From now through March 17, a corned beef in every pot | Pamela’s Food Service Diary Updated Mar 08, 2021; Posted Mar 08, 2021 Corned beef and cabbage from Call It A Wrap in West Brighton (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)Pamela Silvestri Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In light of the would-be Forest Avenue parade on Sunday, March 7, readers’ recent emails have focused on corned beef and Irish soda bread memories and recipes. Thanks for the correspondence and, as a result, today we’re going to tackle the meat portion of this St. Patrick’s Day food discussion. Years ago there was a butcher named Frank on Manor Road. And he crafted a spectacular corned beef. Seeing the process was a lesson on exactly what the “corned” meant on the beef. The product comes from a brine, water in a barrel salted heavily so as to pickle a brisket and make it buoyant.