Irish nite
Every week we have a family dinner. Sometimes it's a small intimate group, other times it's a large and convivial. Today it was just me and Gwynie, Larry and Kat. To observe St Paddy's I cooked corned beef
cabbage, and beer bread. Truly an immigrant meal to celebrate since people in Ireland don't actually eat this kind of food. Actually it's all they could afford when they arrived.
I changed the recipe for the corned beef slightly, because it was so incredibly salty. First boiled the salted brisket covered with water in a deep pot for 2 hours (save the water for stock and beans). I coated the piece in honey, mustard and spices, inserted cloves into the fat and wrapped it in foil and baked it for another 1 1/2 hours. Sliced on the diagonal, and served with the cabbage and beer bread.
