Biplane posted:

What the gently caress

Bar Ran Dun posted:

They used to store meats in barrels. Salt, layer of meat, salt, layer of meat, salt, etc. They did this with beef, pork, cod etc.

“Pork barrel” as a political term comes from this.

Biplane posted:

No, what? I understand the concept of storing salted meats, my shock and disgust was more towards the fact my entire life I have been falsely led to believe corned beef contains corn, which I hate.

Byzantine posted:

Are...are the oceans corned water?

kazil posted:

https://twitter.com/BirdRespecter/status/1785026113120710807
https://futurism.com/catholics-defrock-ai-priest-hallucinations

PainterofCrap posted:

I finally looked that up one day, because it bugged me. The salt used in preserving beef consists of large grains the size of corn kernels.

so basically: salt beef

kazil posted:

https://twitter.com/BirdRespecter/status/1785026113120710807
https://futurism.com/catholics-defrock-ai-priest-hallucinations

zedprime posted:

Lmao reading the small print they actually defrocked it. Not turned it off, you can still talk to him. He just doesn't pretend to be a priest anymore and is wearing normal clothes instead of a priest's collar.

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Lobok posted:

Not quite. The "corn" in corned beef is actually salt.

PainterofCrap posted:

I finally looked that up one day, because it bugged me. The salt used in preserving beef consists of large grains the size of corn kernels.

so basically: salt beef

kazil posted:

kazil posted:

Platystemon posted:

Yeah but what kind of corn? Millet is pretty small.

Biplane posted:

No, what? I understand the concept of storing salted meats, my shock and disgust was more towards the fact my entire life I have been falsely led to believe corned beef contains corn, which I hate.

Dang It Bhabhi! posted:

I thought corned beef because peppercorns were involved somehow but it looks like I’m a real fuckin rear end in a top hat now.

a sexual elk posted:

Cornish game hen? That’s just pigeon with smaller bits of salt

kazil posted:

https://twitter.com/BirdRespecter/status/1785026113120710807
https://futurism.com/catholics-defrock-ai-priest-hallucinations

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

It's a shame this wasn't an official Catholic Church thing, then we might've had a Server Synod.

Platystemon posted:

Yeah but what kind of corn? Millet is pretty small.

zedprime posted:

Corn kernels are exceptionally large corns. Corn is named for being the primary cereal of America but I like to think European explorers were like "holy poo poo get a load of the size of that corn!"

A more normal corn is wheat or barley. The curing salt used for corned beef is probably more wheat corn sized. Corn sized salt corns would not mass transfer very well.

uber_stoat posted:

Cornish game hens, much like salt and grain, originated in the British region known as Cornwall and over time spread out throughout the world until they became the ubiquitous commodities we all know and love today.

kazil posted:

King Carnivore posted:

Bad news, guys:

https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki/status/1785452321901552071

ultrafilter posted:

I want to beefthieve.