At 01:09 AM 8/04/2013, Sue Harvey wrote:
I am very puzzled re "corned beef water " in the
UK corned beef comes in tins from Brazil
mostly, it is usually eaten sliced, cold with
salad or maybe potatoes, or it is made into a
hash or pie but what is corned beef water?
Dear Sue,
Here in Australia we can buy those cans too, but
compared to "real" home made corned beef they are
dreadful. I buy corned beef in a hunk of about
1.5kg and it's been fairly cheap lately. I think
I paid about $10 for that chunk - that's about
£6.75. It has been salted and corned by the
butcher. Then it's a matter of boiling it for
about 2 hours and slicing it up for a lovely hot
meal with vegies and having the rest cold for the
rest of the week. It is usually boiled with such
things as a bay leaf, cloves, and even a
quartered orange in the water. As it is boiled
all the salt comes out, hence the water is no good for soups etc.
David in Ballarat, AUS
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