tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post5212845927213264019..comments2024-03-26T04:01:41.087-04:00Comments on The Yummy Mummy: There is no Corn in Corned BeefKim Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12931573096200273764noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-71737073113905115942011-03-05T15:19:17.801-05:002011-03-05T15:19:17.801-05:00When I was about the age of your kids, I can remem...When I was about the age of your kids, I can remember my mother's butcher Stan telling her the state was making him get rid of his brine barrel and no more butcher shop corned beef. <br /><br />It was a very cheap cut of meat then and not just brisket, but any piece about to go bad.Warner (aka ntsc)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12924176333302007261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-3990640152485389982011-03-04T15:54:00.498-05:002011-03-04T15:54:00.498-05:00Oh, what a fantastic post. Pure Kim-funny, touchin...Oh, what a fantastic post. Pure Kim-funny, touching, making me cry. I just love traditional meals. Okay, Foster. I'm in. I'll be brining this weekend.Anne Stesneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04578405052817943785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-20711443185205190372011-03-04T09:13:27.940-05:002011-03-04T09:13:27.940-05:00Interesting post. What a great way to carry on a ...Interesting post. What a great way to carry on a family tradition. BTW, I love Lucy's new hairdo. She looks so grownup.<br /><br />Also, in my opinion, for what it's worth, you were no dork in school !!!<br />xxRitaRitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-2281870505111767902011-03-03T15:53:50.844-05:002011-03-03T15:53:50.844-05:00I have been out of town for several days, with lim...I have been out of town for several days, with limited access to the Internet. (I know, it was really hard!)<br />Imagine my surprise, and DELIGHT to find log onto The Yummy Mummy, with the intent of reading your Corned Beef post, and then read that my Bacon Post (and "gorgeous step-by-step bacon photos") was/were among your favorites.<br />I am flattered. Honored. Thrilled. Almost speechless. Almost.<br />Thank you so much for making me possibly the happiest little bacon-curer in the world today. <br />BrookBrook - Learn to Preservehttp://www.LearnToPreserve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-37132617821283159402011-03-01T19:32:18.028-05:002011-03-01T19:32:18.028-05:00My mother is Italian born and my father is America...My mother is Italian born and my father is American of Lithuanian descent. There was no green in our house, but we always had boiled corned beef too. <br /><br />Funny how traditions work, eh?Christinehttp://swimming-with-sharks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-7784446718742065232011-03-01T11:26:46.094-05:002011-03-01T11:26:46.094-05:00I always wondered how corned beef got its name, bu...I always wondered how corned beef got its name, but was too lazy to do the research. Thanks!<br /><br />In Denmark, they called corned beef "sprængt oksekød", which literally translates to exploded beef. <br /><br />I worked at a restaurant in Copenhagen that served corned duck (exploded duck, haha!) breast with a slightly sweet horseradish sauce. I wasn't a big fan, but it was popular with the patrons.dphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09255384036992381006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-52718366664707799312011-03-01T08:08:29.625-05:002011-03-01T08:08:29.625-05:00I got teary thinking of your daughter calling you ...I got teary thinking of your daughter calling you from outside of a pub one day on St. Patrick's Day. Where you a sobbing pile on the floor when you wrote that?Nuts about foodhttp://www.nutsaboutfooditaly.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-7596421043193417712011-02-28T19:32:37.509-05:002011-02-28T19:32:37.509-05:00Lovely post. Corned beef was the tradition at my h...Lovely post. Corned beef was the tradition at my house too. Thank you for the Francis Lam link, and the Charcutepalooza highlights. So inspiring!Lynnhttp://www.eatdrinkmanwomandogscat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-80281486089012068522011-02-28T19:17:52.654-05:002011-02-28T19:17:52.654-05:00Corned beef was never a part of my family's tr...Corned beef was never a part of my family's tradition. My Irish grandmother leaned toward beef roasts with mashed potatoes and (canned) peas, with invocations of our heritage and possibly a trip to church for Mass. It was my French Canadian mother who made what one might think of as a more typically Irish dish, Irish stew. That was the meal we looked forward to every year. <br /><br />As an adult, I started making my own version, with Guinness, which passed for sophisticated with my non-cooking friends.<br /><br />Now on St. Patrick's Day, the whole family meets at my brother's Irish-themed restaurant, where dishes both "authentic" and Irish North-American can be had year-round.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-19072525156399329662011-02-28T16:40:01.142-05:002011-02-28T16:40:01.142-05:00To Table of Promise -
You are exactly right about...To Table of Promise -<br /><br />You are exactly right about the corn being any kind of small grain. I thought I said it alright, but you said it better. <br /><br />Thanks! <br /><br />KimThe Yummy Mummyhttp://www.theyummymummy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-25046833557036927002011-02-28T15:36:01.793-05:002011-02-28T15:36:01.793-05:00Nice Post! I love corned beef, hey I am an O'B...Nice Post! I love corned beef, hey I am an O'Brien. But I couldn't help but comment on the corned part.<br /><br />I read once that the word corn in old(er) English refers to any small grain. Anything that was small and granular in texture could be referred to as 'corn' or 'corny'. In the case of corned beef, it is the salt grains that make up the 'corn' part.The Table of Promisehttp://www.thetableofpromise.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-77476202989384936642011-02-28T13:38:49.025-05:002011-02-28T13:38:49.025-05:00Thanks Carmen! That is exactly my point. Your mom&...Thanks Carmen! That is exactly my point. Your mom's feast sounds absolutely wonderful. I bet she could teach me a thing or two about starting a tradition! Love it!The Yummy Mummyhttp://www.theyummymummy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434726458328084701.post-68820494493704670052011-02-28T13:34:47.571-05:002011-02-28T13:34:47.571-05:00Thanks for the post! My mother has always had a bi...Thanks for the post! My mother has always had a big St. Patty's day feast, for as long as I can remember. She decorates her whole house with sparkly green shamrocks and leprechaun figurines from the 70s and little clay pots of clover. She takes the day off work and makes a huge meal of boiled corned beef, cabbage, carrots, and potatoes, fresh Irish soda bread, and for dessert pineapple upside-down cake, which isn't Irish at all but it works. I look forward to this meal every year, everyone in my family does. My fiance's cousin even flys to Florida from California every year. Traditions like this, regardless of how "traditional" they are, make memories that are hard to come by these days. Your girls will appreciate this and when they have children will be able to share it with them as well.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17323119364573524592noreply@blogger.com