St. Patrick's Day...

:sci-fi-beamup: Don't drink too much green beer! Going to stay home and do the corn beef and cabbage. I need a helpful hint from a certain person living in Ohio; Mo, how do you make the cabbage??

 

OK, my Irish granny and momma (who's a vegitarian) still make corned beef and cabbage (and not just on St. Paddy's Day) and all I know is that the beef, cabbage, potatoes (of course), carrots and onions go into a big pot and are boiled together for a couple of hours. Salt, pepper and other mystical seasonings (garlic/garlic salt to name a few) are added, but the whole mess is just boiled togther. You'd think boiled meat and veggies: yuck. But it's always tasted great. And the sandwiches thereafter are fantastic.

Good luck, SCJ.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

 

Saw this too late SoCal. I've departed from the traditional ways so long ago that I can't remember how to do the cabbage. For years we've thrown a big St. Pat's day party and due to the sheer number of people I put out cole slaw to take the place of cabbage. Face it no one misses boiled cabbage, especially if its cold. I think you add quarters of cabbage to the corned beef for the last 30 minutes or so of cooking but not 100%. Carrots and potatoes are more popular sides for the corned beef, the cabbage is slightly green decoration (although I love it myself). Hope it turns out well. I can get the best damned corned beef in Cleveland. All I do is boil it for 2 1/2 hours and people tell me it's better than Slymans (famous Cleveland Deli). Happy St. Patty's day Joe and everyone!

 

Thanks guys for the responses. The corn beef came out great, but I think shoe leather would taste good if you braise it long enough. Wanted to try something different than boil the cabbage. Actually found a simple recipe for sautéed cabbage that came out great. Rough chop (not quite as thin as cole slaw), sauté in butter with salt and pepper, but not too long (not a fan of mushy cabbage), came out really good (again shoe leather might be good if sautéed in butter)