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Bluzmann57

(12,336 posts) Sun Mar 17, 2013, 11:29 AM Mar 2013

I hate corned beef and cabbage [View all]

And I'm part Irish. Born in Illinois, raised in Iowa, want to visit Dublin someday, not for the food but for the...beer!
In fact, when I lived in my old place, there was an excellent pizza place a couple of blocks away and without fail on St. Patrick's Day, I'd order take out pizza from them, sit all alone and eat pizza and drink Irish beer, usually Smithwick's. Now that was a good St. Patrick's Day. Does all this make me a bad guy? And does anyone actually care?
Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone.

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I hate corned beef and cabbage [View all] Bluzmann57 Mar 2013 OP

Far as I know, CB&C is not eaten much in Ireland on St. P.'s Day LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #1

My mother always said that the corned beef was the cheap replacement for a proper ham. hedgehog Mar 2013 #2

Really?! OriginalGeek Mar 2013 #5

The original Irish dish was bacon and cabbage - I looked it up LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #22

Love the corned beef... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #3

The trick is to cook the cabbage for just a short time LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #9

Try cooking it with the bone from a smoked ham some time pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #11

My usual way of cooking cabbage is to finely shred and stir fry it LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #16

Boiled to death cabbage... pipi_k Mar 2013 #12

nicely done. yes. this is a proper meal for St. Paddy's day. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #13

The mashed potatoes sound luscious... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #14

The potato dish is called "champ" LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #18

I do mine in a crock pot. Slowly roasting the meat. Grantuspeace Mar 2013 #24

Me too! But unlike you ... there is lots of Irish in me! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #20

I just love corned beef it is well seasoned/marinated and fork tender... NRaleighLiberal Mar 2013 #4

My mom always made smoke butt and cabbage Paulie Mar 2013 #6

Just try to make an ambrosial Reuben sandwich with "proper ham". G'wan... just TRY!!! MiddleFingerMom Mar 2013 #7

I do not care for cabbage. Moondog Mar 2013 #8

Jewish Deli style In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #21

And a Happy St Pat's to you ITW! Moondog Mar 2013 #23

Indeed! Happy St Pat's to you too Moondog! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #25

Love pipi_k Mar 2013 #10

can I have yours? Kali Mar 2013 #15

I love it (nt) bigwillq Mar 2013 #17

I'd put it at one of my top 5 meals, and I'm not Irish Ter Mar 2013 #19

I agree with the OP. I can't even smell it, let alone eat it. Populist_Prole Mar 2013 #26

A seven course meal for an Irishman is, yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2013 #27

I thought that was the Estonian 7-course meal LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #30

Whatever anyone does, don't use purple cabbage! Ptah Mar 2013 #28

boiled purple cabbage looks particularly appalling LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #29

I love cabbage Aerows Mar 2013 #31

"I hate corned beef and cabbage" yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2013 #32

I'm with PopulistProle and Bluzmann... love_katz Mar 2013 #33