My Irish friends taught me to make colcannon. It's a favorite winter dish at our house. I will make that on the 17th. I have American style Irish soda bread in the oven, made with sultanas and caraway seeds.

I'm making corned beef and cabbage tomorrow. Can't wait! And I love smelling it all day!

I also bought Irish soda bread and Irish butter. The heck with the diet this week.

I always cook a corned beef brisket in my crockpot with potatoes, carrots and cabbage

I'm not sure how special, but I am going to cook a corned beef. I'll saute the cabbage the way DH likes it and don't have that yet, will need to pick up a cabbage tomorrow and a small one will be fine. I may make an apple pie but haven't committed. Wednesday is supposed to be the nicest weather day this week and my yard is calling me. Rather, demanding my attention - it's not in great shape and I have lots of work to do out there ;0).

Not cooking anything special, although corned beef and cabbage is one of my favorite meals!

Nothing special on Wednesday but we are having CB&C on Saturday at the lake cabin.

I actually bought two smaller corn beeves (sp?) Will slice one fairly thin tomorrow after refrigerating it so it is easier to cut, to make Reuben sandwiches.

Always, and we are not Irish. We both happen to really like corned beef and what better day to cook it?

I got a couple briskets in the fridge now. One will get corned in the oven and the other will get done up Jewish Holiday style in the smoker. We have one packet of each in the freezer from last November, so will pull those out for dinners soon and pop packets of the fresh briskets into the freezer.

I LUV CB&C! No....I didn't know it was an American dish. Yum! ♥ In my younger days....this was how I started getting ready for bikini season. Eating cabbage for the next week.

I wouldn't eat the stuff. My hubby likes it though. Once in a while I will make it for him. Wednesday we are going to the club for dinner and drinks. He can have his corn beef there. I'm not Irish but I brought a green top with me and a little leprechaun pin to wear.

Usually, I am a guest at a big Irish family's celebration for St Patrick's day, but last year's party was the last gathering I went to, so will really miss it this year. I invited two friends who are both also vaccinated for our first post- vaccine gathering (woo-hoo) and will fix a traditional dinner of corned beef and cabbage, make Irish soda bread and drink something (tho probably not Irish beer). I was stumped for dessert because for the large party I always make a big batch of truffles, but they are too much mess and trouble for 3 of us, so I just bought green choc chip mint gelato. I might make some brownies to go with, but maybe not.

I found a great new (to me) recipe for baked corned beef and roasted vegetables that I posted on the Cooking forum, if anyone is looking for one to try. I prefer it baked to boiled and same with the veggies.

https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/corned-beef-with-roasted-cabbage-carrots-potatoes.html#tabbox

No pinching allowed for not wearing green on St Paddy's day during covid.

Corned beef and cabbage might not be an Ireland origin thing.. but it is an Irish American thing to my understanding. When Irish immigrants were coming over to the states, they didn't always have access to meats they used back home. But were able to adopt Kosher meats in the form of briskets and corned briskets already common amongst the Jewish communities.

So a lot of Irish immigrants did cabbage and taters or other root veggies using a meat/cut available to them locally. With its own spice blend and more often a water or light stock.

And the other brisket I do for the Holiday brisket in the smoker is tomato, beef stock, and red wine with some spices changes.

Not only St. Paddys tradition, but also a hit of Passover for me with the briskets please. A delightful mingling of the same cuts of meat to different dishes. And if there's a bit or two leftover in the case after the holiday at a good price, I'll pick one up and do it pulled brisket BBQ off the smoker.

And like there can be leftovers from doing CB&C.. Leftover Holiday brisket makes for a great beef stroganoff, or cheesy mack and brisket bake.

And then there's also some serious Italian brisket use too... And influxes of the Central American into the SW U.S. regions.. Cinco de Mayo is coming up.

Zalco is right corned beef and cabbage is not a Irish dish. Both parents were from Ireland & they never even heard of corned beef. Ireland now serves it because everyone thinks it is a Irish dish & that is what they want to eat on the 17th.

Got everything ready to go for Wednesday. Total comfort food and one of my favorite meals of the year.

Yes on the corned beef and cabbage. This is when the beef is on sale, so I bought 2 - one will go into the freezer for later in the year. I love CB&C! And CB & sauerkraut too!

No, never do. I do have some Irish in me but have never made any special food for that day.

I couldn't wait for Wednesday.....just another day really :-) So I fixed my corned beef and cabbage early and have since been enjoying leftovers. A couple of sandwiches and hash. Having the last of the hash for dinner tonite.

Just a word of warning but I probably won't wait until Easter to have a ham, either!

Corning is a reference to the salt (kosher style) that preserved the beef. Add in the spices and you get what we call corned beef. Brisket was originally a cheap tough cut from the chest of the beef that required long braising. Not so cheap these days. I have done the preserving myself-to make Pastrami which is basically smoked corned beef. You can quibble about the exact cut but that is what it is. The Irish in general could not afford much in the way of meat, hence not a real Irish dish but they would have happily eaten it.

I couldn't wait for Wednesday.....just another day really :-) So I fixed my corned beef and cabbage early and have since been enjoying leftovers. A couple of sandwiches and hash. Having the last of the hash for dinner tonite.

Fixed mine today and it came out wonderfully. I love corned beef hash and always have the canned variety on hand, but may try to make home made.

I'm looking forward to Reuben sandwiches.

It may not be an Irish dish but my part Irish Dad always had it on Saint Patrick's Day. Would sometimes sing a few Irish ballads too. I sure miss him.

Corned beef boil was a favorite at our home too until we discovered rueben sandwiches!! We put the cornbeef in the crock pot early in the morning with a beer carrots and onion for flavor, cover all with water and let it stew for 5 hours. We had ours early this year as we were heling #2DD with some home improvement projects over spring break. I was saying what help a panini maker might be! Home made ruebens/ruffle potatoe chips and great pickle make the PERFECT lunch.

Zalco, thank you for cracking me up. :) You are welcome to be pleasantly pedantic any day of the week.

Here's the story of corned beef and Irish Americans...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/is-corned-beef-really-irish-2839144/

I'll be making my "New England Boiled Dinner" on Wed. I love corned beef but only seem to ever make it once a year in March...once in a great while we'll buy some at the deli for sandwiches.

My family is from the ould sod as well. We always ate colcannon or chomp, brown bread and smoked salmon, irish stew, sometimes a big fry for breakfast with black/white pudding.

I definitely made corned beef and Cabbage along with potatoes and carrots. I love cooking the beef in my instant pot. So fast and easy. I put some scrubbed whole carrots on top of the meat, and I used large white potatoes skin on cut in half and laid on top of the carrots. It turned out perfectly. I steamed the Cabbage separately. We enjoyed the meal and the leftover beef in sandwiches.