Traditional Irish corned beef and cabbage

Every St.Patrick`s day while my Grandmother was alive,we ate Boiled Ham,Potatoes,Kale,She was born in county Mayo and never had corned beef until she to America,YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!

While I love corned beef, it is not an Irish dish as a lot of these posts read. I would like to see Irish Central actually recognize this being that they are about all things Irish (and not feed into the misconceptions and myths). Having said that, we usually do smoked butt (more liked boiled bacon) and cabbage. It has a really nice flavor and is so moist.

Corn beef and cabbage is not Irish traditional food, its Irish American food and beef brisket is not corn beef.

We love corn beef an cabbage. We find the best way to make it is in a crock pot..no vegetables till the end but slow cook, covered with water or stock, all day on low heat. Add potatoes and carrots the last hour or so . Prepare cabbage on top of stove alone as it cooks fast. Wonderful meal....

Can someone give me the receipe of the traditional bacon-cabbage and whitesauce? I like bacon better than the corned beef and I would love to serve a traditional Irish meal this St. Patrick's Day! Thank you! Send it to pegusas_1@yahoo.com.

Hello All. I would recommend a few changes to this recipe. First sear the beef, I use a rotisserie for about 20 minutes before putting it in the pot. This will help in the retention of moisture in the beef. After placing it in the pot the amount of water should be off set with stout, ale or a hearty lager, I like using Heineken or Smithwicks and mix 50/50 to water. Decide ahead of time how long you will let cook I cook it for about 5 hours because I seared it it will still be firm on the outside. Don't cook your potatoes till the last couple of hours.

pflynn70: Please give full recipe. Temp,time, etc.

Why are you rerunning an article that was 1st run in 2009?

Traditionally the dish was Bacon & Cabbage, when Irish settlers landed in the 'States' there weren't many pig farmers around, but plenty of cattle farmers so bacon and cabbage became corned beef & cabbage. Bacon & Cabbage is the Irish Traditional Dish, Corned Beef & Cabbage is the 'US' variant!

I come from an Irish background and know that the "traditional" corned beef and cabbage dinner is an American tradition that originated in New England. This recipe is not even similar to the one I use that has been passed down from my great-great-great grandmother. I think I will stick with mine.

True that "corned beef and cabbage" is actually an english dish...but the irish adopted it their own way when they came to america. My grandmother (a Ryan right off the boat) always made corned beef and cabbage....and bacon and cabbage with white sauce on St. Patricks.She always said it was to honor the "new" and the "old"...

I switched from boiling my "Corned Beef" to baking it in a baking pan,I use 1 bottle of Guiness and and baste with Honey Mustard Dressing, cook slowly until tender when tender put under broil for a minute to "crist the top" My son now uses this resipe in his restaurant and gets many requests.

im irish and i have corned beef and cabbage twice a week...and im still not sick of it...do you have brown sause in america its a must with your roast potatoes

corn beef and cabbage is not irish ..

I grew up poor, and didn't go to restaurants (even McDonald's and such) until I went to work at 16. The first time it was my turn to pick up the sandwiches for the office lunch, I was terrified that the "corned beef" sandwich was wrong because it didn't look like any corned beef I'd ever seen. The only corned beef I'd ever seen was "corned beef hash" -- it comes in a tin with a key (like Spam) and I found it less than appetizing. I didn't know there was any other kind of corned beef. Corned beef hash cheaper than corned beef, but I've never found it appealing. (I'd never seen pastrami either, but the folks who'd ordered those sandwiches seemed happy. I figured out there was a different kind of corned beef for folks who weren't Irish. When I was a very little girl, my father (the corned beef hash lover) took me with him to a well-known deli. I have no idea what he bought there -- I was captivated by the bread-slicing machine and remember nothing else. When my best friend was little, her dad took her to the same deli (he'd known the owner for many years). The owner told my friend she could have "any sandwich she'd like" so she said she'd like a "corned beef on white with mayonnaise." The owner paled and said "any sandwich but that"! Her father was Jewish; her mother was not. She has since learned how to eat proper deli food. The horse radish sauce recipe sounds yummy. (I use horseradish when I make potato salad -- it goes well with a brisket cooked on the grill.)