War with Ireland????

[Smitty37]

Are we at war with Eire? Here it is Wednesday and St Patty's Day is Saturday and not a single soul has mentioned the 40 Shades of Green, Leprechauns, corned beef and cabbage, the wearin' of the green or even Mrs O'Leary's cow. I canna believe it.

 

[renowb]

I ate some Lucky Charms today, does that count?

 

[ed4copies]

We've been munching on Corned beef for the last several days----funny, even the St. Paddy's day parade (held last Sunday, of course---Milwaukee is German, not Irish) did not get a lot of press.

 

[Jgrden]

Some green dye into our 7-UP. That count? Wife is Irish. Heh heh, this is fun.

 

[ren-lathe]

I married a red haired Irish lass so Saturday will be Corned Beef and Cabbage here!

 

[Brooks803]

I ate some Lucky Charms today, does that count?

I did too! They were magically delicious! :tongue:

 

[wizard]

Does this count......:biggrin::biggrin:

 

[seamus7227]

does my full name count?

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[cwolfs69]

I did too! They were magically delicious! :tongue:

+1 on the delicious. had mine 33 years now. last night what kind of corned beef and cabbage combo for saturday. she wont do lamb though.

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[Seer]

I married a red haired Irish lass so Saturday will be Corned Beef and Cabbage here!

I did too and we have it several times a year

 

[Smitty37]

Hmmmm

Well my wife is only half Irish, her father was German so we might have corned beef and saurkraut (not too bad a dish - I'm a little partial to Reuben sandwiches). My mother-in-law was a Quinn, her father was born in Ireland. My grandmother was a Beach - that could be Irish and her mother (my great grandmother) was a Connery and there isn't a lot of doubt about where she came from...

 

[Bobalu]

The corned beef and cabbage are still in the frig waiting to be cooked, but it's only Thursday. In the meantime I've dressed up a little just to get into the spirit.

 

[Turned Around]

I'm hungover, does that count?

 

[Smitty37]

Depends

I'm hungover, does that count?

What did you drink to get that way? Irish Wiskey or Irish Coffee counts, draft beer (not lager) counts.....

 

[Turned Around]

started off with some single malt scotch, then went to some Jameson's Irish whiskey. Had a few Irish car bombs as well. Typical Wednesday evening.

 

[gimpy]

what do they do to the beed to make it corned??
real question

 

[Smitty37]

Real Answer

what do they do to the beed to make it corned??
real question

You make a "corned beef brine" (recipes are available on line and elsewhere). You put the beef in it and let it cure for about 2 weeks (some recipes say you can do it in 5 days - I don't believe them. It does not always come out red like store bought because some of the recipes do not include the ingredient (sodium nitrite) that makes it red. You can use any piece of beef, we usually used chuck roast rather than the brisket.
edit. There is no corn in corned beef....the corned comes from a name that was used to describe the 'grained' salt that was used in the brine.

 

[Russianwolf]

started off with some single malt scotch, then went to some Jameson's Irish whiskey. Had a few Irish car bombs as well. Typical Wednesday evening.

I just went with Single Malt Irish Whiskey (Knappogue Castle 16 yr. Twin Wood). I have the Jameson's too, but the its more fun to say "I'm going to have a Knap"