Thursday, March 17, 2011

Fusion Cuisine, ala St. Patricks Day

Where is that tweet, or was it in a food blog or other source, but I heard that the traditional corned beef and cabbage served in mass quantities throughout the U.S. on St. Patrick's Day, actually has roots in New York's Lower East Side. There were many immigrants of European Jewish and Irish heritage, among other immigrant people. The story is that the Jews and the Irish brought together the idea of using the last of the stored winter veggies, the ones that lasted the longest were potatoes, carrots and cabbages. The corns are actually a term for the course grains of salt that were used to cure and preserve the beef, usually a brisket. Pastrami is also similar cured beef that is highly seasoned and delicious. I am getting ready to eat.

NCAA D1 Women Swimming Championships this weekend. I am looking forward to going to the Open Water Safety Conference in San Francisco this weekend sponsored by United States Masters Swimming and Pacific Masters Swimming. There are many outstanding speakers, guests and participants.

Log of workout

Erg 35 minutes total.

Start slow
5 min 800+meter
15 minutes to reach 4km total
Good row for last 10 minutes, last 2 minutes well over 500 meters
5 minute row down
No issues

1000 swim very easy until I felt better. Left shoulder irritation, dissipated after swim.

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