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.
The corn in corned beef. The fresh cuts of corned beef you find at the grocery store are usually the brisket cuts. The brisket is from the front part of the cow. The beef is called âcorned,â which refers to the curing method of the meat. Corned beef used to be dry-cured using âcornsâ of salt. Today, corned beef is brined with salt water.