Posted on Mar 17, 2018
Why do we eat corned beef on St. Patrick's Day?
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Why is corned beef associated with St. Patrick's Day? It's an Irish dish...isn't it? It's a question that, like many American traditions, has an indirect answer. We reveal the answer, as well as give a look behind the scenes of our city's beloved Slyman's Restaurant (3106 St.Clair Avenue) in our exclusive St. Patrick's Day video.
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I had an acquaintance of Irish extraction try to convince me that the Irish didn't eat corned beef. She actually believed it. I learned how to make my own and get requests all year to make it for friends and family. I thought that I might be guilty of "appropriating" their culture until I learned from my DNA test that my maternal grandmother might have been Irish. Thankfully, I won't have to suffer indigestion from eating it any more...
BTW, corned beef that you enjoy today is produced from far more complex recipes than presented in this video. You didn't get the whole story because each purveyor keeps their recipe secret (they understand how to keep secrets better than members of Congress). But in essence, it is cured beef and large crystals of salt once used to cure it were known as corns. Interestingly, so was the blackpowder used in muzzle loading canons in the days of wooden ships and iron men.
BTW, corned beef that you enjoy today is produced from far more complex recipes than presented in this video. You didn't get the whole story because each purveyor keeps their recipe secret (they understand how to keep secrets better than members of Congress). But in essence, it is cured beef and large crystals of salt once used to cure it were known as corns. Interestingly, so was the blackpowder used in muzzle loading canons in the days of wooden ships and iron men.
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