Canned Corned Beef: 10 Myths Revealed

daily meal ^ | 9/30/23 | Samantha Cochran

[exnavy]

Making me hungry.

[jonrick46]

I love these threads on food. I's a way for FRiends to get together with food.

[Liz]

Must not ever forget the classic NY deli corned beef Reuben

[jonrick46]

I like to chop up 1/2 a green pepper, 2 green onions and 1 medium potato; and stir in with a can of corned beef into a 12-inch hot greased fry pan. Then fry the mixture until there are bits of caramelized ingredients. Then, make little wells in the layer and put an egg in each. Then, with a lid on the fry pan, turn down the heat and let the eggs steam until the whites are solid and the yolks are still runny—sunny side up. I serve the egg with the layer of corn beef underneath, with sour cream and a dollop of ketchup.

[jonrick46]

See my post #64 for my variation of ingredients. I forgot to give salt and fresh ground pepper to taste.

[Liz]

Yum......yours is a great recipe.

[Iceclimber58]

My Grandmother boiled the tongue first. Then she cooked it in the oven. Sliced to make sandwiches. I like the stuff.
We have a beef butchered every year. For some reason my Wife never comes home with the heart or the tongue.
My Daughter is 37 now. Each year she wants canned corned beef sandwiches for her birthday meal. Been the same meal since she was a child.

[gitmo]

I love beef tongue, but it is nothing like corned beef hash.

[roving]

I like the hash. That looks a little gross.

[ro_dreaming]

Corned beef hash with a couple of fried eggs on top, all smushed together, and some honey wheat toast is a mighty fine breakfast.

[Liz]

Classic corned beef and cabbage w/ potatoes
and carrots looks mighty appetizing, yes?

Why wait for St Patrick's Day?

[Wasichu]

In Cleveland we have Slyman’s Deli, with so much corned beef on a sandwich it would make 3 sandwiches elsewhere!

https://images.app.goo.gl/nT6jsqEYPK6sD5yS6

[Liz]

Wow....that’s some gigantic sandwich.

[Jamestown1630]

Sounds very good!

[justme4now]

Goya is excellent.

[justme4now]

Goya.

[Charles Martel]

It originally meant any small grain seed. The salt used in curing meat was not fine ground like you would get at the table but it was not in large chunks either. It was corned which means it was broken down in to roughly uniform pieces the size of a small grain seed.

This was the size of the salt used for preserving meats so corned (salted) beef as opposed to fresh or smoked.

This is a point of divergence between the U.K. and North America - the Brits call this "salt beef", and another canned/tinned meat product is known there as "corned beef". The latter is just cooked finely-ground (corned) beef, no salt-curing used. It's like a beef version of Spam, packed in gelatin. WWI combat rations, IIRC, also referred to as "Bully Beef".

I'm not sure how the naming drifted, but it may have to do with the fact that salt-cured beef is sold in similar cans.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Two countries separated by a common language.

There is a Brit that is currently living in the US and he goes into why it is called "this" in the UK and "that" in the US.

It can be quite interesting to see how many words used in American do not come from English at all.

[Trailerpark Badass]

I watch English football, and the commentators always say, "he fell to the floor," when a player falls to the turf.

I first thought it was a simple misspeak, but they always say it.

This is outside, on grass, and they don't say "ground," or "turf," or "playing surface," it's "floor."

[Trailerpark Badass]

I watch English football, and the commentators always say, "he fell to the floor," when a player falls to the turf.

I first thought it was a simple misspeak, but they always say it.

This is outside, on grass, and they don't say "ground," or "turf," or "playing surface," it's "floor."