A ‘how we think she made it’ recipe for corned beef and macaroni that my grandmother Burwell cooked. It should look like a stew or thick soup. Grandma said it was Pennsylvania Dutch in origin, as was she, and it was something her mother made. My niece, via Facebook messages, asked me for help with it. I was of no help, but I learned how to make it!
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Hi – I am now.
I was making Gramma’s corned beef pasta stuff and couldn’t remember if potatoes went in! All is well. It turned out 🙂
Ok good. You’ll have to tell me how you make it. I don’t know how. Your dad and I have talked about it but can’t remember. We thought potatoes were in it.
Yes that was my question – potatoes or not! I added small potato cubes and onion. Dad doesn’t think there was onion but I’m sure there was!! He thought there was cubed cheese too but I don’t think so. lol
Ha! I don’t think there was onion, but I would put it in. No, I don’t think cheese, but that would be good. I don’t know how she creamed it – flour and water? I don’t remember mom or grandma using milk or cream. I’d use milk. When I made it, it wasn’t like hers. It was kind of like cream of macaroni soup. lol
No cream or milk! Cook your potatoes and the potato water thickens with the macaroni. So yummy! 🙂 Now you must remember. I was about 4 when I cooked this with great-grandma!!
Well, I never! (as Grandma B would say). No wonder mine didn’t taste right. Can you send me what you did, including the kind of corned beef.
Are you there?Corned Beef Macaroni Recipe
* 4 cups water, to boil
* Add 2 potatoes cut in small cubes and 1 small onion diced.
* Add 1 can of corned beef ( I just used no name – looks like spam)
* Let boil another 4 min.
* Add 2 cups of elbow macaroni. You may need to keep adding water as the noodles cook but don’t make it too watery. Stir often because noodles will stick.
* Add salt after cooking as the beef is salty!!
Yum yum, the kids even enjoyed it!
You mean the rectangular cans of corned beef? Do you just plonk the whole lump in or chop it up first?
LOL sorry, yes, the rectangle one. I break it up first but it usually falls apart after a while in the broth 🙂
So, there is the recipe for our favourite meal at Grandma Burwell’s house. I don’t remember my mother making it and, although I knew it was simple, I could not replicate it. All this time, my niece could. Fortunately she had a memory lapse so I found out how. Grandma, I think, would snicker and say “Land o’ Goshen!” if she knew we were doing this. And she’d like the pictures my niece sent too.
