Two Days On

This little puppy was crocked for 38 hours in only two cups of water

So sure, two days is forty eight hours, but that is close enough for a deceptive blog post, right? 

Here was the strategy for St. Paddy's Day's corned beef: crock it, cook veggies seperate, combine and devour.  Unfortunately, it got a little out of control and it became an exercise in meat preperation management.  I got home too late to make this last night, but still wanted an awesome dish, so thank science for the "warm" setting.  This was on low for 15+ hours and then warm for the next day.

Post-Paddy's Day Corned Beef

In a huge soup pot, take 5 cloves of garlic and mince.  Dice an onion.  Here is my big creative idea to make this dish better: add a ton of crushed red pepper.  Saute for 5 minutes in spicy olive oil.  Add 2/3p cut up carrots, and saute covered for 10 minutes.  Slice up a whole head of cabbage, add as much liquid as possible from the crock to the pot, add some supplemental pepper corn and bay leaves.  Simmer covered for 20 minutes.  Then put the corned beef over it and simmer covered for another 5 minutes.  You can just use a pair of tongs to serve from this pot.  It is awesome, I wish it was available more often!