Corned Beef and Cabbage Day

0:00Today, we're plating up an Irish tradition that began in the dillies of New York. Welcome to the National Day Spotlight for March 17th. While we associate corn, beef, and cabbage with tamarind oil, it's actually a quintessential American dish. In Ireland, the traditional holiday meal is actually salt pork or bacon. However, when millions of Irish immigrants arrived in New York City in the 19th century, they found that pork was expensive, but corn beef, named for the corns of course salt used to cure it, was readily available and affordable at local Jewish delis. And the Irish quickly adopted the salt cured brisket as their own. Paired with cabbage, it became a symbol of survival in a new life in America. On National Corn Beef and Cabbage Day, we celebrate a dish that isn't just about heritage, but about the melting pot of cultures that redefine the American dinner table. It's kind of funny isn't it? You know, people in Ireland only eat corn beef to please American tourists now.

1:06Because it's our thing not theirs. That is true. Yeah. So do you think the people in England and the village of Cheddar met up with the Italians to make mac and cheese then too? Is that how that worked? That could be. Okay. Also celebrating St. Patrick's Day and National Introverts Week. I'm Alice Anderson and I model Anderson with the National Day calendar reminding you to celebrate every day.