Why the Irish Don't Eat Corned Beef

In America, especially on St. Patrick’s Day, there’s a huge number of families that sit down to a meal of corned beef and cabbage. This meal has come to represent the Irish ancestry of many American families, but if you look across the pond to Ireland itself, you’ll be hard-pressed to find someone there who eats the same thing. While there are some people in the Emerald Isle who enjoy an occasional bite of the salted meat, more often than not it’s just not on the menu in Irish homes and restaurants.…