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Article: Spread the green Corned beef deserves a celebration more than yearly
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 9, 2005
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Inever understand why it takes me a fun and celebratory event like
St. Patrick's Day to cook corned beef. I do understand why I don't
don that neon green shirt any other day of the year, but I cannot
forgive myself for forgetting about the joy of corned beef. For
whenever I cook corned beef -- and my favorite method is in the slow
cooker -- it is gobbled up by young and old.
What's left can be sliced or diced and the basis of tomorrow
night's dinner. It seems the constant low temperature of a slow
cooker is perfect for simmering corned beef, making it delectably
tender. Whereas the carrots cook nicely in the pot with the beef, I
prefer the cabbage cooked on top of the stove. Ditto some ...