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Article: Corned Beef Is Big Biz for St. Pat's
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- March 13, 2007
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CHICAGO - Others may identify this time of year with the last gasp of winter, the return of baseball, even the Ides of March.
For those in the meat business, however, the approach of St. Patrick's Day can mean only one thing: It's corned beef season.
Production lines have been working overtime for weeks and restaurants and grocery stores are laying in extra supplies of the specially cured beef as next Saturday's holiday draws near.
Corned beef and cabbage is about as pure Irish a holiday dish as green beer. But with millions of Irish-Americans and Irish wannabes partaking of it on and around March 17, that means plenty of green for businesses that help get the star product from beef ...