On Sat 03 May 2008 10:37:56p, PeterLucas told us...

> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
> 3.184:
>
>
>>> I have a friend who gags every time she sees me eating a bleeding
>>> steak!!
>>>
>>> Oh well!!
>>>
>>>
>>
>> David and I got into a discussion this afternoon about why he wouldn't
>> even try the corned beef. As I had posted earlier, it's because it's
>> "pink" (meaning it looks raw to him). After I explained the curing
>> process for making corned beef, he said he would try a bite of it
>> tomorrow. I also explained that corned beef doesn't have to be that
>> color, and without one of the chemicals used, it would be brown like
>> any other piece of well cooked beef. He might be turning a corner.
>> :-)
>>
>
>
> Well done!! A little explanation, and a couple slaps around the ear,
> always work :-)
>
> Do you do a white sauce with your corned beef? That used to be a
> 'staple' meal back in the old days. Corned beef, boiled veges and white
> (usually onion) sauce.

No, actually never heard of that, Peter. Here it's usually horseradish or
creamy horseradish sauce, and strong grainy mustards.

Got a recipe?


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