Will the corned beef taste the same if I...

[funhouse8]

Cook the potato, carrot and cabbage in a different pot. I want to use my crock pot but last year when I put the veggies in the crock pot too it turned the potatos a dark color. I'm thinking of cooking the corned beef in the crock pot alone and when I come home from work just cooking the veggies on the stove-top. What do you think of my plan?

 

[diesel]

I think the corned beef would taste fine but not the veggies. The beef gives lots of flavor to the veggies.

 

[funhouse8]

I'm cooking three corned beefs in the crock pot. what if I was to remove one to add to the pot with veggies whould this work?

 

[agnes!]

ACK! Thanks for reminding me, I have no cabbage . I got some corned beef at Costco and am planning on cooking it in my crock-pot .

I have some potatoes but have to go get some more & here's why... I bought a bag of multi-colored fingerling potatoes and do you know what color your mashed potatoes will end up being if you start out with purple and red and white potatoes?

We had pink/purple mashed potatoes last night , but my family loved them and said that we'll have to have them at Easter (because of that lovely pastel color).

agnes!

 

[diesel]

I'm cooking three corned beefs in the crock pot. what if I was to remove one to add to the pot with veggies whould this work?

I think that would work.

 

[luvmy3]

The corn beef will taste fine without that stuff, as long as you cook it in beer

 

[mickeywho?]

Does any Irish person actually eat the stuff? I know in my family we've never had it. Bleh! Is it an irish-american tradition like green beer?

 

[Imzadi]

I think the corned beef would taste fine but not the veggies. The beef gives lots of flavor to the veggies.

 

[sue1013]

Does any Irish person actually eat the stuff? I know in my family we've never had it. Bleh! Is it an irish-american tradition like green beer?

If you've never had it how can you say Bleh?

 

[mom2boys77]

Really! It is delicious and it's more special because in my family we only eat it on St.Patrick's Day! We are Irish too!

If you've never had it how can you say Bleh?

 

[mickeywho?]

If you've never had it how can you say Bleh?

Well, I can't comment on the taste as I have never had it. I've just seen it at a few restaurants and bars that put a St Pat's menu together for the holiday. I can't help but see it/smell it at a neighbour's table while there.
Is this something you would normally eat throughout the year or just as a tradition? I can understand the potatoes/roast veg/cabbage as they are staples in an irish kitchen. But why the corned beef?

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

Love the corned beef - hate the cabbage

 

[Wishing on a star]

Not Irish,
Do not normally eat Corned Beef.
But I have to admit, it is good!

My MIL fixes this (and, believe me, it is about the only thing that I will admit that she can cook well!!!)

She uses a top quality corned beef.
She does NOT add the extra seasoning pack.
IMHO, this is the best way.
The beef should have enough flavoring already.
Those who think they do not like this are probably thinking 'overpowering' seasoning. But, not so.

She puts everything together in a large pot.
Onions, potatos, carrots, wedges of cabbage....
And, I think she cooks it a good long time, because it is actually very good and tender.

I think I might cook this, even though we recently had it at MIL's....

 

[mickeywho?]

So my mom was just here and I had to ask her about this. I am Irish (born there) but raised here, so surrounded by irish traditions with some irish-canadian traditions filtered in.

According to her, and absolutely correct me if you know different. An irish person would only eat corned beef if they could not afford anything else (sounds quite snobbish frankly ). So the "tradition" of eating corned beef for St Pat's happens in North America because generally those that emigrated could not afford a better meat. Well - we're immigrants Mum - so why didn't we have any growing up? Oops - shouldn't have gone there. She's gone off without answering now! Apparently we're not "that kind" of Irish!!

Enjoy your corned beef!! One of these days I may try it!!
(I'm making stew )

 

[MichelleinMaine]

Does any Irish person actually eat the stuff? I know in my family we've never had it. Bleh! Is it an irish-american tradition like green beer?

Corned beef most assuredly an Irish-American contribution to the day. Beef not historically easily available in Ireland, pork would have been the main meat used.

When Irish immigrants got to America though, corned beef was cheap. Seeing as many of them were living in the lower class, corned beef got subsituted.

Green beer- much more modern addition!

(And yes, my Irish family always has corned beef on St Patrick's Day.)

 

[MarilIncredible]

When I do make corned beef, I boil it in beer, and cook the taters separate (to make 'em mashed) and stir fry the cabbage in garlic oil (b/c that is the only way I like it).
I am not going thru all of that malarkey this year. I am just going to get a hot corned beef sammie for lunch somewhere in the city.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Does any Irish person actually eat the stuff? I know in my family we've never had it. Bleh! Is it an irish-american tradition like green beer?

FRom what I've gethered it's an Irish Catholic NY thing, maybe also other parts of the North East but apparently very regional. I'm not Irish but I have many relatives & friends who are so I grew up eating the stuff. I never knew it wasn't the custom everywhere until I moved to Pa. When I looked it up food historians attributed the meal to the mixing of ethnicities in NYC. Brisket was a cheap cut introduced through the Jewish community, and the boiled dinner with carrots an potatoes was an Irish thing and together a new tradition was born! I suppose the city it came from could be argued but with families so large back then I'm sure it started everywhere at about the same time. Could just as easily been from Boston as NY since the cities were so similar back when but I'm from NY so I only know our traditions as presented by my family members.

I happen to love the stuff and make it every other month for my family year round. I bought 4 on sale last week which should take me through the summer! First, the meat has to come with one of those flavor packets because nothing else seems to work (I love Shop-rites version). Second, the veggies must be cooked in the seasoned water or they won't come out right. The meat takes 4 hours or so (can even be done the night before and reheated in the yummy water), the cabbage can cook forever, the carrots take about 3/4 an hour and the potatoes take about 1/2 hour or so depending on how large or small they are cut. After boiling all I need is a bunch of mustard and we're ready in my house.

I just picked up my Irish Soda bread from Shop-rite today. Yummy! It tastes like a mild shortbread cookie with raisins, I bought 3 and suspect the one I started today will be gone by bedtime.

HAPPY ALMOST ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE!!!

 

[kimmar067]

I think the corned beef would taste fine but not the veggies. The beef gives lots of flavor to the veggies.

...yup. ITA...

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

I think the corned beef would taste fine but not the veggies. The beef gives lots of flavor to the veggies.

that's what i was thinking. the veggies won't have the flavor in them.


we did ours all in a crock pot last year and it came out pretty good. the potatoes were kind of mushy, so we're going to cook some extra red potatoes on the side, but we'll still have some potatoes in the pot with them.

 

[mickeywho?]

Hmm...still not convinced about the corned beef. But now I'm craving soda bread - off to dig up some recipes and get baking! Soda bread, barn brack....maybe some shortbread for dessert!