Corned Beef
Corned Beef ( English for " corned beef " ) is shredded, cured, cooked in its own juice beef, which is mostly offered in cans. Through the cooking juice it gels to a cut-resistant block. Used long-grain lean meat such as beef brisket. Corned Beef is produced primarily in Argentina and Brazil.
Corned beef cans have a typical, slightly conical shape with a rectangular floor plan and a special device to open. By means of a soldered, key -shaped tool, which can be broken off at a notch in front of the solder joint, a narrow strip of the can pre-embossed metal is dissolved out at the other end by winding.
The corned beef is served cold or warm. In Ireland it is traditionally eaten warm with carbon and also applies in New England as a traditional feast on St. Patrick 's Day. Although it is a simple everyday meal, corned beef and cabbage was in the 19th century on the menu of many American grand hotel. A status as a delicacy, the meat is still an important part of the Reuben sandwich.
In Germany in canned " German corned beef " or " meat force " offered, which consists of crushed and heated beef in aspic. To achieve cut resistance gelatin may be added. " Deutsches Corned Beef " is also offered as cold cuts.
Real Corned Beef is part of the North German specialty Labskaus.
History
Originally Corned Beef designated generally cured meats, as it was taken on board a ship traveling as provisions on board. A recipe from the 19th century, lists the following ingredients: 50 pounds of beef, 3 pounds of coarse salt, 1 ounces saltpeter (approx. 28 g), 3/4 pound of sugar, 2 gallons of water (about 7.6 liters ).
In the UK and in the U.S. corned beef is also prepared fresh sold in butcher shops and delicatessens. It is unclear whether this particular variant of cured meats was first manufactured in the UK or in Central or Eastern Europe. After the emergence of the canning industry in England, Ireland, developed in the 19th century to the main exporter of canned corned beef, before the owners of large herds of cattle in South America took over the leadership. Until the Second World War, the meat was very popular in the UK and in the U.S., while it is now used mainly as a military boarding canned form.
Similar products
- Luncheon meat is a similar product made from pork.