If all of Jonathan's excellent step-by-step instructions weren't enough to convince you that you too can cook up corned beef at home, then watch this episode of Fork You from last year so that we can walk you through the steps in live action. As an added bonus, the episode also includes a recipe for Irish Soda Bread (which was excellent but it doesn't keep well, so plan on only making the amount that you and your brunch/dinner guests can eat in sitting).
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Fork You makes corned beef
If all of Jonathan's excellent step-by-step instructions weren't enough to convince you that you too can cook up corned beef at home, then watch this episode of Fork You from last year so that we can walk you through the steps in live action. As an added bonus, the episode also includes a recipe for Irish Soda Bread (which was excellent but it doesn't keep well, so plan on only making the amount that you and your brunch/dinner guests can eat in sitting).
Corned Beef and Cookies: The Boston Globe in 60 seconds
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St. Patrick's Day: Corned Beef or Smoked Pork Shoulder for dinner?
I got in a long phone conversation last night with a friend of mine, Chef Josh Gamage, about St. Patrick's Day. I asked about how it's celebrated here in Maine from a food and drink standpoint. Growing up in NY I am used to enormous partying, eating mediocre corned beef and cabbage, and drinking many pints of stout; while grooving to the madness of the Upper East Side and the Parade. No green beer for me, thanks. Then the next day I buy a half dozen corned beef when they go on sale and freeze them for later use.
Josh told me that here in Maine it isn't celebrated as much as I am used to, but at home there is usually a New England boiled dinner on March 17th. The question is, what meat is boiled for the dinner? It seems that according to Josh there is a 50/50 break on whether it will be boiled Corned Beef or boiled Smoked Pork Shoulder.
I immediately ran to my library and the internet to do some research. I found that boiled pork is much more likely to be an authentic Irish meal. Beef wasn't a traditional Irish food, but pork was and is. With bacon, basically any cut of pork or smoked pork the choice for St. Patrick's Day dinner. It seems that beef was exported to England but too expensive for the Irish, but pork was a plentiful food.
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Fast, Easy Food: Bon Appetit in 60 seconds
The cover this month is food porn for those of you who love corned beef. - Five ways to make potatoes, including Sicilian-Style Potato Gratin, Mustard and Coriander Roasted Potatoes, Twice-Baked Potatoes with Two Cheeses, Baked Potato and Carrot Mash, and Potato Soup with Kale and Chorizo.
- Easter dinner, Southern style.
- And let's not forget St. Patrick's Day.
- This month's recipes include: Caramel-Walnut Upsidedown Banana Cake, Pasta and Broccoli, Marinated Baby Vegetables, Pear and Raisin Crumble, and Cinnamon Rolls.
- Also in this issue: Why it's hard to get kids to eat their vegetables, rolling pins, Piedmont wines, and an interview with Michael Jordan.
Happy National Corned Beef Hash Day!
I've had corn beef exactly one time in my life, about 20 years ago. I was over a good friend's house and his wife made it, and I thought I was going to be sick. Nothing wrong with the way that she made it, I just don't like corned beef (which I quickly discovered that night). The entire meal was a chore, trying to smile and talk while I'm chewing the corned beef a thousand times, afraid to swallow.
But don't let that story ruin your celebration of National Corned Beef Hash Day! Maybe you can try this recipe from About.com, or perhaps this one from HillbillyHousewife.com. Or just visit the Hormel site and buy some of the stuff in the cans.
I'll be celebrating the day by having pizza or chicken or something.
Boiled Dinner and Breakfast Bars: The Boston Globe in 60 seconds
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Food Porn: Corned Beef Hash
For a long time, I could not eat corned beef hash. It didn't matter if the beef came from cows that grazed on organic greens in the dewy fields at the base of the Himalayas and the potatoes were handpicked by Thomas Keller himself from his own backyard. I wouldn't be able to eat it because I had been traumatized by corned beef hash from a Spam-like can throughout my childhood. You know what I'm talking about. Hormel Corned Beef Hash looks ,and smells, disturbingly like Alpo.
But, I many be cured of some such scarring after seeing this photo of homemade corned beef hash as prepared by Mae Gabriel of food blog Rice and Noodles. Though I am not a huge rice fan, I love how the juices from the hash are seeping down through the rice. Very sexy -- and to think it's corned beef hash!
Carnegie Deli to name sandwich after Jerry Springer
New York City's Carnegie Deli will honor talk show host Jerry Springer by naming a sandwich after him. The deli, which is equally famous
for its corned beef as well its gruff waiters, will christen the sandwich tomorrow at 2:00PM. Customers may
even have a chance to be served by the man himself.
There's no word as to the ingredients of the new sandwich. One thing's for sure - there won't be "lotsa corned beef plus lotsa pastrami." That artery-clogging combo comprises a gutbomb called the "Woody Allen." Geez, Woody must have one hell of a metabolism.
What do you think the "Jerry Springer" sandwich would contain?
Milwaukee celebrates St. Pat's with Rubenesque reuben
Normally when I write about a gigantic Guinness-worthy food item I have some
confirmation. In this case I don't. As a matter of fact, I don't even have a photo of the freakish food in question.
So, imagine the sandwich pictured here much, much larger. Good, now picture it even bigger!I'm pretty confident that the near 300-pound, four-foot-by-five-foot reuben was that was laid out for St. Pat's partiers at a Milwaukee bar last night is one for the books. One hundred pounds of corned beef, 40 pounds of swiss, 80 pounds of sauerkraut and three gallons of thousand island dressing went into the nearly 300-pound creation. What I want to know is what did they cook it on? And just how many pounds Tums were consumed afterwards?
A saintly, beefy break from Lent
A few days ago, I posted about
Lent, the 40 days before Easter in which there is the tradition of giving something luxury, excess and
indulgence, in addition to the general guidelines of abstaining from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and every
Friday during Lent (including Good Friday).
But what about those who'd like to celebrate St. Patrick's Day this Friday, but also really do strictly observe the Lenten guidelines? Many will want to eat traditional corned beef. According to an article at Slate, the archbishop of Atlanta has agreed to grant a dispensation for Lent this year so that members of the diocese may eat meat this Friday as part of their St. Patrick's Day celebrations." In fact, almost a third of the diocese in the States have done the same thing.
Bring on the corned beef!
Competitive eating upset
The outcome of last week's Hot Springs International Corned Beef Eating Championship have sent shockwaves through the
competitive eating community, according to a recent release from the International
Federation of Competitive Eating. The underdog victor of this Arkansas event was a young Chicago upstart named Patrick Bertoletti, who edged out veterans Sonya
Thomas and Joey Chestnut by taking down 11 Oaklawn corned beef sandwiches in 10 minutes. Thomas and Chestnut, the
second and third ranked competitive eaters in the world, tied with 10.75 sandwiches each and Chestnut eventually won
second place in an overtime match. Bertolleti took home $3,000.
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