honey-wine-and-time:

reading a fic where someone mentioned in the notes that corned beef was, well, corned beef instead of ???? Tinned mince meat????

This is clearly some sort of “I live in a different place than the author” thing, but where I come from (central Canada) corned beef is seasoned (and smoked? Salted? I’m not sure) beef. You pick it up fresh at the deli or maybe in bags with the other sandwich meat.

What’s it like where you live? Where on earth does it come in TINS?

my first thought was this stuff. It’s found at most grocery stores in the U.S. This is corned beef minced and mixed with cubed potato. Fry it up and eat it with eggs.

I also found this, which I don’t think I’ve ever had. Guessing it’s sorta like spam.

arahir:

tirlaeyn:

arahir:

we accidentally made ginger soup for dinner and literally every sip is adding a year on to my life i found it i found the secret to immortality

I don’t really have time to talk right now, but I have to know: How do you make soup accidently? What did you put in it? Do I want to try it as much as I think I do?

it was the broth from corned beef that i fucked up by cooking too slow? so basically a full box beef broth with whatever spices they package with corned beef - a little peppercorn, allspice, mustard seed, tiny bit of bay leaf, i think? and an onion and carrot coarsely chopped. all cooked together. (i guess you’d add salt to mimic the brine in the corned beef.) then we added a tablespoon or two of finely grated ginger and some chopped mushrooms, and some brocolette. (but mostly just because the veggies were going bad and we had to pretend we tried to cook them.)

so… i fucked up dinner and then we put all our other mistakes in a pot BUT IT CAME OUT LIKE THE SALTY SPICY AMBROSIA OF THE GODS.

Omg That sounds fucking delicious! (sans the mushrooms) Now I want some. Corned beef day is coming soon! Maybe I’ll try sneaking some ginger in it this year.

People of Tumblr, will you answer a question for me? How far in advance can I buy my corned beef for St. Paddy’s? I don’t want it to spoil before Monday, but I’m afraid if I wait, the store will run out of beef. Thank you!