Corned Beef and Blarney

[auld argonian]

Ah...my kilted brethren (and sistren)...St. Pat's is almost upon us and you know what that means: CORNED BEEF ON SALE! In point of fact, there's some simmering on my stove right now and the whole house smells all corned-beefy-wonderful.

There was an article in our community newspaper about one of the local grocery stores where they claim to have sold nine tons of corned beef last St. Pat's season. Nine tons. That's 8,000 pounds of corned beef at this one store alone.

That's a lot of corned beef.

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[macwilkin]

Did you know...that the Irish (in the Irish Republic) do not eat Corned Beef on St. Patrick's Day?

It is actually an Irish-American custom, and a "borrowed" one at that, from their Jewish neighbours. The corned beef was a substitute for bacon, which was more expensive.

We won't even mention the fact that St. Patrick was probably from Wales and/or Scotland, and a Romano-Briton tae boot! :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd

[Big Dave]

Did you know...that the Irish (in the Irish Republic) do not eat Corned Beef on St. Patrick's Day?

As far as I know, the reason they don't eat corned beef on St. Patricks Day is because it reminds them of hard times.

[macwilkin]

As far as I know, the reason they don't eat corned beef on St. Patricks Day is because it reminds them of hard times.

See my post above for the explanation.

Todd

[auld argonian]

Actually, I had heard that once upon a time. Thanks for bringing it up...I've always heard that the day was observed much more sedately in Ireland than it was here.

I live in an enclave of folks known affectionately as "The South Side Irish"...they even have their own parade on St. Pat's and they schedule it so that the Downtown Chicago parade is the day before thereby ensuring something more like St. Paddy's WEEK rather than St. Paddy's DAY...thus the need for massive amounts of corned beef.

Fortunately, Guiness in the magic cans and bottles also goes on sale this week. And...I know, I know...it's not as good as draught and "it's different over there" but those magic cans and bottles do come in handy when your only other choice is Miller MGD.

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[Big Dave]

See my post above for the explanation.

Todd

I read it. I'm just saying what I heard on some travel show where they went to Dublin and taked to some of the locals.

[Yaish]

18,000 lbs, not 8,000. Looks like you dropped your one.

[auld argonian]

18,000 lbs, not 8,000. Looks like you dropped your one.

OOpsies!......But doesn't that just make it more unbelievable!

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[Nick]

There'll be no corned beef for me this St. Patrick's Day, nor any other food made of any creature that walks this earth, for St. Patrick's Day falls this year on Friday.

Though, the last time St. Paddy's Day was on Friday the Bishop offered an indulgence to all Irish Catholics in the dioces so they could have it. Of course, I have so little Irish blood in me it'd probably be inappropriate to take advantage of it if the Bishop does the same this year.

[Moosehead]

Bishops, on occasion, can be nice guys. Especially if it means digging in to a huge plate of stew. Irish stew, that is. Lots and lots of lamb. Thats what I'll be cooking up. Won't let the kids know, though. Recipe from my Gran, a Murphy, Cowan and O'Brien.