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boiled dinner

noun

Northern and North Midland U.S.
  1. a meal of meat and vegetables, as of corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes, prepared by boiling.


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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of boiled dinner1

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
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My early memories cemented cabbage as little more than root vegetable filler in a boiled dinner starring brackish corned beef, or encasing humble beef and rice filling in my German-born grandmother's stuffed cabbage rolls.

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I’m thinking of the classic French pot au feu — a boiled dinner of beef, chicken, sausage and vegetables.

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Even corned beef and cabbage is a mixture of what the Irish eat and a New England boiled dinner.

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He returned to St. John’s in 2006 and helped found Atlantica in nearby Portugal Cove, one of Newfoundland’s first serious restaurants in a province better known for boiled dinner.

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A pot of beef and vegetables popular all over is New England boiled dinner, and it’s essentially a pot roast simmered in water with lots of root vegetables.

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