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drunken_storytelling t1_itanqfc wrote

Reply to comment by cerrvine in Looking for traditional Maine recipes from early 1800s by JayhawkInMaine

Salt? What is this you speak of?

Not sure if it's a traditional thing but my grandmother often makes New England Boiled Dinner. It's just a slab of beef, carrots, potatoes, turnips, and cabbage boiled literally all day. A whole stock pot and she probably adds like a teaspoon of salt. I don't understand why they all love it...

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fLux3303 t1_itbjbx5 wrote

It’s an Irish thing if I’m not mistaken, but I’d never heard of it til I moved to Maine… boiled dinner…

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lipsticknic3 t1_itbqm2g wrote

An Irish blood who transplanted in Maine, maine was the first time I had heard the term boiled dinner

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lsanborn t1_itdffpn wrote

My family made this with corned beef. I think before refrigeration was common they used salt preserved beef. So no extra salt needed.

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