Corned Beef and Cabbage

So this post is a little late but Happy St.Patty’s Day!  This also might be a little late (living the past 22 years and never eating this) but I had my first corned beef and cabbage this past St.Patty’s day! My roommate and I made a huge meal including mash potatoes, corned beef and cabbage.

History of the Food/Tradition: Via thekitchenproject.com

Corned Beef and Cabbage is basically an American tradition on St. Patrick's 
Day started by Irish-Americans in the mid 1800's

Some Irish people feel that corned beef and cabbage is about as Irish as spaghetti and meatballs. 

Since cows were used for milk rather than meat in poor times in Ireland, beef was a delicacy that was fed to kings. It was more common to celebrate a holiday meal with what they call a ham (Gammon) or bacon joint. (a cured but un-smoked piece of pork) with their cabbage and potatoes. When many Irish Immigrants came over in the mid 1800’s they couldn’t find a bacon joint like they had in Ireland, so they found that Jewish corned beef was very similar in texture, and they used that for their holiday celebrations.

Review of the Food: I give corned beef and cabbage a 5 out of 5 rating!

Yum, yum, yum, yum!!! I am so upset that this was the first year I had this oh so delicious meal! This takes meat and potatoes to a whole other level! To be honest the only reservations I had with this meal was that, when my roommate was making it, Guinness was added, in my opinion the worst tasting beer on the planet. But in the end (after hours of cooking) you couldn’t even taste it!

The cabbage on the other hand I had many reservations about. I really had never had cooked cabbage and was a little worried, but oh my goodness was it good. I don’t know all that my roommate put in it but bacon was involved and man was it good! I only wish this meal could be made more than just one day of the year because damn was it good! 

I recommend this meal to everyone!! It has officially been added to my St.Patty’s day traditions of green beer and beads!