Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted March 17, 2017 Doing 3 corned beefs three different ways. 1st prep, crockpot for 8 hours with fat side up, half a beer and laying on some carrots potatoes and a couple cloves of garlic and a quarted onion. Add cabbage last hour. 2nd prep traditional boil in water with a couple whole peeled onions for 3 and a 1/2 hours. Add potatoes and carrots last hour and cabbage last 30 mins 3rd prep instant pot electric pressure cooker for 90 mins using the rack and 4 cups beef broth. Take out and cook cabbage and carrots in broth after for 7 mins Also making colcannon, basically mashed potatoes with bacon and grilled cabbage and onion folded in with a 1/2 cup sour cream and butter Ill report which methood gives the best results. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drobeski 3,061 Posted March 17, 2017 Cabbage smells like what newbies breath must smell like. How can anyone eat that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted March 17, 2017 Cabbage smells like what newbies breath must smell like. How can anyone eat that ###### Its a superfood, thats why its like kryptonite to you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,940 Posted March 17, 2017 Overrated Gimme a good pastrami instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fandandy 3,311 Posted March 17, 2017 Doing 3 corned beefs three different ways. 1st prep, crockpot for 8 hours with fat side up, half a beer and laying on some carrots potatoes and a couple cloves of garlic and a quarted onion. Add cabbage last hour. 2nd prep traditional boil in water with a couple whole peeled onions for 3 and a 1/2 hours. Add potatoes and carrots last hour and cabbage last 30 mins 3rd prep instant pot electric pressure cooker for 90 mins using the rack and 4 cups beef broth. Take out and cook cabbage and carrots in broth after for 7 mins Also making colcannon, basically mashed potatoes with bacon and grilled cabbage and onion folded in with a 1/2 cup sour cream and butter Ill report which methood gives the best results. I love corned beef and cabbage. My dad used to make it. My grandma also but added some veggies and she called hers boiled dinner. Yummm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filthy Fernadez 2,696 Posted March 17, 2017 Cabbage smells like what newbies breath must smell like. How can anyone eat that ###### Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mighty_thor 115 Posted March 17, 2017 I do the first method without the garlic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mighty_thor 115 Posted March 17, 2017 Cabbage smells like what newbies breath must smell like. How can anyone eat that ###### Makes pooing a breeze. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filthy Fernadez 2,696 Posted March 17, 2017 Makes pooing a breeze. That breeze is not refreshing I'll wager. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
giraldi02 470 Posted March 17, 2017 Slow cooker all the way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BunnysBastatrds 1,911 Posted March 17, 2017 I love corned beef and cabbage. My dad used to make it. My grandma also but added some veggies and she called hers boiled dinner. Yummm. Do a fart test. Worst of three wins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,080 Posted March 17, 2017 Can't stand it boiled. I just the the corned beef wrap it in tinfoil bake on a rack 325 for 6 hours. It's saltier but delicious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted March 18, 2017 Well after much debate, not really, there really wasnt much diiference but the boiled one wasnt as tender to be honest. Flavor profiles were about the same. My guts are stuffed and Ill probably wake up alone in a cloud of my own rectal emanations Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,144 Posted March 18, 2017 Cabbage smells like what newbies breath must smell like. How can anyone eat that ###### I have said it before. Boiled cabbage may be the most disgusting substance on Earth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,144 Posted March 18, 2017 Flavor profiles People who say this should be punched. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,940 Posted March 18, 2017 I have said it before. Boiled cabbage may be the most disgusting substance on Earth. Agreed. It's a real gagliano. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeshushu 51 Posted March 18, 2017 Cabbage smells like what newbies breath must smell like. How can anyone eat that ###### When I was in high school, my mom decided to cook corned beef and cabbage in the slow cooker starting early one morning. So both my parents are at work all day, and I come into the house after school. The place smelled like a sh!t house but the horrific part the house had become overrun with house flies. I don't know if they came through the chimney or a slightly opened back door but the flies were as thick as London fog. I mean it is still something that haunts me to this day. Talk about your Amityville horror. I spent the rest of the after noon killing flies. I called my mom 34C at work and she couldn't grasp what I was saying and still denies that this ever happened. Never touched the stuff again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bier Meister 1,512 Posted March 18, 2017 Not a huge fan of cabbage traditionally served with corned beef around this time of year. Love sour kraut and German or Austrian red cabbage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,592 Posted March 18, 2017 I like boiled cabbage. I put mustard on it and mix it up with the spuds. It's good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TD Ryan2 314 Posted March 19, 2017 Thanks for the thread - interesting stuff. I boil. Always will. Does it fall apart in the crock pot? Flat or point cut? And do you know how to slice it properly? Many corned beefs are rooned when sliced wrong after hours of cooking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,080 Posted March 19, 2017 Thanks for the thread - interesting stuff. I boil. Always will. Does it fall apart in the crock pot? Flat or point cut? And do you know how to slice it properly? Many corned beefs are rooned when sliced wrong after hours of cooking. I always go flat. Corned Beef is tender and flavorable enough without all the fat. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cmh6476 748 Posted March 19, 2017 When I was in high school, my mom decided to cook corned beef and cabbage in the slow cooker starting early one morning. So both my parents are at work all day, and I come into the house after school. The place smelled like a sh!t house but the horrific part the house had become overrun with house flies. I don't know if they came through the chimney or a slightly opened back door but the flies were as thick as London fog. I mean it is still something that haunts me to this day. Talk about your Amityville horror. I spent the rest of the after noon killing flies. I called my mom 34C at work and she couldn't grasp what I was saying and still denies that this ever happened. Never touched the stuff again.this post wins this thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,940 Posted March 19, 2017 Just so I understand, the one time I ate that disgusting, slimy wet concoction, that hunk of beef was boiled in water with the cabbage for hours? No wonder I almost puked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted March 19, 2017 Flat cut and cut across grain. The crock pot was 8 hours and was the most tender of the three types, pressure cooker was close second Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TD Ryan2 314 Posted March 19, 2017 Slimy? Wet? Not my corned beef. I wouldn't like that either. The fat is slimy. But I get rid if it before serving. It is boiled, but I after I put it on a board and slice it, there's no water being put on your plate. Just tender meat. I don't like the cabbage either - never cook it. Just potatoes and carrots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mighty_thor 115 Posted March 19, 2017 Thanks for the thread - interesting stuff. I boil. Always will. Does it fall apart in the crock pot? Flat or point cut? And do you know how to slice it properly? Many corned beefs are rooned when sliced wrong after hours of cooking. You need to make sure the knife is sharpened well before cutting and cut across the grain. Crock pot is the way to go imo. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,631 Posted March 19, 2017 Colcannon is absolutely brill. Mom used to make with chopped green onions. Don't understand plain mash compared to that. And instant? I will punch your mother in the diick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,631 Posted March 19, 2017 People who say this should be punched. That's why I always say taste portraits... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,631 Posted March 19, 2017 Agree with red cabbage if you go cooked route. There's a reason why they call brussels sprouts mini Cabbage. You should try cooking cabbage the same way you cook brussels sprouts. And one way you absolutely do not cook brussels sprouts is by boiling them. Personally, I'm a much bigger fan Raw cabbage. beat the crap out of that iceberg crap everyday but there's all kinds of things you can do it just like brussels sprouts. For one, try to get a nice carmelization in the oven that you'll have to watch it first time you do it. And, no pickling spice for the corned beef? That's where the whole corned part comes from. It means pickled. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745 Posted March 20, 2017 Not a huge fan of cabbage traditionally served with corned beef around this time of year. Love sour kraut and German or Austrian red cabbage. The only way I will eat cabbage is kimchi. (Spicy as Fock Korean cabbage.) Fock sauerkraut. Cole slaw. All that sh!t. Cabbage is gross. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kopy 489 Posted March 20, 2017 Crockpot it. No need to mess with a good thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mookz 1,287 Posted March 20, 2017 I love corned beef, but I'm not sure I'd include it in a 3-way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted March 20, 2017 love it, love boiled corned beef, love the cabbage and potatoes boiling in the beef fat and water... Awesome stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dain11279 927 Posted March 20, 2017 I love corned beef, but I'm not sure I'd include it in a 3-way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,592 Posted March 20, 2017 I love corned beef, but I'm not sure I'd include it in a 3-way. I find it to be the most sensual of the cured meats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,144 Posted March 20, 2017 Fock sauerkraut. Microwave for ........ 30 seconds? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
supermike80 1,285 Posted March 20, 2017 this post wins this thread Slipped in the 34c like a boss. Very well played Share this post Link to post Share on other sites