 As you would
guess,the leprechaun introduced the pizza to the Emerald Isle. It
seems a leprechaun named Rafferty had tired of the same old diet of
potatoes, cabbage, and corned beef, so he asked his fellow leprechauns
to meet him in Dublin with their favorite foods.
From County Cork came O'Conner with fine natural cheeses; from Galway,
McNamara brought exotic herbs and rare spices; from Kilkenny, Flanigan
came with freshly picked vegetables; and Kelly from Tipperary brought
tender, lean meats. Not to be trapped into making Irish stew, Rafferty
decided to turn these ingredients into a pie. But, a pie unlike any
that had ever been seen before.
While sonnets were being recited by Casey from Limerick, Rafferty
placed all the ingredients on a freshly-rolled crust and baked it in a
very special oven. In no time at all the pizza was removed from the
oven and filled the small pub with a delightful fragrance. Beer was
poured, and the pizza was sliced and the leprechauns ate, laughed and
made merry till the wee hours.
At each gathering of the leprechauns, new varieties of pizza were
created. Although leprechauns are not heard from as often these days,
every once in a while a new variety of pizza is discovered in the
ovens of a Rafferty's Pizza Restaurant for Brainerd, Baxter, Nisswa
and Minnesota residents to enjoy.
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