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Corned Beef
"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:34:38 -0000, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 11:57:45 -0500, Gary wrote:
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>>>> 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. 
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>> Thanks I see that corned beef is salted to some degree, is it ever
>> then
>> dried?
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> Only if you're making bresoala.
Ok thanks.
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