Last night TCB asked:
Why is it that most people only cook a corned beef dinner on St. Patty’s Day? It is the same delicious dinner, no matter when you serve it.
Totally! And I do enjoy it any time of year. I love the stuff.
For us, doing this on St. Pat's is a fun, silly, inexpensive, and very delicious tradition. Nothing more. But we like some traditions, and this is one of them. No one is under any illusion that there's even the slightest thing authentic or meaningful about it. And that's not to insult anyone of Irish descent or Catholic faith or anything else. We aren't of either persuasion...any more than any of us are Mexican on May 5th. Hell, what I love about the meal is that it's more Jewish than anything. I'm downright passionate about this particular combination of foodstuffs.
Yes, people should cook this very meal all year. With the exception of soda bread, every single thing about it is available to all, every day of the year.