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• Corned Beef is a cut of beef that is brine-cured and heavily seasoned. Usually coming from the cut of beef known as brisket, corned beef is a specific steak type. Corned beef is often purchased precooked in the deli section of most grocery stores. However, many recipes are available to cook corned beef at home.

• Fast Facts

  1. "Corn" in "corned beef" refers to salt grains used in curingUSDA: Fact Sheets: Corned Beef
  2. 1800s: Used by Irish immigrants as substitute for bacon
  3. Canned versions sold in UK and Germany
  4. Ingredient of Reuben sandwiches
  5. Smoked corned beef is pastrami
  6. Commonly prepared as a Saint Patrick's Day dish with cabbage
  7. Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17 each year

• Corning

  Curing meat by the use of corning techniques pre-dates the modern era of refrigeration. The reason the term is named after corn is because the grains of salt used in the process were about the size of a kernel of corn. Modern corning methods use salt water instead of dry curing with salt. The main spices that provide the seasoning for corned beef are peppercorn and and bay leafs.USDA: Fact Sheets: Corned Beef

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