Corned beef is a salt-cured beef product. Its exact date of origin remains unknown but most likely came about when people began preserving meat through salt-curing. It was popular during both World War 1 and World War 2 as fresh meat was not always available in battlefields.
Corned beef is a salt-cured beef product. Its exact date of origin remains unknown but most likely came about when people began preserving meat through salt-curing. It was popular during both World War 1 and World War 2 as fresh meat was not always available in battlefields. It remains popular in the United Kingdom and other countries with British culinary tradition up to this day. The term "corn" in corned beef does not refer to the corn plant (maize in British) and its products but refers to the large grains (corns) of rock salt. Corned beef is traditionally cooked by the process of boiling and curing beef using large grains (or corns) of rock salt. Corned beef literally means "salted beef".
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