Corned Beef and Cabbage

My birthday is on March 15th, so naturally St. Patrick's day is a fun way to extend my birthday activities. This year, Shea and I decided to make the traditional corned beef and cabbage to start the day off right.

I originally wanted to "corn" my own beef, so I started searching the internet and fount Michael Rulhman's recipe (http://ruhlman.com/2012/03/corned-beef-recipe/). Shea convinced me that we should just buy a corned beef, and we ended up buying the Boar's Head corned beef (it was delicious and so easy).

All I did was boil the Boar's Head corned beef with the included spice packet in Guinness for about 4 hours; remove the beef, and then boil cabbage, potatoes, and carrots. 

To be honest, I was really impressed with out this dish turned out. I didn't know that I liked corned beef until this year, and now I hope that it becomes a birthday/St. Paddy's day tradition for us! Except maybe next year we will be brave and will "corn" our own beef...!