Ah, that most Jewish way to drunkenly celebrate an Irish-Catholic holiday. What could be more American! Wait! What! Yes, it's true, but more about that in a minute. Right now, concentrate on the fork-tender brisket. This awesome brisket can be used for so many wonderful things later, like seared and served with slaw and potatoes, or in a traditional corned beef and cabbage, or between two slices of fried sourdough as my O'Rueben. Really the possibilities are almost endless.

Back to the whole the Irish wouldn't have been celebrating with a brisket and beer thing, well it's true. Or so I've been told. If you're Irish please correct me if I am wrong about your history, they didn't eat corned beef back when this became a tradition. They weren't introduced to it until they immigrated to America and were introduced to it by their new Jewish neighbors. That's right, the poor in Ireland couldn't afford a large piece of beef like a brisket. Traditionally it would more likely have been salted pork or something similar. Also, St. Patrick's Day is a Catholic feast day and having too many pints would probably be frowned upon. Well, except it might give you something to confess the next day. As soon as I find where I first heard that, I will link back to it.