Month: March 2019
Old-Fashion Boiled Dinner
4 lbs. corned beef 1 medium turnip
2 Tbsp. sugar 6 to 8 carrots
1 tsp. pickling spice 2 medium onions
2 bay leaves 1 medium cabbage
4 to 6 fresh beets 7 to 8 potatoes, cut up
Place corned beef, sugar, spice and bay leaves in large kettle. Bring to boil, boil for 5 minutes. Skim scum off top, turn down heat, simmer, cover until tender. Cook beets, turnip, carrots, onions and cabbage (add each vegetable according to allowed cooking time.) Add potatoes.
Recommended cooking times:
Corned beef 5 hrs; beets 2 1/2 hrs; turnips 2 hrs; onion, carrots and cabbage 1 hr; cut up potatoes 1/2 hr.
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- 4 lbs. corned beef
- 1 medium turnip
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
- 6 to 8 carrots
- 1 tsp. pickling spice
- 2 medium onions
- 2 leaves bay
- 1 medium cabbage
- 4 to 6 fresh beets
- 7 to 8 potatoes cut up
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Instructions
- Place corned beef, sugar, spice and bay leaves in large kettle. Bring to boil, boil for 5 minutes. Skim scum off top, turn down heat, simmer, cover until tender. Cook beets, turnip, carrots, onions and cabbage (add each vegetable according to allowed cooking time.) Add potatoes.
Recipe Notes
Recommended cooking times: Corned beef 5 hrs; beets 2 1/2 hrs; turnips 2 hrs; onion, carrots and cabbage 1 hr; cut up potatoes 1/2 hr.

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- 4 Maine Lobster 1 to 1 1/2 lbs.
- lemon wedges
- 4 qts. boiling water
- 5 Tbsp. salt
- melted butter
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Instructions
- Plunge lobster head first into boiling water and continue cooking for 20 minutes. Drain. Cut in half, lengthwise, removing stomach (just back of the head) and the intestines vein. Eat hot or cold with melted butter and lemon.