Corning is done to more meats than...

Corning is done to more meats than just beef but not very common, and is essentially a salting process used to tenderise and preserve otherwise tough cuts of meat, often brisket. Corned beef and cabbage is traditional St Patrick's day meal for the irish but they call it salt beef. Keith (my foreman originally from Manchester) had never had corned silverside outside a tin until he came to New Zealand either. The tinned stuff is not really corned at all and is full of fat. If they get too cheeky just call them a bunch of lousy Manks (sp?) (Manks - ppl from manchester) and they are no better than Scousers (ppl from liverpool). Tell them that if our sheep are so bad why do they eat so much of it and living next door to sheep is alot better than living next to a whole lot of englishmen. More polite for a start and smell better. Probably talk more sense as well.
And tell them that if the English education system was really up to scratch then they would know that New Zealand was never settled by convicts or warders and instead was initially ppled by pioneers driven from england by the repressive class system and lack of opportunity. Instead the first New Zealand settlers were a hardy bunch of ppl who had the balls to leave behind the old country and start a better one. The first settlers to arrive in New Zealand came over on ships organised by 'The New Zealand Company'. This company was responsible for the initial settlement of New Zealand by thousands of settlers.

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