New England Boiled Dinner is a type of meal usually composed of corned beef and a variety of vegetables that have been boiled together. The water remaining from cooking the meat and vegetables is quite suitable as a soup stock. * Source of the recipe below: From “A Genuine New England Boiled Dinner”, American Kitchen Magazine (Boston: Home Science Publishing Company) XVIII (5): 577, February, 1903 A Genuine New England Boiled Dinner By the Cook The potatoes, washed and pared, are to be added last, and here we have a notable potful indeed. My dear woman, Hash!