Corned Beef Conundrum

What's the deal with dishes that are described as having corned beef but have very little corned beef?

For example, corned beef hash. This was the first dish I ever ordered with corned beef. It came highly recommended by the restaurant and just sounded good; home-style potatoes, grilled onions and peppers, egg whites scrambled (my preference) and in-house made corned beef hash. Makes my mouth water just writing about it. But when this meant to be glorious dish was placed in front of me I couldn't help but wonder - where was the fucking corned beef?

I mean seriously. Is there a reason to be stingy with corned beef? Is there some secret restaurant rule that you can only put so many grams of corned beef on any one plate or in any one dish?

My original corned beef experience was good, considering I never order something new off a menu. I'm a stickler for routines and liking what I like. I was happy with the change of habit but it left something to be desired. Namely more damn meat on the plate!

The first case of corned beef missing in action ended up not being the last time. Every time, and I mean every time, I have ordered a corned beef dish it is served with the smallest amount of corned beef allowable to not be sent back to the kitchen. I just don't get it.

I have since looked up the mystery of corned beef hash, whether it's expensive or if there's some other reason for it being a no show in it's own name sake dish. I hate to break it to you but there is no mystery. No rhyme or reason. You don't use the leanest or most expensive piece of beef on the market and you douse the shit out of it with salt. Both things making it fairly unhealthy but that can't be the reason. When you're at a diner do you think they give a shit about the calories you're consuming? Hell no.

So why the lack of fucking corned beef!? It's ponderous.

Way too much butter on your toast? Check.
Overly greasy, gristly bacon strips? Check.

Cinnamon rolls larger than basketballs? Check.

There are tons of other things that restaurants love to serve you that will damn near clog your arteries and kill you on the spot. So it's not about price and it's not about how unhealthy corned beef hash is.

I may never learn this great mystery but my quest for a decent ratio of corned beef to eggs and hash browns continues...