Luck of the Irish

[jetfan]

In the past, Every St Patrick'S day, my mom would make corned beef, and cabbage. In the pot went the beef, cabbage, and of course POTATOES.
so, everytime I make this dish I remember Mom and Dad, both whom have pasted. One of the best parts was putting butter on that hot potato , and watching it melt. yummy!. you just can't beat beef, and potatoes. IT was one of my favorite meals. SO now for the good part of this story. TURNIPS. TURNIPS TURNIPS!. I have followed Doug's FTS book. and started using Turnips, re; fried, baked etc. And you guessed it, I now can have one of my favorite dishes..
Corned beef cabbage and turnips. IT taste just like ma used to make, and there is hardly any difference from turnips it tastes just like a potato, oh yes with the butter melting all over it of course. So thanks to FTS I can have fond memories of the past, and stay healthy to.
Saint Patrick' s day is right around the corner. March 17, Turnips get ready.       

[shawn116]

One of my favorite meals as well    My momma cures her own corned beef.....yummy 

[mouseissue]

One of my favorite meals as well   ...

Ours, too!

I buy briskets at Costco and put them up in the freezer.
About every couple weeks, I'll make one in our large crockpot with cabbage, celery, and turnips... YUMMY!

Tony

[jetfan]

Wow home made corned beef toosweet, how does that prosessing work, the curing that is.

[shawn116]

I'll have to see if she wouldn't mind if I share her recipe, but here is a few I found just by doing a quick search.  I hadn't a clue there were so many out there....Haha   I'll report back on hers if I can     My momma used to do all the cooking on a Black Angus ranch.   She would prepare these for them to resale in their meat store.   I'm pretty sure this isn't hard though.  It just takes a little time for them to cure.

http://leitesculinaria.com/5912/recipes-homemade-corned-beef.html

http://southernfood.about.com/od/cornedbeefandbrisket/r/r70307b.htm

http://homecooking.about.com/od/beefrecipes/r/blbeef29.htm

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/home_cured_corned_beef/

http://www.dfw.com/2012/03/05/587356/homemade-corned-beef-a-paddys.html

Ok....I think I'm off tomorrow to get some turnips and cabage    

I just want to add for those that are wondering....that of course you would replace any sugar called for in these recipes with what ever sugar substitute you are using.....xylitol, zero...etc I haven't been able to find any place that tells me you can't and I don't believe it will interfere with the curing process.  The salt and the spices are the important part there      

[Doug Varrieur]

Coming from the Boston Area this is also one of my fav meals. I use turnip instead of potatoes and I also use Jicama. I like to toss in some green beans as well 

[jetfan]

Never tried that Doug, going to give it a try