First time I used the instapot for this recipe. Corned beef exist because of England. When the Roman armies invaded Briton they introduced beef to England. They became the number one consumer of beef way back since the 1600's. They imported cattle from Ireland, and Europe. In the cattle acts of 1663 and 1667 the live cattle could no longer be imported into England. So the Irish started production of salted beef. The salt was the size of corn kernels. Thus corned beef. This also drove the price of beef down.

After the Cattle Acts, salt was the main reason Ireland became the hub for corned beef. Irelands salt tax was almost 1/10 that of England’s and could import the highest quality at an inexpensive price. With the large quantities of cattle and high quality of salt, Irish corned beef was the best on the market. It didn’t take long for Ireland to be supplying Europe and the Americas with its wares. But, this corned beef was much different than what we call corned beef today. With the meat being cured with salt the size of corn kernels, the taste was much more salt than beef.