I am probably the only Person in England who hates them. Not my thing sadly. Going to cook a cheese omelette in a minute. Not had one for ages buy they are quick and easy to do. Might even use some of that chicken from last night in it too.
Urk! I just stuck to cheese. I have two pieces of tiger cheese bread too and made sandwiches with the cheese omelette. Very nice for a quick meal.
Just had scrambled eggs on toast for breakfast. I have never had them for breakfast before as that is usually cereal, Porridge or a fry up. Washed it down with a kick ass Yorkshire tea brew and the day is mine for the taking.
Are any of you guys making corned beef today? How do you do yours? I'm just throwing mine into a slow cooker for 8 hours. I've done it the normal way in a pot before, but it has a tendency to come out tough.
It's an American thing, that Americans seem to wrongly believe is an Irish thing. People in America tend to make a family meal of corned beef on Saint Patrick's Day. And the corned beef we eat in the US is actually the Jewish type from what I understand. It's nothing like the corned beef you have in Britain. It's fresh beef that's salt cured, not some shit from a can. It's actually good, and makes amazing sandwiches. So basically Americans commemorate an Irish holiday by eating a Jewish dish. Don't ask, but yes this is actually a thing here. A big thing. Almost as big as Christmas or Thanksgiving.
It comes out very tender and flavorful when cooked properly. Usually people slow cook it. So basically it's a type of cured, slow cooked beef brisket. I think the British kind is something that comes out of a can that's sort of like SPAM, which is nothing like what I'm talking about. The sandwiches you make with the leftovers are really the best part though. Corned beef on rye with mustard or a Reuben (basically a grilled cheese with corned beef and Swiss) are both awesome. Nothing Irish about it though. Both the type of corned beef itself and the sandwiches are totally a Jewish deli thing. I don't even think real Irish people eat corned beef.
I just threw a big hunk of it in a Dutch oven. Added some onion halves, Guinness, beef broth, and garlic. I'll cook some cabbage and potatoes later. I'm also having a Guinness cake for desert. The Guinness cake is awesome.
I've got Irish roots and I've not heard of any of that stuff. Do any of you guys have a recipe for chilli you'd recommend? Been trying to create my own but I'm lacking inspiration.
As I said, there's nothing Irish about it. It's totally an American thing, and the food itself is really Jewish. It's a typical example of Americans taking things that sucked: -corned beef, which in Britain is a disgusting SPAM-like product -some lame Catholic holiday no one cares about -Irish food And tweaking them and making them awesome. The American St Patricks day is a day of partying, heavy drinking, and awesome food. As for Chili yes I do. 1. Brown 1lb ground beef. Season with garlic powder, onion powder, and salt and pepper 2. Add 1 small can tomato paste, 2 cans tomatoes, 2 cans dark red kidney beans and a little bit of water 3. Add about 4 cap fulls of McCormick chili powder, 2-3 tbsp sugar (this is a key ingredient that brings the whole thing together), salt, black pepper, Italian seasoning (you could add all this stuff separately, but it's got all the ingredients like rosemary that give a savory flavory), cayenne pepper, and hot sauce to taste. You should have a nice balance of spicy, savory, and sweet if you did it right 4. Bring to a boil 5. Simmer for 1 hour on low heat 6. Serve covered with melted mexican cheese over white rice
Not seen that chilli powder before but I think I could get some hot sauce and cayenne stuff to add to it. The recipe I used earlier really didn't have enough spice and flavour to it. I'll change my recipe around a bit and see how it goes.
According to Wikipedia, Ireland actually produced huge amounts of corned beef in the area of Cork during the 17th thru 19th centuries. However, the farms that produced it were not owned by locals and most of it was exported, so it wasn't something that the general Irish population ate.