St Patrick's Day

     From all accounts St. Patrick's Day is celebrated with more acclaim in America than in Ireland.  And such is the case as well for the day's most iconic meal, corned beef and cabbage.

     Research has indicated that beef brisket was first preserved with coarse granular salt "corns" in Ireland in the Middle Ages.  But it was not until the Industrial Revolution that it was popularized and sold in tins, thus giving it the name of "tinned meat."

     Readily available it was considered a poor man's food and looked upon with disdain.  Today in Ireland it is sold mainly as a tourist item.  And of course it is eaten by the Irish-Americans across our land on this day.