This unpleasant nerve sensation is what most people refer to as âhitting the funny boneâ. Even though the original â and rather laborious pun â underlying the whole âfunny boneâ gag has been long since lost, as it now refers to a nerve experience rather than a bone, the phrase lives on.
Much of the canned corned beef came from Fray Bentos in Uruguay, with over 16 million cans exported in 1943. Even now, significant amounts of the global canned corned beef supply comes from South America. Today, around 80% of the global tinned corned beef supply originates from Brazil.
Learn the differences between pastrami and corned beef. Corned beef is made from beef brisket, which is the upper front leg of a cow. The term âcornedâ gets its name because briskets were soaked in salt brine with chunks of salt that looked like corn kernels. Pastrami is made from the forequarter called the deckle or plate, or from the brisket. The brisket is either soaked in a salt brine like corned beef, or it is dry-cured with a salt rub for several weeks. Sarah Vantassel/Demand Media.