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Corned beef
From Cookipedia
The term "corned beef" can denote different styles of brine-cured beef. in the UK it commonly refers to canned corned beef, as illustrated.
The "corn" in "corned beef" refers to the "corn" or grains of coarse salts used to cure it. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the usage of "corn," meaning "small hard particle, a grain, as of sand or salt," to 888, and the term "corned beef" to 1621.
