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To: Alas Babylon!
What makes this such a joke is that corned beef & cabbage doesn't even have its roots in Ireland -- it's an Irish-American dish that became popular among Irish immigrants in the U.S. back in the 19th century.

Cattle ranches don't exist in Ireland, for the most part. The Irish were traditionally fishermen and shepherds, and a classic Irish dish would be something like lamb stew.

15 posted on 03/16/2006 6:12:55 AM PST by Alberta's Child
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To: Alberta's Child
Your post 15 is true, although now you can get corn beef and cabbage at Kehoe's pub in Wexford (and about everywhere else in Erin) on St. Paddy's day.

8^)

5.56mm

18 posted on 03/16/2006 6:19:03 AM PST by M Kehoe
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Great post! (I'll pretend I've known it for years if I'm out and about tomorrow.)


19 posted on 03/16/2006 7:33:32 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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