On 11/16/2013 11:45 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> I just read that corned beef comes from cattle raised on maize. I
> always though it referred to the corns of salt which was used to help
> preserve it.
> Can anyone elucidate please?
>
What the cattle eat has nothing to do with it. It's salt-cured beef.
According to Wiki, "The term comes from the treatment of the meat with
"corns" of salt."

Jill