Article: THE DISH ABOUT CORNED BEEF: IT'S NOT IRISH

Corned beef -- that juicy, savory St. Patrick's Day staple -- will be on many a dining table this weekend.

But while lovers of the tender treat blissfully scarf it down with cabbage, potatoes and perhaps a frosty beer, others are pushing their shopping carts right past those pre-packaged hunks of meat with their weird spice packets.

They are the corned beef skeptics -- the consumers who only recognize this meat if it comes between two slices of rye bread with sauerkraut and Swiss cheese. Or the ones who do not recognize it at all.

They may wonder: Just what does "corned" mean, anyway?

Well, after a little research, we bring you everything you ever wanted to know about corned beef, and then ...

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