Corned Beef

I haven't bought a tin of corned beef for years, but I think the best way to open it is to use a normal tin opener on both ends, then push the beef through.

Apparently many people used to end up in A&E after wrestling with a corned beef tin!

When we were first married, in the early seventies, we were absolutely broke. I could make a large tin of corned beef last three meals. Our first row was because my husband moaned that it was corned beef hash again. I nearly hit him with a bright yellow Le Cruset frying pan, that had been given to us as a wedding present.
We still remember it now and I have only just started to reintroduce corned beef to our menu!

I always try to have a tin of corned beef in the larder. I usually open the tin with a tin opener!
I really miss the Corned Silverside from when I lived in Australia - my MiL use to do it with either a parsley, white or mustard sauce with boiled potatoes and either salad or veg - my mouth is watering at the thought of it!

I made Panhaggerty just last weekend as a treat for DH ( one of his favourites ) . You could add whatever you like I suppose but I use :

2 tins of corned beef sliced up , sliced par-boiled potatoes, fry off as much bacon as you like ( cut up into pieces) , 2 decent sized onions fried .

Then layer the CB, potato slices, fried onions and bacon pieces, ending with sliced potatoes on top . Pour over a decent amount of gravy and pop in the oven until the potatoes on top go crispy . Serve with crusty bread to sop up the sloppy corned beef/gravy juices . Delicious once in a while .

Corned beef hash to me is, diced potato, chopped spring onions, fried gently in little butter and olive oil, then in with the diced corned beef for a couple of minutes, a little grated Parmesan to finish, topped with a fried egg and plenty of black pepper, a heart attack waiting to happen, but so delicious, and only very occasionally on the menu?

I love corned beef in any form. I use it for shepherds pie,hash,in sandwiches,rissoles,fritters and it makes a lovely Risotto.

Corned beef always makes me think of my dad who always called it corned dog for some reason

Vile stuff!!! Yellow fat! DH sliced his hand open on a tin one weekend and we spent the whole time in A & E- never again for many reasons. You can buy it ready sliced of course.

That's really strange we were discussing this very topic yesterday. I love corned beef hash but haven't had it for a long time. Those tins are so evocative of my childhood.

I open it with a normal tin opener - at the big end. As bradfordlass said.

I love corned beef hash as a winter dinner, it's cheap and nourishing and does me two days meals in my trusty pyrex dish. I run the fork along the top to make grooves then grate some cheese for a crispy topping when finished off under the grill.
What more do you want ? Oh yes, and beetroot.

I have to wrap the tin in a tea-towel to open it and again use the towel to hold the key guiding it around the tin because I'm a bit paranoid about cutting myself with taking warfarin. I could end up in a heap having bled to death hahahahaha.

We used to have caravan holidays when the children were small arrival day dinner was always corned beef, instant mash made with plenty of butter and baked beans. The children loved it. Followed by a slice of my mum's fruit cake
These days we sometimes have it with new pots. salad or beans.

As a child I loved corned beef and chips and hash. My mother made that with onions, leftover potato and corned beef. Then being married and with children we only had it occasionally. We have recently moved to Wales. Most supermarkets here sell corned beef pies and pasties. I never saw them in Hertfordshire. We bought one which was a tad tasteless.

You can't open a square tin with a tin opener, hence the weird key thing

Yes you can.

On the very rare occasions I buy corned beef, that's exactly what I do and it gives me no problem.
Can't be bothered with the fiddly little key and sharp edges.

I used to love a recipe my mum made ( and she was not a great cook). Crumble corned beef into a batter mixture, dollop portions into a frying pan. Fry each side until cooked. Serve with whatever you like, but often it was mashed potatoes, cabbage and baked beans.
I don’t make it myself, but love corned beef for an easy meal with new potatoes and cabbage.

I'm writing that down so that DD can cook it for me, BoadiceaJones! Or I expect that she'll get me to cook it for her!

Callistemon

Can anyone give a really good recipe for corned beef hash?
I have made a 'lazy corned beef hash' which is nearly all made in the microwave!
Chop and onion, put in a casserole dish with some cooking oil, lid on, cook for about 1.5 minutes, boil some diced potatoes until soft, put in the casserole dish with chopped corned beef and peas, stir around, lid on and microwave for about 4-5 minutes until it's piping hot. Add Worcestershire sauce if you like.

BoadiceaJones oh yes, it's quite different Down Under - yours sounds lovely, makes a great dinner.
What time is dinner?

How else can you make Corned Beef Hash, without a tin?
With the sliced stuff?

Mince!

My mum used to substitute it for nince in cottage pie. I loved it with a dollop of HP.

Here in the Antipodes, corned beef is always corned silverside, bought in big chunks, still in its brine. I slow cook it with vinegar and brown sugar, and an onion studded with cloves. With a mustard sauce made with some of the cooking water and egg yolk, it's a meal fit for a queen. However, I love the good old tins, beloved of my WW 2 Digger dad.

In USA I went out for breakfast and ordered corned beef hash. It was very different from our corned beef. It was an actual cut of corned (salted) beef and thin slices were carved off and added to the hash of fried potatoes, onions and runny fried egg. Delicious.

Sounds delicious Mossfar but it can’t be CBH if it’s not got spuds in it!
We ‘Mancs’ love our potatoes.
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