Where is canned corned beef

Israel isn't the only military that relied on canned corned beef. The familiar rectangular or trapezoidal corned beef can that U.

Libby in via The Food Timeline. Jen Evansy at FoodHow writes that the distinctive shape allows corned beef cans to stack more efficiently than round cans. This made it ideal for the military, as it reduced shipping costs. Although corned beef's heyday as an army food is now decades in the past, manufacturers haven't found a reason to mess with a formula that has worked for over years. A perfectly rectangular can would stack just as well as a trapezoidal can, but the irregular shape of a corned beef tin serves a purpose besides conserving space.

The fact that the can is wider on the side you open allows the delicate minced meat to slide out of its package without breaking. Despite the advantages of this can design, no other product has adopted the trapezoidal tin. If you see that can on a shelf, you know exactly what's going to be inside it.

Although corned beef has its roots in Europe, the Philippines might love it more than any other country via Vice. Canned corned beef is one of the most popular breakfast foods there, filling a similar cultural role to bacon in the U. The combination of fried corned beef, white rice, and eggs is a classic Filipino breakfast, made by millions of home cooks every day.

Part of the country's affection for the product might be that their version is better than the kind available in most of the world. Outside of the Philippines, most canned corned beef is made from finely minced meat. Filipinos use a brand from New Zealand called Palm that's made of shredded beef and has a texture similar to pulled pork. Although corned beef isn't as popular in the U. The Nibble reports that in America, most canned corned beef is consumed in the form of corned beef hash, a midcentury diner favorite that combines minced salt beef with diced potatoes and other seasonings.

Ireland has a long history of raising cattle for dairy production, but beef has not traditionally been a popular meat in the region. The ancient pre-Christian Gaelic religion believed cows were sacred, and most Irish farmers preferred to keep their cows alive to produce milk rather than slaughtering them. Expensive beef was mostly consumed by the highest levels of ancient Irish society, with most of the country's residents eating pork as their animal protein of choice via Food and Wine. Ireland didn't produce beef on a mass scale until it was conquered by England in the s and the English conquerors started raising cattle to export back home.

The English Parliament forbade the exportation of fresh beef from Ireland in the 17th century, so landowners switched to selling corned beef which, as a preserved product, was exempt from the new law.

As a result, the Irish city of Cork dominated global corned beef production for almost two centuries. Even though the majority of the world's corned beef came from Ireland, most Irish citizens avoided it because of its high price. People of Irish heritage only started eating corned beef in large numbers once they emigrated to the U. Ironically, it was more affordable to buy across the Atlantic Ocean than it was at home. We have the French Revolution to thank for the invention of canned food.

It is also the leanest of the canned corned beef options, so if you prefer a fattier one, the next two brands are for you. That said, it's still dark, juicy, and Spam-y—all good things. The Chicago-based brand bills this product as "healthy," though it's suuuper high salt content might convince you otherwise. Hormel is a historic brand for a reason—they're canned meat aficionados and corned beef is no exception. This stuff is the thickest, meatiest, and yet, somehow, lightest of the three.

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Corned Beef with Onion. Lean Corned Beef. She can't remember where she got it from. Can anyone help!???? Why do they do this to us? If any government official reads this could we have a referendum on this subject.

My life has been turned upside down because of this, i've had many sleepless nights trying to come up with new fangled ideas for the perfect tin, i'm in a corned beef nightmare!!!!! Am i the only one who feels this strongly? Stephen Keys , Gateshead, England Forget about the shape of the tin - it's irrelevant. Anyone who has been to a corned beef canning factory as I have where a cow walks in at one door and a tin of corned beef comes out the other door will never eat 'corned beef' again.

I use a time opener on both ends and use the narrow end to push the beef out of the tin. I would say that the reason is because in Argentina there is such an abundance of good and relatively cheap fresh meat that you wouldn't think of buying a tinned version of it. Also it is made of a very cheap and flavourless cut of meat, which used to be regarded in my distant childhood as more apt for feeding the dogs.

Margot, Camberwell Australia If they provided corned beef in pouches it would look entirely too much like dog food for me to choke back. It's bad enough when it comes from the tin. Perhaps the question should be, "Why is corned beef so revolting yet tasty at the same time?

The most severe of these hospitalised over people in Aberdeen'. May explain a few things. Al, Christchurch, NZ Most soldiers know that the corned beef tins are made that shape so that when the key is used to remove a section from the tin the large end will fit over the small end and form its own container for keeping the uneaten part of the corned beef fresh.

If you don't believe me then try it. Alan Myland, Peterborough, England So that you know which end is the bottom for stacking. At least I take it that the small end is the top head. Donnelly, Lisburn Ireland Can you send corned beef by email? I know many people can get Spam! Its more user-friendly than those of Americans. I wonder if Americans are more intelligent than we are.