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What do you put in your Irish corned beef?
brianr:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 15, 2011, 12:43:31 pm ---Corned beef is one of those dishes that is actually not eaten in Ireland but rather is served to tourists. The Irish didn't eat beef much because it was so valuable as an export. They ate more pork and seafood.
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I am glad of that as I have just booked 10 nights in Ireland in June and I never liked corned beef. Also I have an Irish first name and was born on St Patricks day but up till now have not been to Ireland. I always wear green though.
Front-Ranger:
What are some better Irish dishes to substitute for corned beef then? I'd love to have more options. I was thinking about making a dish called Colcannon, but it required a lot of bacon fat.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 15, 2011, 12:43:31 pm ---I usually steam the cabbage in a separate pan and serve it with hollandaise sauce.
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Somehow that doesn't sound very Irish. ...
I've never had hollandaise sauce, that I know of. I understand that's one of those things so full of cholesterol you should just apply it directly to the interior of your arteries, but maybe I have it confused with something else. ???
southendmd:
Although I have Irish blood, I can't stand corned beef and cabbage, what we call "boiled dinner". Or boiled dinnah.
Corned beef can be good, but only if it's from a New York deli.
Cabbage is just nasty, even with hollandaise (aside to Jeff: essentially it's egg yolks and butter, with lemon; cholesterol squared).
Irish soda bread is like eating old styrofoam.
When I visited Ireland many years ago, dinner was usually fish (something called "plaice", a kind of flatfish), or mutton, not my favorite either. I'm sure I lost weight on that trip. :P
Jeff Wrangler:
A Yankee who doesn't like a "boiled dinnah"? :o
;D
Next you'll be telling us you don't like B&M baked beans and brown bread, in which case we'll have to send Leslie after you. ;D
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