Corned Beef

[perentie]

Like a lot of us I like to carry a can or two of corned beef in the camper and to eat at home when I cant be bothered cooking. There is lots to choose from but most are pretty ordinary. So researching the best corned beef I came across Ox and Palm. Gets reviews as the best ever. I thought I would buy some to try. No go, its all exported even though its canned here in Wagga Wagga. The yanks love it and the only way we can get it is through Ebay or Amazon at a highly inflated price.
You would think there must be a way, even buy in bulk from the factory door or something.
https://www.oxandpalmcornedbeef.com/our-quality/
https://www.amazon.com.au/Ox-Palm-Corne ... B08GHYT56P
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/12578730064 ... RwujTbVjUL

[deye243]

Bugger that I do my own with kangaroo legs

[bigrich]

Like a lot of us I like to carry a can or two of corned beef in the camper and to eat at home when I cant be bothered cooking. There is lots to choose from but most are pretty ordinary. So researching the best corned beef I came across Ox and Palm. Gets reviews as the best ever. I thought I would buy some to try. No go, its all exported even though its canned here in Wagga Wagga. The yanks love it and the only way we can get it is through Ebay or Amazon at a highly inflated price.
You would think there must be a way, even buy in bulk from the factory door or something.
https://www.oxandpalmcornedbeef.com/our-quality/
https://www.amazon.com.au/Ox-Palm-Corne ... B08GHYT56P
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/12578730064 ... RwujTbVjUL

like a lot of our better produce and seafood , it get's exported and australian's get stuck with crap . never used to be like that.....

[GreyDog]

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like a lot of our better produce and seafood, it get's exported and australian's get stuck with crap . never used to be like that.....[/quote]

So true, but it's a sad reality (i.m.o.).
I'm at the age of realising that most (not all) people are just out to get the most ($ or benefit) for themselves any way they can, regardless of negative impacts on neighbours/relatives or Australian citizens. I think it is something in our human DNA/genetic makeup.
So, a beef producer, cray-fisher or anyone else with a product that can earn more from exporting than catering for the domestic market goes down that line. Totally understandable in the society we have let flourish i.m.o. Not that I condone it - quite the opposite!
Back to the O.P. I've fond memories of cans of corned beef and spam from 40 + years ago. It served a purpose at the time as a back-up meal when required, when out bush.
I watch with interest, to see whether anyone has found a decent canned meat/beef option readily available these days.

[No1Mk3]

Hamper does me. But if you want Palm, the Made in NZ variety, International Groceries in Loganholme have it.

[rossfrb]

Making your own isn't that difficult if you have the inclination.
Basically get a cut of beef that appeals to you, brine overnight with any seasonings you want and then either boil or souse vide. Cut into meal sized pieces that suite you and vac seal and freeze. Or will keep for a few days in the fridge.
If you're into that sort of thing it is quite satisfying.

[NTSOG]

rossfrb: "Basically get a cut of beef that appeals to you, brine overnight with any seasonings ..."

Ross I'm curious. Whenever we kill a beast, we make corn beef. The farm butcher injects the meat with a brine mix, and we leave the meat to soak for about 8-10 days in the brine before cutting it into sections for freezing. You only soak the meat overnight? How does that work?

Jim

[Wapiti]

We've gone to making everything from scratch for awhile now, and it's really not difficult at all.

The knowledge of the preservatives in any food that's been meddled with and processed in any way is what's causing all the issues with people's health that wasdn't present a few generations ago. All types of cancers, perverted cells and human function diseases has come from processed food.
We're collectively even killing our pets.
What I've been shown in official medical literature on what this is doing to the human body is unbelievable, I cannot understand how the global food industry has been infested by evil and scandal and just glossed over. Just basically excepted.
As was mentioned above, you make it yourself. It won't contribute to your agonising death intubated in a cold impersonal hospital then.

[Willie]

I used to like Camp Pie with fried eggs. Not good for the old bod, though, apparently.

[bladeracer]

rossfrb: "Basically get a cut of beef that appeals to you, brine overnight with any seasonings ..."

Ross I'm curious. Whenever we kill a beast, we make corn beef. The farm butcher injects the meat with a brine mix, and we leave the meat to soak for about 8-10 days in the brine before cutting it into sections for freezing. You only soak the meat overnight? How does that work?

Jim

Rose puts the roasts into plastic bags with salt, thyme, paprika and bay leaves and puts them in the fridge for a couple weeks. The salt draws the moisture out of the meat so the bag becomes very wet, though the meat is not exactly immersed in water.

[bladeracer]

Like a lot of us I like to carry a can or two of corned beef in the camper and to eat at home when I cant be bothered cooking. There is lots to choose from but most are pretty ordinary. So researching the best corned beef I came across Ox and Palm. Gets reviews as the best ever. I thought I would buy some to try. No go, its all exported even though its canned here in Wagga Wagga. The yanks love it and the only way we can get it is through Ebay or Amazon at a highly inflated price.
You would think there must be a way, even buy in bulk from the factory door or something.
https://www.oxandpalmcornedbeef.com/our-quality/
https://www.amazon.com.au/Ox-Palm-Corne ... B08GHYT56P
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/12578730064 ... RwujTbVjUL

I don't mind a can of spam occasionally. I just scoop it out of the can in wedges with a knife, wrap a slice of bread around it and eat it.

[Wapiti]

I used to like Camp Pie with fried eggs. Not good for the old bod, though, apparently.

Apparently mate? Don't fall for it, home-made from scratch is what our bodies evolved to eat.
It's the terribly evil seed oils, fake milk made from grains, chemicals made in labs, that's what's killing us. According to people's terrible health afflictions when looking at their diets. The common denominators are there with those consuming them.

Made yourself without the numbers in the additives, with real butter and eggs, it's exactly what the human body is supposed to have.
VERY limited use of grains, only problem is the pastry we insist on wrapping everything in...

Something my super-fit brother said, who's a 56yo medical doc and psychiatrist who lectures on this and mental health worldwide on invitation, if you can pick it from a tree or club it over the head, kill it and consume everything it offers, that's what we evolved to eat. Something my wife also tells her patients.
Since I went that way, I've never been stronger or had more energy.

Sorry for the thread creep, that's my fault.
One should never give political or dietary opinion online, reasonable sane discussion is impossible.

[bladeracer]

Absolutely agree, Wapiti.
I get my fruit straight off the trees, love blackberry season. Go for a scout around the pistol club grounds gorging the blackberrys when I go in. We've had oranges for the last six months, and still getting them. Apples will be coming very soon. Our meat enjoys a great life in the paddocks. We'd like to get a few sheep to augment the beef still.

Bloody foxes have decimated our chooks recently, took three of them yesterday. So we're building a new yard for them roday. Idiots refuse to stay in safety behind the electric fence though, they want to be out roaming around chasing foxes.

Apparently mate? Don't fall for it, home-made from scratch is what our bodies evolved to eat.
It's the terribly evil seed oils, fake milk made from grains, chemicals made in labs, that's what's killing us. According to people's terrible health afflictions when looking at their diets. The common denominators are there with those consuming them.

Made yourself without the numbers in the additives, with real butter and eggs, it's exactly what the human body is supposed to have.
VERY limited use of grains, only problem is the pastry we insist on wrapping everything in...

Something my super-fit brother said, who's a 56yo medical doc and psychiatrist who lectures on this and mental health worldwide on invitation, if you can pick it from a tree or club it over the head, kill it and consume everything it offers, that's what we evolved to eat. Something my wife also tells her patients.
Since I went that way, I've never been stronger or had more energy.

Sorry for the thread creep, that's my fault.
One should never give political or dietary opinion online, reasonable sane discussion is impossible.

[rossfrb]

rossfrb: "Basically get a cut of beef that appeals to you, brine overnight with any seasonings ..."

Ross I'm curious. Whenever we kill a beast, we make corn beef. The farm butcher injects the meat with a brine mix, and we leave the meat to soak for about 8-10 days in the brine before cutting it into sections for freezing. You only soak the meat overnight? How does that work?

Jim

I try to avoid the use of nitrites (the stuff that gives corned beef its distinctive colour) so I'm not game to soak for a long period as I also don't want food poisoning either.
I use smaller cuts of beef and find that overnight around 7% salt solution works for me.
Maybe calling it corned beef is a bit of a stretch.

[fussy]

"like a lot of our better produce and seafood , it get's exported and australian's get stuck with crap . never used to be like that....."

Yep, we export lobster to China, but they're making a fuss about antibiotics from nearby (10 km) salmon farms, as china has strict import laws about food quality...for the consumption of the big guys, not the peasants.
Peasants (and customers overseas like us) have to put up with flammable children's clothes...

[Bugman]

I used to like Camp Pie with fried eggs. Not good for the old bod, though, apparently.

I still like the odd bit of tinned corned beef, myself. In moderation, it can't do much harm, according to my GP, but me thinks he means, just one can every 12 months.

[alexjones]

I bought a harvest right dehydrator and make my own MREs. Chicken, pasta, steak, fruit, vegetables, everything I got.

[Fester]

Campie and spam lol, sounds like a decent tinned meat has still not been invented.
I remember both as a desperate walk in camp food as a kid.
I tried it again as a reminder and never touched it since.

Blokes doing corned veno reckon it's the best corned meat ever, not just their opinion, the wives and non game meat eaters seem to agree.

The pump method is said to be ideal, but when I try it, the syringe will be good enough.

[bladeracer]

Campie and spam lol, sounds like a decent tinned meat has still not been invented.
I remember both as a desperate walk in camp food as a kid.
I tried it again as a reminder and never touched it since.

Blokes doing corned veno reckon it's the best corned meat ever, not just their opinion, the wives and non game meat eaters seem to agree.

The pump method is said to be ideal, but when I try it, the syringe will be good enough.

Been years since I've had Camp Pie.

I took a can of Spam with me for the weekend. I just dig slices of it out of the can with a knife, lay it on a slice of bread, fold it and eat it. Don't mind the old Spam, it fills the empty hole pretty nicely. For five days of food I took two loafs of wholemeal bread, a loaf of raisin bread, a can of Spam, two packets of sliced corned beef, a packet of sliced cheese, a packet of Arnotts biscuits, three jars of pineapple chunks, four Mars Bars, three-litres of apple juice, and 25L of water. I don't bother with eskies or fridges so my supplies have to be pretty tough, I don't want anything that'll go off in five days in a hot car. I packed up to come home still with the raisin loaf, half the cheese (which had melted into a solid oily lump on day one), half the Spam, one biscuit, one Mars Bar, one jar of pineapple chunks, and 12L of the water. So I scoffed the Spam, the biscuit and the Mars Bar for lunch and hit the road. Rose had corned beef waiting for me when I got home at 2030 (I stopped in town for an air pistol match). I ate the remains of my supplies yesterday arvo. I had to fast from Monday evening for blood tests on Tuesday morning, but stuff happened and I didn't get the bloods taken until 1430, finally got home after 1600 starving. Get the results of the lead levels on Friday.

We had Rose's corned beef again tonight, very nice.