slo’s MONDAY poll - Corned Beef & Cabbage

[slo]

A lively poll today, Sandy!

LOL!
No kidding - who would have thought that corned beef and cabbage would get so much attention .

We just finished eating ours and it was delicious

 

[ncc1701]

The only Corned Beef I like is the deli version in a Ruben or Corned Beef Special. Cabbage is ok in Sauerkraut, Cole Slaw or some other cold salad.

 

[Sweettears]

I dont understand why you get so worked up over this. We have different traditions in America with regards to St. Patrick’s Day. This is one of them.

We made reservations at a local tavern for the 17th. Looking forward to eating cabbage and potato soup, and an Irish roast.

I believe that if you look up the recipe it’s actually called New England Boiled Dinner or something similar

 

[Sweettears]

Hadn’t read the thread. Looks like I was late to the party.

Had ours last night. Reubens to follow

 

[tasha99]

I LOVE corned beef, but only homemade, and mostly for reubens and corned beef hash. I corn a brisket every year, but sadly, I haven't gotten mine going yet this year. We'll have our corned beef in a month or so--it takes about 10 days.

 

[mom2rtk]

I'm half Irish but haven't had corned beef in some time. Thanks for the reminder!

 

[LuvOrlando]

I found it at Wegmans boil it all day in a slow cooker with spice packets then add cabbage & potatoes at the end to be served with sour cream and mustard, yum!

 

[daisy2013]

No one tell that most Americans don't do Christmas crackers at Christmas nor listen to the Queens Christmas address. Is it so hard to believe that different countries may have different traditions when it comes to the same holiday.

 

[Mysterian]

Ooooo this thread is fun! I'm just now starting page 2!

I don't like corned beef or cooked cabbage, so we never have it

What Meriweather said.

 

[SirDuff]

I like cabbage but prefer red cabbage. I consider that German though.

But how to you feel about blue cabbage?

The first time I made red cabbage (Polish, so ate a lot of it growing up), I forgot to add vinegar (or any acid). Since red cabbage is great as litmus paper, I ended up with blue cabbage (I tried to add the acid after the fact but it didn't really help).

 

[Mysterian]

all egregious cultural misappropriation, Lucky Charms are not Irish, not sold in Ireland , in Ireland bacon is salted ham, whether its in a joint or sliced

Wait did you say Irish Bacon is either sliced or "in a joint"?? Smoked ham?

Canadian Bacon is actually ham.
Steamed Hams are actually hamburgers.

Lucky Charms are indeed not Irish, but did you know that Irish Spring soap was originally released in Germany?

 

[BadPinkTink]

Wait did you say Irish Bacon is either sliced or "in a joint"?? Smoked ham?

Joint of Bacon


Sliced Bacon

 

[Micca]

Lucky Charms are indeed not Irish, but did you know that Irish Spring soap was originally released in Germany?

True fact: German Chocolate cake does not come from Germany, it was originated by a baker named German.

I also think we can all agree that English muffins should only eaten by people who speak English.

 

[SirDuff]

I also think we can all agree that English muffins should only eaten by people who speak English.

Ahhh...that explains why they aren't sold here

 

[leebee]

I love corned beef and cabbage. I grew up eating it in New England as boiled dinner, which was as often made with a pork shoulder (smoked shoulder) as it was with corned beef. Unfortunately we can only buy "red" corned beef, not the "grey" that I grew up with (different corning process, I think, as well as aging) but I often buy a couple of corned beefs when it goes on sale around this time of year. I get the point cuts as they are cheaper, but prefer the flats (less fatty). I put the corned beef in a huge soup pot with water and the seasoning packet and let it simmer for several hours. For the last hour, I add potatoes, carrots, onions, and turnip (well, rutabaga actually, but in Maine/New England we call it turnip) and let it simmer for about another hour or so, until the veggies are cooked. For about the last 20 minutes or so I add cabbage. YUM. I can't wait to have boiled dinner this week, although I don't have any corned beef as of yet as I've been in New Orleans since Saturday (and MAN have we been eating well here!). Heading home tomorrow, so hopefully I'll score some corned beef on Thursday morning!

 

[TipsyTraveler]

It was my maternal grandmother’s family who first immigrated here through Ellis Island at the turn of the century. In an effort to show respect, we don’t eat corned beef and cabbage because we’re doing our best to stay authentic and true to our Irish heritage.

As such, we celebrate the big St. P. by taking a long weekend in Killarney to hunt leprechauns. You can usually find them in their natural habitat at the end of a rainbow, grazing on four-leaf clovers that they wash down with a swig of Teeling and a pint of Murphy’s. Their eyesight is rather poor but their hearing is very acute, so you must be cautious on approach or else they’ll scamper into their burrows and hide among their hoarded pots of gold. Been doing it for years, it’s good craic.

 

[Jangles]

Perhaps we overlook the fact that St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and Ireland’s national apostle, credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. Irish people are entitled to defend the culture and traditions surrounding Him surely and fight to defend the way His death is mourned/celebrated? He is venerated as a Saint in many faiths, not just the Catholic Church. So much of the way Irish ‘history’ and culture is celebrated is based on false narratives and stereotypes.
The US have Mary of the Immaculate Conception as Patron Saint. When and how do you celebrate that and what do you eat? MacDonalds? (Asked tongue in cheek).
Corned beef in the U.K. has two guises. True spiced beef, made with beef brisket, spices, sugar and saltpetre, marinated for 2 weeks and then gently cooked and pressed, and stuff that comes in a rectangular/trapezoidal tin with a key to open, which is probably made of all sorts of nasties (a bit like spam).

 

[BadPinkTink]

So much of the way Irish ‘history’ and culture is celebrated is based on false narratives and stereotypes.

Yet when a person who is born in Ireland, lives in Ireland tries to correct the false narratives and stereotypes its not liked

 

[SirDuff]

Yet when a person who is born in Ireland, lives in Ireland tries to correct the false narratives and stereotypes its not liked

No, when a person comes on a thread (that didn't actually mention Ireland at all, let's be clear) and YELLS at the OP, it is not liked.

 

[Jangles]

Yet when a person who is born in Ireland, lives in Ireland tries to correct the false narratives and stereotypes its not liked

I think it is interesting that true corned beef was a luxury item and the vast majority of Irish people in the 19th century couldn’t afford to eat it. It seems odd that in honouring Saint Patrick and celebrating Irish heritage, Americans feast on something that their emigrating ancestors would never have eaten in Ireland.