corned beef

corned beef

C5675200 (kôrnd)n. Beef, usually brisket, round, or rump, that is seasoned with spices and cured in brine.

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[From corn, to preserve with granulated salt or brine.]Word History: One might wonder where the corn in corned beef is, since there are no yellow kernels of maize to be found in a corned beef sandwich. Upon contemplation, some people may even reason that the beef must have come from cattle fed with corn—that is, maize. In fact, corned beef originally referred to beef preserved by corning, or dry-curing with salt. The word corn was used in the past to describe the large, coarse grains of salt that were sprinkled and rubbed onto beef, or into which the beef was set to cure, according to the methods traditionally used to make corned beef. (This method is still used today to make cured meats like prosciutto.) Nowadays, however, most corned beef is soaked in brine rather than corned.

corned′ beef′

n. beef cured in a seasoned brine and cooked.

Thesaurus

Noun

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corned beef - beef cured or pickled in brine bully beef, corn beefboeuf, beef - meat from an adult domestic bovine

Translations

咸牛肉

corn¹

(koːn) noun1. the seeds of cereal plants, especially (in Britain) wheat, or (in North America) maize. 穀物的種子(英，尤指小麥)，(美)玉米 （英）谷物，（北美）玉米 2. (American grain) the plants themselves. a field of corn. 玉米株 玉米植株corn on the cob an ear of corn (maize) that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable. 玉米穗 （煮食的）玉米，玉米棒子 corned beef salted beef (usually cooked and canned). 鹹牛肉(通常已煮熟並裝罐) 咸牛肉ˈcornflakes noun plural crushed pieces of corn eaten with milk (and sugar), usually for breakfast. a bowl of cornflakes; a box of cornflakes. （早餐）玉米片 （早餐）玉米片 ˈcornflour noun finely ground (especially maize) flour. 玉米粉 玉米粉ˈcornflower noun a blue-flowered plant. 矢車菊 矢车菊