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CyanScales 12 points ago +14 / -2

Corned Beef and Cabbage was invented by Jews.

"Yet, the corned beef the Irish immigrants ate was much different than that produced in Ireland 200 years prior. The Irish immigrants almost solely bought their meat from kosher butchers. And what we think of today as Irish corned beef is actually Jewish corned beef thrown into a pot with cabbage and potatoes. The Jewish population in New York City at the time were relatively new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe. The corned beef they made was from brisket, a kosher cut of meat from the front of the cow. Since brisket is a tougher cut, the salting and cooking processes transformed the meat into the extremely tender, flavorful corned beef we know of today."

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/is-corned-beef-really-irish-2839144/

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EdmondDaunts 2 points ago +2 / -0

That's the corned beef in America. Corned beef was made in Cork and used on the British ships in the 1700s and was in high demand. Irish Corned beef is not spiced. It's salted beef. Most people just eat the hash anyway. You rarely get corned beef as actual slices anymore.

Another great Irish-Jewish invention is Fish'n'Chips which comes from the East End of London.