Eating My Vegetarian Way Around Ireland - Irish food always raises visions of Irish stew with lamb, beef and Guinness stew, corned beef and cabbage, blood pudding, breakfast sausages, and, of course, potatoes.  As a vegetarian, what would I eat other than potatoes and soggy vegetables?  As a precaution, I packed a bag of energy and protein bars.  I returned with it unopened.