how is island eating real Irish food and there wasn’ta green beer in sight?
Corned Beef’s Association with St Patrick’s Day Has Irish American Origins While both salted beef and green cabbage have historic connections with Ireland, the ritual of serving corned beef and cabbage for St Patrick’s Day is exclusively an Irish American tradition. The scarcity and high price of beef in Ireland prevented it from being consumed by the majority of the Irish peasantry until arriving in America, where corned brisket and cabbage were cheap and readily available to the poor. As the stigma of eating working class food faded and the celebration of Irish ancestry grew in popularity, corned beef and cabbage became a staple dinner meal for many North Americans every March. Read more: “History of Corned Beef & Cabbage: Origin of Traditional Irish American St Patrick’s Day Recipe” – http://spring-recipes.suite101.com/article.cfm/history_of_corned_beef_cabbage#ixzz
