Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
I was always puzzled about corned beef being referred to as Irish when I think of it as Jewish. At first I thought they were different "kinds" (they aren't). Apparently, the Irish had customarily eaten primarily pork, and cheaper cuts of beef, but exported ""corned beef" around the world (nothing like what any of us think of as corn beef). When they came to the US, they began eating what I think of as corn beef...Jewish corn beef...bought from kosher delis in NYC.
Interesting article:
Is Corned Beef Really Irish? | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian
Aaron beat me to it....my understanding was that as immigrant Irish in New York, settled in the lowest cost areas, they shared the neighborhoods with the Jewish population and established butchers.....so no pork.
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