This has always been a favorite of JollyCook, and what better day to serve up a good helping of corned beef brisket with cabbage and vegetables. Enjoy the Super Bowl!

When Bentley College freshman Erin M. Ortiz went home sick last weekend, her mother did what any mother might do. She cooked comfort foods - corned beef, rice, and plantains - reflecting her daughter's Puerto Rican and Irish heritage. It didn't help. Ortiz complained of a headache and went to bed. She was dead in a day, and her parents ask how.

New England boiled dinner is the basis of a traditional New England meal, consisting of corned beef or a smoked "picnic ham" shoulder, with cabbage and added vegetable items, often including potato, rutabaga, parsnip, carrot, white turnip and onion. When using a beef roast, this meal is often known simply as corned beef and cabbage even with the addition of other vegetables . A similar Newfoundland dish is called a Jiggs dinner, named for the character in Bringing Up Father. When prepared with a ham shoulder, this meal is often referred to as smoked shoulder.