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On 30-Dec-2011, Nick Cramer > wrote:

> wrote:
> > I was just cruising through Wally World on a totally non-related
> > hunt when lo and behold I chanced to see two packer cut
> > briskets marked down to $1.60/lb. What was I to do? I couldn't
> > pass that by even though I had no plan to run the pit. Brisket
> > has been displayed at about $3.50/lb for the last many moons
> > around here.
> >
> > I think I'll just corn the flats and smoke the tips. I do dearly
> > love my home grown corned beef. Oddly, these beeves were
> > originally priced at $2.48/lb which is much lower then I've
> > been seeing lately. Give a shit what grade it is. I'm going to
> > corn some and smoke some. Grade isn't going to matter much
> > at the end.
>
> Too cool, Howard. Home made corned beef. Homemade pastrami, too?
>
> --
> Nick, KI6VAV.

I have made corned beef two or three times already, but have yet
to brave the smoking to make pastrami. I'm afraid that I cannot
obtain the light smoke and controlled humidity necessary to
properly produce pastrami. And frankly, my corned beef is so
good that I am reluctant to risk any of it to experimentation.

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Brick(Better to remain silent and be thought a fool
then to speak up and remove all doubt)