"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 11:57:45 -0500, Gary wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>> Corned beef, fish....corned anything refers to soaking it in a
>> super-saturated salt brine before putting away. Has nothing to do with
>> the vegetable corn.
>
> Corned beef may not involve a brine. And the solution is not
> supersaturated, nor even saturated. Saturation occurs around 45% salt
> to water. Corned beef in a brine is made with a 5-10% salt solution.
>
> You can also corn beef with just salt - no solution required. But no,
> it has nothing to do with the cows eating corn. Corned beef (and salt
> beef) has been around much longer than the practice of corn feeding
> cows.

Thanks I see that corned beef is salted to some degree, is it ever then
dried?

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