Why do they call Corned Beef, Corned Beef?

Question

Is corn used in the recipe at all? Or is it peppercorns?
And is it an authentic Irish Custom to eat this on St. Patty's Day?

Answer 1

To answer your 2nd question first, corned beef is NOT an authentic Irish food.

In Ireland, people eat boiled bacon and cabbage, but when they came to the US, they couldn't find Irish bacon (US bacon is more fatty, Irish bacon is more like Canadian bacon), but they found corned beef in the Jewish delis of New York, so they started using it because it's ceap and works well.

SO it's an Irish-American custom, not an Irish one. (see link below).

As for why it's called corned beef, there's a couple of stories. Here's the most popular one:

The Corn in Corned beef refers to the "corns" or grains of coarse salt used to cure it. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the usage of "corn," meaning "small hard particle, a grain, as of sand or salt," to 888, and the term "corned beef" to 1621. (http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/stpatricksday/?page=history7 )

Answer 2

the process of corning means brining no corn is used its a way of preserving the meat before they had refrigeration actually salt is used and pickling spices in a brine
back in the early days of irishmen in this country it was a cheap way to eat. its turned into a traditional comfort food

Answer 3

Well part its Brisket peppercorns cabaes cooked slow for like 6to8 hours at her 4hour add potato's with corn or hominy

Answer 4

Refers to the rock salt used in curing - corn kernel-sized.

Answer 5

cause the original was made with peper corns on top