Bummer--everyone's sold out of corned beef

[bif]

Man, I was so counting on having corned beef & cabbage for dinner. And I'm not even Irish. But every store in the area is sold out of corned beef this year. What's up with that?

[Tektonik]

1. Weird, usually most stores have so much corned beef leftover they carry the wrapped briskets til May

[bif]

2. That's exactly what the butcher said.

[Chan790]

3. I'm having corned corn

It's the vegetarian version. :P

[geardaddy]

5. How about corned Quorn?

:o

[TreasonousBastard]

4. I just got some yesterday at 99 cents a pound...

pretty much the going price for the thick stuff. 2 bucks for thick cut. I'll find out later if there's any more around today on the last day of the sale.

Let it sit in the crockpot for a few hours simmering in peppercorns and beer and it is the BEST sandwich meat.

Cabbages are on sale for 9 cents a pound, and I made tons of cole slaw. Mango slaw is da bomb, I tells ya.

[Hand]

6. Insh'Allah. nt

[geardaddy]

7. Did you look in the tinned meat aisle?

[trof]

8. We got lots. Drinks at 6. Dinner at 7:30. Come on over.

Corned beef & cabbage, carrots, parsnips, spuds.
Amaretto cake w/pistachio pud for dessert.
:-)

[DS1]

9. Our supermarket was out, not that this bothered me

No thx on the corned beef and cabbage.

[bicentennial_baby]

10. it was like that here last year on St Paddy's day, but we lucked out

The last store we tried had it, they carry it year round.

[CatholicEdHead]

11. No thinly-sliced sandwich style stuff around?

I usually get that stuff year-round for lunch.

[BOSSHOG]

12. Any local restaurants near you have a special going on today?

My wife is picking up two Corned Beef and Cabbage Meals on the way home.

[auburngrad82]

13. No problem. Just make shepherd's pie

That's what we're having tonight.

[kath]

14. Corned beef & cabbage isn't Irish anyway:

http://www.europeancuisines.com/Why-We-Have-No-Corned-Beef-Recipes

http://notcornedbeef.tripod.com/

Google "corned beef" "not Irish" for more links.