The Menu: Fingers on the pulse with North Cork seedlings

"Pulses are not only protein-packed and inexpensive, they can also be turned into myriad delicious dishes, with or without meat or with meat as a grace note rather than main attraction."

Puy lentil seedling grown in Castletownroche, North Cork

When FirstBorn was a garsún, we’d while away a long drive by playing our favourite game, Top Ten Desert Island Foodstuffs. 

The premise is simple: exiled to a desert island, you must choose 10 favourite foods; the game’s agony comes in realising all the favourite tastes you’ve to leave behind.