Ahhhhh....Corned Beef

[Bugbear]

OK - I have to ask - what is this corned beef of which you speak?

We (in England) get cans of corned beef - but it isn't anything you'd go misty eyed over.

Well... it's not really like the canned corned beef. It's more like a brisqut that has been crock pot cooked for a very long time in strong seasoning along with a bunch of what ever else you want to throw in. It is extremely tender.

The stuf in the can is kind of just sandwich fixings.

[JerseyLawyer]

OK - I have to ask - what is this corned beef of which you speak?

We (in England) get cans of corned beef - but it isn't anything you'd go misty eyed over.

You might call it bully beef, or salted beef. It's similar to pastrami. We have the stuff in a can, too, but that's not what we're talking about here.

I remember making sandwiches when I lived in the UK with canned corned beef and Coleman's mustard. All you could taste was the mustard. That stuff will clear your sinuses, though!

[Bugbear]

As a sandwich fixing or as I pointed out earlier, tacos and so on, the canned corn beef is fine. It's kind of utility food.

That being said, I like putting hot wasabi mustard on those kinds of things... For breathing perpuses... I have allergies.

[Pleater]

So - salted beef like the kosher butchers sell would be close?

A sailing standby was a couple of tins of corned beef with onions, carrots and potatoes, plus anything else in the locker, chopped and cooked up in a pressure cooker with a couple of pints of water and a couple of oxo cubes for twenty minutes.

There was even a standard accessory of a gymballed holder for a pressure cooker to hold it level and safely clamped over the flame even in a rough sea.

[JerseyLawyer]

So - salted beef like the kosher butchers sell would be close?

Yup, that's the stuff.

[Bugbear]

It's all good stuff. Probably bad for you... that's what makes it taste good.

[The Ulsterman]

I must admit to never having tasted "real" corned beef",...as i have only ever had tinned corned beef,..and as JerseyLawyer said,...with Colemans "blow the cap off yer head" mustard.
But i am curious to know, just how many members had an Ulster fry for St Patrick's day breakfast?
Soda farl,
Wheaten farl.
Potato bread,
sausages,
Bacon,
and two runny eggs.
(Black or white pudding optional.)
With a large splat of HP sauce on the side.
Ahhhhhhhhhh,...nothing quite like it,...in fact, i had just such a breakfast this very morning.
Neil.

[JS Sanders]

<< Black or white pudding optional. >>

Hey Neil,
Nothing's optional about those two - absolute necessity.

Slainte yall,
steve

[JimB]

I never could get used to corned beef.
For St. Pat's we had Cock-a-leeky soup and spotted dog (not what you think...it's soda bread with currants).
Mmmmmm.

[The Ulsterman]

<< Black or white pudding optional. >>

Hey Neil,
Nothing's optional about those two - absolute necessity.

Slainte yall,
steve

Well Steve, i must agree,...especially 'Clonakilty' puddings,...ummm, UMMMMMM!!!...sheer bliss.

And to JimB,...I absolutely LOVE currant soda,...but it absolutely has to have real butter on it,.....none of yer margarine stuff.