St Patrick's Day - do potatoes count if you don't eat 'em?

[NaturalHorseman]

Folks -
I'm thinking toward mid-March and St. Patrick's Day with corned beef, cabbage, onions, carrots and potatoes. The onions, carrots and potatoes are for the rest of the family. I'll sign up for the corned beef and some cabbage. When I'm counting carbs do I have to take on an additional carb count because the onions, carrots and potatoes are boiled in the same pot?

If yes, can avoid most of 'em by boiling "my" cabbage separately?
(I'm getting hungry just thinking about it!)

Thanks much.

[Desertthorn]

Re: St Patrick's Day - do potatoes count if you don't eat 'em?

I think a purest would say yes, but do you need to really eat the broth, the tato carbs shouldn't go in the meat.

[NaturalHorseman]

Re: St Patrick's Day - do potatoes count if you don't eat 'em?

Desertthorn -
Thanks much.
That's the answer I WANT to hear!
..thoma
p.s. so boiling shrimp in beer doesn't hurt either, RIGHT!?!?!

[not2late]

Re: St Patrick's Day - do potatoes count if you don't eat 'em?

I boil the veg separately from the corned beef. What I do is pour some of the beef cooking liquid into another pot, then boil the veg in there---that's mainly because I can never get the timing just right and I either end up with overcooked veg or mushy corned beef because its cooked too long.

[NaturalHorseman]

Re: St Patrick's Day - do potatoes count if you don't eat 'em?

thks.