"Melissa" > wrote in
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> > wrote in message
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>> On 16 Mar 2007 09:00:18 -0700, in
>> misc.consumers.frugal-living "James"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >After stocking up on $1.29 point cut corned beef brisket,
>> >I found another store that had them on sale for $.99/lb.
>> >So now I got enough till next year.
>> >
>> >Slow cooked the fat part is sooooooooo good tasting.
>> >It's even worth killing myself a little by eating it.
>> >With the extra high salt and fat I wonder how many
>> >minutes of my life I'm giving up to eat a serving.
>>
>>
>
> Considering that the calories per serving of just the
> corned beef is 820 calories, 61% of which is from fat, I
> wouldn't worry about that little extra fat you're eating.
> I'll bet you're eating more than a 4 ounce serving as well,
> so most likely at least doubling those figures. One
> serving also has 3629mg of salt.
>
> Hope you have a good cardiologist.

what are you doing that your corned beef has 3693mg of salt?
if you make boiled corned beef & cabbage, you discard the
cooking liquid & most of the salt. a serving of good Irish
boiled corned beef & cabbage has 419mg of salt.

lee
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