Corned beef

[Blue Hills]

Anyone a fan?

I have kind of looked down on it for most of my conscious life - maybe I had the idea that you sliced it and ate it like a joint. When it looks pretty shoddy.

But a few months ago I got into it as a handy additive for a relatively meat-free diet - you don't need much to give a recipe the whiff of meat.

I tend to chop a bit off, then squash it under a fork, add to pasta dishes etc - doing this I can make a can last a fair while.

I realise that it's processed but surely in small quantities per meal it can't do much harm?

I have even taken to mixing it with tinned fish in tomato sauce as a protein boost after tough rides.

Am I bonkers or ahead of some metropolitan curve?

I did read about some rush on it recently and then found that my local bijou Lidl appeared to have been cleaned out of it.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

I love it in a sandwich with fresh white bread, but it doesn't work for me on brown, or with sauce/pickle of any description. Maybe I'll make a corned beef hash now and again but that's about it. I think supplies were limited in Lockdown 1 when everyone was comfort eating the old classics and stocking up on things in tins.

 

[Teamfixed]

Or in granary bread with butter and English mustard

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Corned beef hash - but made with sliced new potatoes, some fried chorizo and onions.

 

[ianrauk]

Love it.
Love a really nice corned beef sarnie, with HP or brown sauce or Horse radish sauce,

 

[numbnuts]

In a sandwich with sliced onion

 

[Blue Hills]

I have the idea that it will be especially handy for bike-camping tours, where carrying freshly slaughtered bits of animal might be a bit of an issue.
And am counting on the idea that it can be carried for a while once free to roam outside the tin, thanks to what I assume are a fair amount of preservatives.
I don't have an issue with preservatives if used in moderation/as part of a balanced diet with beer etc.

 

[FishFright]

I love corned beef that looks like this

https://www.simplyrecipes.com/thmb/...riz-1800-dc597f4fc0274845bd0f4eea510f2ad7.jpg

tinned mush less so .

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Had some on my sarnies at lunch. Bit of salad, brown sauce and wholemeal bread.
Lovely

 

[Blue Hills]

I love corned beef that looks like this

https://www.simplyrecipes.com/thmb/...riz-1800-dc597f4fc0274845bd0f4eea510f2ad7.jpg

tinned mush less so .

mush can be very tasty though?
and nutritious?
if you aren't concerned about looks?
or disguise its looks?

 

[MichaelW2]

Given the choice between corned beef and spam, i prefer spam.

 

[fossyant]

Only in a hash with loads of veg. It's quite nice then.

 

[jayonabike]

Have it in my sandwiches for work 4 or 5 days a week. Have been for the last couple of months. I have it with tomatoes and English mustard.

 

[Blue Hills]

Given the choice between corned beef and spam, i prefer spam.

have you compared the ingredients/nutritional info?
was any natural meat ever anywhere near the colour of spam?

 

[MontyVeda]

Corned Beef Hash has been a favourite since childhood. Quite like the occasional CB and onion sarny too.