sorriest apologies for vegetables that can be seen anywhere in the world.
