>>>While I love Guinness, I can't stand corned beef.
>I think you have to be from NY or Boston to like corned beef. They're the only places where you can get a decent rendition of it.

I'm from Philly and I like a corned beef a lot (and cook it several times a year). That said, homemade pastrami beats homemade corned beef any day of the week.

Tamar