When Irish Eyes are Smiling.........

[lowracer]

Soon as we got the oven hooked up yesterday my wife called her sister for her family-secret corned beef and cabbage recipe. Pretty sure we'll be cooking that in the T'well tonight.

[treatmaker]

Well, all I can say is that the t-well is perfect for corned beef and cabbage. Just pulled the pot out and everything looks great.I used a 3 1/2 lb corned beef put in large thermo pot covered with cold water and brought it to a boil on top of stove - skimmed off the foam on top of water and covered an put in twell for 20 min of gas and turned off for 2 hours. I pulled the pot out added some red skinned potatoes (whole) and large wedges of cabbage, put back in thermowell with 10 min of gas and 1 hour off. Everything is perfect.

Here's a toast to all our chambers Irishmen:

May you always have a clean shirt, a clear conscience, and enough coins in your pocket to buy a pint.

Slainte! (cheers)

Treatmaker

[phoebe9435]

Hi treatmaker - why would you need to bring it to a boil on top of the oven instead of in the thermowell?

[treatmaker]

Pheobe,

It's just easier to see it come to a boil and than I just put in the thermowell on a low flame for a simmer. Hard to adjust the flame in the thermo without being able to see it, and if you open the cover and lift up the pot to see, you've lost some of the heat to cook with the gas off.

Treatmaker

[treatmaker]

Happy Saint Patricks Day to all!

Wondering if anyone has ever made corned beef in the thermowell?

I've already started mine in the pot, but would take any tips/advice. I put in the corned beef and will probably add the potatos half way through and then the cabbage.

Treatmaker

[lowracer]

We just had a great corned beef and cabbage experience tonight. Put the corned beef in the large thermowell kettle along with garlic and onion and peppercorns. We did 30 minutes of gas and then 5 hours retained heat plus pilot in the T-well.

Meanwhile, we had chopped potatoes, carrots, and celery in a pot in the fridge, and also a pot of cabbage there. About 45 minutes before the beef was done, we got these pots out and put them on the stove top, where they were boiled and then simmered.

It tasted great. We had extra so we took a pot over to our neighbor's. They had brought us a pot of chicken soup while my wife was sick. My wife has heard that you should never return a pot empty. So it went back with a healthy portion of corned beef and cabbage.