Corned beef, or salt beef in the Commonwealth of Nations, is salt-curedbrisket of beef.[1] The term comes from the treatment of the meat with large-grained rock salt, also called “corns” of salt. Sometimes, sugar and spices are added to corned beef recipes. Corned beef is featured as an ingredient in many cuisines.
Erm, thanks for the explanation of the word “bully”, I’ll stick it on my top piece of patronisation of this year.
People in the US don’t eat it. I heard it was what it would be called, I don’t know, if you don’t eat it. It was something which was in wartime rations for the british army, and I’ve been told the US soldiers called it that.
The point being it’s something different, completely different, in the two countries.
I don’t eat Peanut butter, I’ve only been told by those who do, that the US version is sweet and the UK version is savoury. Perhaps they are the same, but the Brits don’t tend to mix sweet and savoury like the americans do (no bacon AND syrup on pancakes, and lots of other examples). Someone with more expertise might be able to comment for me.
I prefer chunky peanut butter to smooth, but I can’t eat it any more because I’m dentally challenged. The peanut butter sold in supermarkets does have sugar in it, but it’s not particularly sweet. Its flavor is close to that of roasted, salted peanuts.
You can buy plain “organic” peanut butter without salt or sugar—it’s simply ground peanuts and peanut oil, which of course separate during storage. I have a jar of it that I keep in the fridge to prevent the oil from going rancid. I sometimes eat it straight out of the jar, but mostly I use it for cooking Asian dishes.
I believe the “corned” in tinned corned/bully beef (which comes from places like Argentina and Australia) refers to the manner in which it’s processed. So far as I know, it contains no grains of corn.
If you ask for “corned beef” at a deli, you’ll be given slices of cured beef, most likely very thinly sliced for sandwiches. It’s similar to pastrami and can be paired with it to make a “Woody Allen.”
As for the term “bully beef,” it has nothing to do with schoolyard bullies:
The corned beef eaten with cabbage on St Patrick’s Day in the US is a whole cut of cured beef (usually brisket) that’s stewed along with the veg and then cut up. It is not a traditional Irish dish—it was adopted by Irish immigrants in the US because of the availability of cured beef at the time. Back home, they would most likely have eaten pork, if they had any meat at all.
I just went through my cupboards and found the following items I’ve acquired over the years. Perhaps those who know can give me some idea of what they can be paired with besides lamb:
Why not? Sounds good to me. Whether the sabich place has any instead of eggplant slices is a good question, but if you are making one yourself, no problem.
There are very sweet peanut butters, but i think of peanut butter as a savory. And even some of the sweeter ones, like Jif, are primarily savory. Jif has 12 calories from sugar in a 190 calorie serving. Skippy, another major brand, seems to have smaller servings, with 8 calories from sugar in a 100 calorie serving.
Every grocery store will offer at least one brand that has no added sugar, often labeled “natural”. Most every brand gives you the choice of “smooth” or “chunky” (with bits of unground peanut added back.)
Of course, PB&J is also sweet, as the jelly is always a sweet jelly, usually grape jelly or strawberry jam, although there are lots of other options.
Basically the same as in the UK, but I think, from my experience, that US peanut butter brands generally lean sweeter than UK equivalents. Of course, we get multiple brands from all over, so there’s no definitive version of the stuff.
Salt, in small quantities, goes with everything. If you take two identical glasses of sugar water, and add a tiny bit of salt to one of them, the salted one will taste sweeter.
Why not? All peanut butter has salt, and the jelly/jam will provide the sweetness. I make PB&J with unsweetened peanut butter and, frankly, I think it goes better, but my tastes tend to run against sweet.
If you’ve ever been in a production of Arsenic and Old Lace, you know that one of Theodore Roosevelt’s favorite expressions was “Bully!” meaning “Good!” or “Good for you!”
Dr. Einstein: Alright, Mr. President, we go to Panama.
Teddy Brewster (as “TR”): Bully, bully! Follow me, General. It’s down south, you know.
Dr. Einstein: (Hat falling across his eyes) Well, Bon voyage!
(“Down south” meaning the basement, where the bodies are buried. )
I’d assume the origin of “Bully!” is associated with the strength and power of a bull, just like when referring to the stock market. (“Bullish” vs “Bearish.”)
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