Am I the only person who dislikes corned beef and cabbage?

Rivrrat
Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
edited March 2011 in The Clubhouse
Every year it's the same thing...As St Patricks day rolls around, my Irish wife plans her big meal, and on the fateful day, the house is filled with the repugnant odor of corned beef and cabbage. I'm the only one in the house that despises the foul meal, but I suppose that could be because I'm the only one in the house that doesn't have some Irish blood.

It seems everyone I know looks forward to the meal, and looks at me like I'm an alien when I announce my distaste it.

Am I the only one?

So yay or nay?
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,392
    edited March 2011
    You can toss brussel sprouts and asperagas into that same pile for me Cannot stand any of it. That smell takes a month to get out of the house afterwards...

    I feel your pain.

    Is your wife FROM Ireland? I love the accent.:biggrin:
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited March 2011
    Noooooo, She's half Irish. I like the Irish accent, but I hear they have a bit o temper too. :eek:
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,190
    edited March 2011
    Yes you are , its a great meal
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  • JustinHEMI
    JustinHEMI Posts: 198
    edited March 2011
    Nope, I find it repugnant. :D
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  • newjew4u
    newjew4u Posts: 2
    edited March 2011
    Rivrrat wrote: »
    Every year it's the same thing...As St Patricks day rolls around, my Irish wife plans her big meal, and on the fateful day, the house is filled with the repugnant odor of corned beef and cabbage. I'm the only one in the house that despises the foul meal, but I suppose that could be because I'm the only one in the house that doesn't have some Irish blood.

    It seems everyone I know looks forward to the meal, and looks at me like I'm an alien when I announce my distaste it.

    Am I the only one?

    So yay or nay?

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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited March 2011
    You can keep the cabbage......give me a mountainous lean, hot corned beef & swiss on rye w/russian dressing ! OH yeah, and a dill pickle spear too!:biggrin: St. Paddy's... Jewish style.:wink:
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  • silvertuner
    silvertuner Posts: 496
    edited March 2011
    cant stand it. love corned beef, cant stand cabbage.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,392
    edited March 2011
    silvertuner wrote: »
    ... can't stand cabbage.

    Cabbage is good for cole slaw only...
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited March 2011
    Yuk....how you can take a good piece of USDA grade A and turn it into corned beef, then throw smelly cabbage on it, is beyond me.....and I'm half Irish. Thats why so many married Italians, at least they could cook. No offense to my Irish friends.:smile:
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  • Libertyc
    Libertyc Posts: 915
    edited March 2011
    Nay...
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  • silvertuner
    silvertuner Posts: 496
    edited March 2011
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Cabbage is good for cole slaw only...

    even then, its a "ehh" with me. then again the paddy mac from the uis corned beef and cole slaw... and i cant stand sauer **** but love a good rueben

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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited March 2011
    Cabbage equals flatus, and flatus equals fun!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited March 2011
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    Cabbage equals flatus, and flatus equals fun!

    Only coupled with a match....to lite 'em up.:smile:
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited March 2011
    I had two chillidogs for dinner, so I doubt I'll have a problem keeping up with the rest of the family.:biggrin:
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2011
    Can't stand corned beef...boiled cabbage...yuck...hate slaw...BUT...southern fried cabbage...thats a different story.

    Fry up some bacon break it into little pieces...pour off most of the bacon grease. Chop the cabbage into strips add onions and even a few thin strips of carrot. Simmer in the bacon gease with a little water until tender. Salt and pepper to taste. Good stuff!
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited March 2011
    JustinHEMI wrote: »
    Nope, I find it repugnant. :D
    +1! As far as I am concerned, both are gross (garbage and corned beef that is):eek:
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited March 2011
    Love it. My Irish wife made two of them. And six Irish soda breads. I made a Baileys bread pudding out of one of them today.

    She cooks the cabbage separate from the corned beef, she doesn't braise the cabbage for hours so it's all mush, she saut?ed it in a cast iron pan for about 20 or 25 minutes so it got nice and caramelized, but still had some crunch to it. It was great.

    I guess you love it or you hate it, and I'm in the love it camp.
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited March 2011
    Love it. My Irish wife made two of them. And six Irish soda breads. I made a Baileys bread pudding out of one of them today.

    She cooks the cabbage separate from the corned beef, she doesn't braise the cabbage for hours so it's all mush, she saut?ed it in a cast iron pan for about 20 or 25 minutes so it got nice and caramelized, but still had some crunch to it. It was great.

    I guess you love it or you hate it, and I'm in the love it camp.
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited March 2011
    nspindel wrote: »
    Love it. My Irish wife made two of them. And six Irish soda breads. I made a Baileys bread pudding out of one of them today.

    She cooks the cabbage separate from the corned beef, she doesn't braise the cabbage for hours so it's all mush, she saut?ed it in a cast iron pan for about 20 or 25 minutes so it got nice and caramelized, but still had some crunch to it. It was great.

    I guess you love it or you hate it, and I'm in the love it camp.
    Does your wife love you the next day when you vent that nice meal out? :wink:
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited March 2011
    If done poorly, it tastes like dog food and wet diapers. If done correctly, it's heavenly.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited March 2011
    It's better than macaroni and cheese.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited March 2011
    Always requires dental floss raised up by a tycoon!:mad:
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,270
    edited March 2011
    tonyb wrote: »
    Only coupled with a match....to lite 'em up.:smile:

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  • On3s&Z3r0s
    On3s&Z3r0s Posts: 1,013
    edited March 2011
    Seriously? Your wife is Irish and you're bitching about cabbage one day a year? One of my grandmothers was German and the other was Polish. I had cabbage every Sunday for the first 18 years of my life. Try cabbage with stewed tomatos and stale bread... the Polish call it kapusta, but in fact it is the culinary equivalent of pure evil. Man up and consider it the luck of the Irish that you get to wash it down with green beer. :tongue::smile:
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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited March 2011
    Can't stand either one!

    I remember back in the day, going to grannys house and she would have large crocks of Sauerkraut going in the basment. That odor permeated the whole house.

    I'd rather have a dirt sandwhich.


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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited March 2011
    Add me to your list rivrrat.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2011
    Rivrrat wrote: »
    Every year it's the same thing...As St Patricks day rolls around, my Irish wife plans her big meal, and on the fateful day, the house is filled with the repugnant odor of corned beef and cabbage. I'm the only one in the house that despises the foul meal, but I suppose that could be because I'm the only one in the house that doesn't have some Irish blood.

    It seems everyone I know looks forward to the meal, and looks at me like I'm an alien when I announce my distaste it.

    Am I the only one?

    So yay or nay?

    you're a freak! :tongue:
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited March 2011
    Not a fan either so I feel your pain.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2011
    i had a corned beef sandwich home made with sauerkraut, with a side of cabbage and carrots and potatoes. yummy! corned beef was cooked in beer.. and eaten with another beer. :biggrin:
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited March 2011
    HATE both.....and add beets to that as well~
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