It doesn't matter how many people I am planning on cooking for, I always over estimate how much corned beef to make (this may be on purpose, but don't tell The Picky Eater). Okay, if it is just me and The Picky Eater, even small corned beef is going to be way more than we can eat for one meal. That's not really a problem though. Left over corned beef means CORNED BEEF HASH the next morning!
Yeah, it may be the best thing about St. Patrick's Day (seriously, how often do you buy and cook a corned beef that doesn't involve a very green holiday?) and it's a quick and easy way to use up all that wonderful once-a-year goodness. The crunchy potatoes, fresh bite of the peppers, and that one-of-a-kind flavor that only corned beef is make the morning wonderful. even if you went a little overboard with getting your Irish on. It works as a great cure for too much celebrating of the wearing of the green (or so I'm told).