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For the record, when selecting corned beef, feel the meat. The meat should be firm. Soft and mushy corned beef means that it contains too much fat. Corned beef used to be a cheaper cut of meat, but the prices today are high. Today you will pay about $15 for three pounds of corned beef. The corned beef comes from beef brisket. The Irish cooked the brisket the same way they made their bacon. Large grains (or corns) of salt were used in the curing process. Thus the "Corned Beef was bom. During the month of March, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated, and corned beef is eaten as a reminder of the Irish heritage. Cabbage was added because it was cheap and readily available. |