I hope the edits answered your question, GG.
I hope the edits answered your question, GG.
The article you cite seems to come to a different conclusion. It points out that although salted beef was eaten in ancient times, it was pretty much the stuff of kings, not the common people. Indeed, it correctly points out that most of my Irish ancestors got their first taste of beef when they came to America, and when they did, they treated it like an Irish bacon joint. The authors conclude, "And it can safely be said that corned beef and cabbage won't be a terribly common meal among the locals," which explains the title of the article: Why We Have No Corned Beef & Cabbage Recipes.
This is the original, much-loved, much-missed dish that Irish immigrants of the nineteenth century were trying to make when they came to North America...and when they couldn't get the pork they really wanted, they made do with salted (corned) beef instead. (See the article here for the details. The facts may surprise you.)
da noith is!GRRRRRRR.
IRELAND is NOT part of any united kingdom!
You make a good point, BT, especially given the cosmopolitan nature of modern society. What defines a nation's cuisine is not apparent when you can buy tacos, hamburgers, and kung pao chicken in every mini-mall, and where people are more apt to buy a frozen dinner than make something from scratch.with all due respect fry, i'd hate to hang the culinary definition of an entire island nation on the opinions of one or two chefs. especially irish ones. afterall, with a few pints in our bellies, most irishmen feel they're not far from god, so our words and our fists are law.
that's a large part of the reason why it was impossible to get the irish to unite and toss the limey bastards out throughout history. but that's another story.
i thought it strange that the guy said there is no irish cuisine, but that it's being re-invented. how do you re-invent something that doesn't exist.