Homemade Corned Beef

[joel]

DW think store bought CB is unheathy, so she is talking about make some.
It takes 10 days or so, just wondering if anyone knew anything about it.
Here is the link she used: Homemade Corned Beef

 

[Caribou]

I think it was 40 days for my CB recipe but I don't have it handy.

 

[joel]

Caribou, how did it taste?
DW recipe calls for 5-10 days.

 

[Peanut]

Here is Alton Brown's CB recipes. I like the way he explains things, part science part geek. I have several of his cookbooks... they make sense. I intend to try this one day.

His take about 11 days, 10 in brine.

 

[Caribou]

Caribou, how did it taste?
DW recipe calls for 5-10 days.

It tasted great but it has been 20 years so my memory on how it was done is not reliable. I never did beef but only corned moose and caribou.

The above video says 10 days so that is probably right. I also canned my corned, um, moose. the trick to warming canned corned beef is to boil it, otherwise it is too salty.

 

[joel]

I like the ideal that corned beef/meat brine will keep meat without freezing for forty days & nights.
No way a person could feed a family of 4 or 6 on a steer or moose without some of the meat soiling.

17th century
The British invented the term “corned beef” in the 17th century to describe the size of the salt crystals used to cure the meat, the size of corn kernels. After the Cattle Acts, salt was the main reason Ireland became the hub for corned beef.Mar 15, 2013
https://www.google.com/search?q=Whe...j33i10i160.23828j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

[joel]

I like this guy, he reminds me of the "War farms series" & this training was before electricity in the 18th century.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Townsends+corned+beef