Der Brucer and I dined very nicely tonight, on corned beef and cabbage.
I was able to get the corned beef thawed in time, and set it to simmering while we got some shopping done.
Our first stop was over at Partner's Bistro, more so that we could chat over libations. A duo was playing, she on keyboards and singing and he on bass guitar and singing sort of. She had a very nice voice, somewhere between Toni Tennille and Helen Reddy. I'm not too sure where his voice was coming from, and that is not a compliment.
Then we went and forraged some cabbage and carrots and taters, and returned home. There's a trick to corned beef, in the New England dinner style. The trick is to take the corned beef out of the water and let it rest, while the vegetables cook. Without the resting period, the corned beef can't slice properly.
It sliced very nicely tonight.
Yum.