St. Patrick's Day recipes - corned beef and cabbage

Another year old article! Honest to God, can anyone at IC explain to me and every other reader why you can't publish current articles?

This "tip" for making the best corned beef was given to me in the supermarket by an elderly woman of Irish descent. She said, after the corned beef is done, wrap it in aluminum foil for a half an hour. That way, when it's cut, it won't be stringy, and you'll have beautiful deli slices. She also told me to put a large tablespoon of "pickling spices" in the corned beef when I was making it. This is in addition to the spices which often come in the bag of corned beef. Delicious! Better than Grandma made!

corned beef was the closest meat to bacon that the Irish could find in the USA years ago you can now find bacon in the Irish butchers

Hi Chef Michael, Great articles, I do prefer bacon and cabbage. How can I contact you? Have an Irish cookbook just out for St. Patrick's day that might interest you. Best Brendan Cronin (chef) brcronin@gmail.com

@IrelandNorth - but dead animals taste soooo good! @pickateer - I am going to have to tell my wife about switching Guinness for the water. We were in Dublin, Ireland one rainy evening a few years back and ducked into a well known pub totally soaked. Everyone had their Guiness stew. Being cold and wet was not nearly as bad with its warmth spreading from within. My wife no longer makes makes stew without Guinness!

Saint Patrick was a vegetarian. So give up yer auld sins and go veggie for Paddy's Day. If your body is the temple of your soul, why desecrate it by turning it into a grave yard for the carcasses of dead animals. You are what you eat - Aristotle. Don't be dead animals all yer lives.

I never heard of people eating Corn Beef and Cabbage for St. Patrick's day until I came to the US. Growing up in Ireland we ate bacon and cabbage and I loved it.

Kcceltic, bangers and mash is a traditional English dish.

Agreed it is not "traditional Irish fare," but it is very Irish-American. There is a *slight* difference between the two. ;)

I like corned beef and cabbage, but if I want my favorite Irish meal it is either Bangers and Mash or Irish Stew. You can get corned beef and cabbage any time of the year but my favorites only come out around St.Patrick's Day.

Instead of water cover with Guinness and slow cook until fork tender [where you can cut it using only a fork], then take the broth add barley and make a great barley soup for a rainy March afternoon! Add the cabbage late in the cooking cycle so it isn't too overdone Granted its not a Mayo recipe, but Ballyhaunis is my ancestral home!

See I told ya so!

I agree corned beef is not Irish. Growing up in County Mayo, we had bacon and cabbage...great stuff! Nevertheless in today's health conscious society, Corned beef is not a bad choice.

What's with you Irish-Americans-'corned beef and cabbage'? This 'traditional' Irish dish,wonderful as it sounds,simply does not exist in traditional Irish cooking! Bacon and cabbage, certainly, but isn't 'corned beef'a Jewish dish originally? Enjoy anyway-Happy St Patrick's day to all my friends on the other side of the pond!

Geez! You guys are even fighting over dinner! No wonder we are always stereotyped as fighters and drunkards. Fr. Benson