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No, it is not banned and can be found is most large supermarkets in Australia, as can the other flavours of fray bentos canned meals.
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Corned beef originated as a way to preserve the meat so it could be eaten after Lent. By pickling the corned beef in brine, it would not spoil over the course of the Lenten fast. It is thought the the Irish produced a salted beef as early as the Middle Ages, but corned beef is not a national Irish food. It was a popular substitute for bacon for Irish-American immigrants in the 19th century. Corned beef and cabbage is the Irish-American version of the Irish bacon and cabbage dish and, in North America, is often served during St. Patrick's Day celebrations.
There are a variety of recipes for corned beef. Some of the more common ones are corned beef hash and eggs, corned beef and cabbage, and corned beef casserole.
You can buy corned beef in the UK but presumably there is no demand for corned mutton.
no corn in corned beef, it is named that for the preservation process
Corned beef and cabbage is a popular dish, especially at Saint Patrick's Day. The name can lead to confusion and cause one to assume that there is corn in corned beef. However, there is no corn in corned beef.
"Corned woolly" is corned beef in a can. My grandfather was a soldier in the American Expeditionary Forces in World War 1 and canned corned beef was part of the regular rations. He would tell stories about how this canned beef was so unappetizing that the soldiers would refer to it as "corned woolly" - as if the meat had come from prehistoric woolly mammoths!
about a $1.99 more a pound..
Boyle's Famous Corned Beef was created in 1935.
Corned beef comes from the brisket, however, do not get it mixed up with corn fed beef, corned beef is brine-cured after the cow is slaughtered.