Corned Beef and Cabbage for St. Patrick's Day

Ingredients

• 4 pounds corned beef untrimmed
• 8 cups water
• spice mixture see below
• 8 small red potatoes unpeeled and cut into quarters
• 5 carrots unpeeled, halved and cut into thirds
• 1 head cabbage cut into 8 wedges
• 1 onion medium, cut into eighths
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 5 tablespoons yellow mustard
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 5 whole cloves
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds whole