Where Can I Buy Corned Beef in Tiverton-Little Compton?
From traditional Irish dinners to a grab-and-go Reuben, the Black Goose Cafe has you covered.
It's that time of year again when that insatiable urge for a good piece of corned beef seems to take over. That's when you know St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner.
Whether you can claim Irish heritage or not, residents who are Irish for life or Irish for a day are looking to get their fill on traditional Irish fare.
On top of the list is corned beef, a salt-cured meat, popular with cabbage or in soup.
Rest assured, the Black Goose Cafe on Main Road in Tiverton has all your corned beef needs covered.
Throughout the month of March the local favorite sandwich shop will have all of your corned beef hankerings attended to.
The deli is also serving up some of the best Irish soda bread in the states. Truly traditional, this Irish soda bread recipe comes straight from the old country - blending the perfect balance of butter, sugar and raisins sure to delight the taste buds.
The Shill
5:20 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013
Why would anybody want to buy Corned Beef for St. Patrick's Day. The Irish never ate the stuff. Beef was corned in and around the Cork region of Ireland from the late 1600s ( when the English took control) to the early 1800s but this was almost exclusively for export to England and Europe and was not commonly eaten by the natives. Most people in Ireland agree that corned beef first appeared in cans during the War and to my knowledge that is the only way it is still available there.
The true traditional meal would be bacon and cabbage.
Just so you won't forget, here is a little poem!
I just want to put something straight
About what should be on your plate,
If it's corned beef you're makin'
You're sadly mistaken,
That isn't what Irishmen ate.
If you ever go over the pond
You'll find it's of bacon they're fond,
All crispy and fried,
With some cabbage beside,
And a big scoop of praties beyond.
Your average Pat was a peasant
Who could not afford beef or pheasant.
On the end of his fork
Was a bit of salt pork,
As a change from potatoes 'twas pleasant.
This custom the Yanks have invented,
Is an error they've never repented,
But bacon's the stuff
That all Irishmen scoff,
With fried cabbage it is supplemented.
So please get it right this St. Paddy's.
Don't feed this old beef to your daddies.
It may be much flasher,
But a simple old rasher,
Is what you should eat with your tatties.