Aren’t there many recipes out there? Do corned beef or salmon not immediately jump to mind?
Do you mean British ‘corned beef’ imported from Argentina (probably) or American corned beef, which we might call ‘brined beef’?
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US
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Do you know how unappealing Reuben sandwiches were to me until I learned this distinction?
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What kind of sense does it make that brined beef isn’t as popular over here?
Is that the time!? Doesn’t the shop close soon! Will I be left without alcohol!?!?
Should I even be drinking again after last night?
Are you talking to yourself?
“No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true," right?
Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, @OtherMichel looks up from his pastis, gives a gallic shrug and asks “N’est-ce pas?”
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Can you believe I didn’t know to make the distinction? Isn’t the British version a lot like corned beef hash without the potatoes? Could the US export a few kosher delis to fix this issue?
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Is that basil and Sriracha on there?
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Couldn’t we just get a export a load of Pacific Islander grocers to the US instead?
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For corned (brined) beef?
You know tinned corned beef’s a staple food, is often given as gifts and unfortunately a leading cause of obesity amongst Pacific Islanders? And they sell 25lb tins of the stuff in the supermarkets there? And that they throw a party like nobody else?
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Can I state that I was talking about getting the non-tinned variety in the UK?
Wasn’t the spread of the tinned version due to war rations, sort of like SPAM?
Did you know they make SPAM sushi in Hawaii, for similar reasons?
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Ahh, would the interrogatory nature of this thread and the Sunday arvo beers explain why I was getting the wrong end of the stick here?
I think that in the South Pacific, it’s introduction goes back to the British Empire and the use of it in the Navy? Would you believe that when I really need that reference book, the bugger is nowhere to be found? Typical, Eh?
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Wasn’t it ‘Bully Beef to win the war!’?
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Did you know that spam sushi (musubi) is actually really good? Did you also know that Hawaiian restaurants are relatively plentiful… in California, and at least a couple in NYC, good luck elsewhere… and I recommend trying it? Along with everything else on the menu?
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What else would you do with pumpernickel? Make croutons?
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