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Found out last week that we associate corned beef with the Irish 'cuz back in ireland, not only were cows pretty much holy and only eaten at the end of their useful life but the English drove all the Irish off decent land anyway so they pretty much never got to eat cow. But when they got to NY there were all these Jewish delis selling pastrami for peanuts so the Irish Americans gorged themselves. It's like that whole lobster thing - serve it to prison inmates in Maine and they revolt because they're being forced to eat garbage fish. Put it in a reefer car and ship it across the continental divide and suddenly it's a luxury.