Corned beef, (also bully beef in the UK), is a cut of beef (usually brisket, but sometimes round or silverside) cured or pickled in a seasoned brine. The "corn" in "corned beef" refers to the "corn" or grains of coarse salts used to cure it. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the usage of "corn," meaning "small hard particle, a grain, as of sand or salt," to 888, and the term "corned beef" to 1621. The term "corned beef" can denote different styles of brine-cured beef, depending on the region. Some, like American-style corned beef, are highly seasoned and often considered delicatessen fare.

I was brought up to follow rules and to do as my mother told me. To say “Yes please” and “Thank you” when I was offered my Auntie Margret's stale corned beef sandwiches. But first and foremost, I was brought up to follow the rules and teachings of the Bible.

A hilarious article about a "healthy, dying" man and a corned beef sandwich.

To some, paradise is a place where heavenly choruses rejoice. To others, it’s a hot kosher corned beef sandwich on Jewish rye... "Yes, the deli—and by deli I don't mean the packaged sandwich section in the supermarkets and 7-11’s—is the real place of Jewish worship. A genuine Jewish deli is not simply a wondrous locale, it’s a wondrous experience."