"CornedBeef" news and stories

Cold Cuts ID Quiz

by Slashfood Editor, Posted Sep 1st 2009 @ 4:19PM

Can you identify a cold cut by sight alone, or will your wits be spoiled? Check out these lunch meats and test your sandwich smarts!

Cold Cuts ID Quiz

This soft, air-dried sausage is usually made with a combo of beef and pork.

Mortadella
Dutch Loaf
Lebanon Bologna
Cotto Salami

This is a turkey version of which classic cold cut?

Corned Beef
Pastrami
Bastirma
Brisket

This traditional cut has been so long beloved, it's the star of an English ballad first performed in the 1730s.

Roast Beef
Brisket
Corned Beef
Smoked Meat

This dry cured ham is simply lip smacking when wound around melon slices.

Pancetta
Capicola
Sopressatta
Prosciutto

Name these hams from left to right.

Pressed Ham / Black Forest Ham
Turkey Ham / Chopped Ham
Black Forest Ham / Turkey Ham
Chopped Ham / Pressed Ham

A small dash of white wine contributes to the flavor of this cured, sometimes multi-meat Italian treat.

Genoa Salami
Nostrano
Capicola
Bresaola

We can't pretend this is anything but olive loaf. What ingredient is not found in it?

Corn Syrup
Mechanically Separated Chicken
Red Peppers
Cloves

This picture is full of baloney. What varieties are they from top to bottom?

Beef / Turkey / Chicken & Pork
Soy / Turkey / Beef
Chicken & Pork / Beef / Turkey
Beef / Soy / Pork

This soft, smoked meat is a variety of liverwurst,.

Cervelat
Gelbwurst
Leberkase
Braunschweiger

This pork and beef sausage is cured, rather than cooked.

Lebanon Bologna
Hard Salami
Mortadella
Morcilla

This smoked, juniper-flavored proscuitto is also known as what?

Speck
Bresaola
Lardo
Presunto

This kosher cut is a grocery store staple.

Dutch Loaf
Spiced Luncheon Loaf
Beef Salami
Summer Sausage

Name these ham styles from left to right.

Black Forest Ham / Chopped Ham
Smithfield Ham / Black Forest Ham
Chopped Ham / Smithfield Ham
Virginia Ham / Chopped Ham

The name of this American-made, Italian style sweet salami means

Filed under: Quizzes, Ingredients

Curing Your Own Corned Beef - Foodie Flicks

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by Monika Bartyzel, Posted Mar 20th 2009 @ 11:00AM

The day of all things green was upon us this week, so in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, I wanted to give you some Corned Beef Brisket foodie flick goodness, courtesy of Pioneer Living.

Corned beef is a brisket or similar cut of beef cured or pickled in brine before it is cooked. The "corn" title comes from the corn-sized salt that is used to cure it.

Unfortunately, there is no instant satisfaction for this recipe. The long, 3-week curing process means you might want to tackle it next year. But there is just enough time to whip this up for Easter, or any time you're jonesing for beef prepared in a different way. The recipe requires minimum effort on your part, and even better, as Sarah points out, two briskets mean you can cure one for corn beef and one for pastrami (if you have the means to smoke it) at the same time.

Filed under: Foodie Flicks, Ingredients

St. Patrick's Day: Corned Beef or Smoked Pork Shoulder for dinner?

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by Jonathan M. Forester, Posted Mar 13th 2008 @ 2:02PM

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.

Filed under: Did you know?, Ingredients, Holidays, Methods

Happy National Corned Beef Hash Day!

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by Bob Sassone, Posted Sep 27th 2007 @ 8:14AM

corned beef hash

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.

Filed under: Trends, Ingredients, Holidays

Carnegie Deli to name sandwich after Jerry Springer

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by Joe DiStefano, Posted May 1st 2006 @ 10:35PM

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?

Filed under: Ingredients, Chefs & Restaurants, Restaurants