Not many more cold nights (I hope) so let's have an old-fashioned dinner of corned beef, the one that boils away for hours and steams up all the windows and smells as delicious as it tastes.
Into the pot goes the beef, covered with water, together with a cup of brown vinegar, four cloves, a teaspoon of brown sugar, an onion and a dash of nutmeg.
Corned beef must be accompanied by cabbage. Either boil it or bake it into a 'cake' with white sauce*. This last is particularly delicious. If you like cabbage. I do.
Serve with plain boiled potatoes (I like them so well boiled they are just about melting) and carrots. I prefer a very hot English mustard with corned beef. A nice mustard-flavoured white sauce is a good alternative.
What to drink with corned beef? Beer, beer or beer. Yes, even on a cold night. You cannot drink wine with corned beef. I don't know why, you just can't.
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Doesn't get much more Australian than that - hot corned beef, a slice of white buttered bread and a cold VB.
(My dad would have had a cup of tea instead of the VB. He had a cup of tea to go with everything, breakfast, lunch and dinner. And then a cigarette.)
*Finely chop three cups of raw cabbage and fry it with a chopped onion in some butter so gently that it doesn't brown. Combine this with a cup of white or cheese sauce and turn into a casserole. Top with grated cheese and breadcrumbs and bake 20 minutes or until crumbs turn brown.
Into the pot goes the beef, covered with water, together with a cup of brown vinegar, four cloves, a teaspoon of brown sugar, an onion and a dash of nutmeg.
Corned beef must be accompanied by cabbage. Either boil it or bake it into a 'cake' with white sauce*. This last is particularly delicious. If you like cabbage. I do.
Serve with plain boiled potatoes (I like them so well boiled they are just about melting) and carrots. I prefer a very hot English mustard with corned beef. A nice mustard-flavoured white sauce is a good alternative.
What to drink with corned beef? Beer, beer or beer. Yes, even on a cold night. You cannot drink wine with corned beef. I don't know why, you just can't.
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Doesn't get much more Australian than that - hot corned beef, a slice of white buttered bread and a cold VB.
(My dad would have had a cup of tea instead of the VB. He had a cup of tea to go with everything, breakfast, lunch and dinner. And then a cigarette.)
*Finely chop three cups of raw cabbage and fry it with a chopped onion in some butter so gently that it doesn't brown. Combine this with a cup of white or cheese sauce and turn into a casserole. Top with grated cheese and breadcrumbs and bake 20 minutes or until crumbs turn brown.
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