I Hope You're Over It By Now

I was looking back through some old emails and found this gem:

At 5:03 PM -0800 3/13/01, Joanna wrote:
>So I've been wondering what corned beef was and what
>it tasted like. I bought some last night and followed
>all the directions for cooking it. I did everything
>right and it was the most vile salty tasting crap I've
>ever had. Plus our house smells so horribly. We each
>took one bite and threw it in the trash and went to
>Russ' for dinner. I can't believe anyone would like
>corned beef. With my one bite, my tongue was
>practically swollen and I couldn't get the taste out
>of my mouth!!
>j

My reply was:
>I nearly threw up that sounds so nasty. I'm trying to
>remember if I've ever had corned beef. If it were as
>bad as you describe, I'm sure I would remember.