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Default I just don't get brisket

On 10/12/2014 5:13 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:

> I've had it prepared in Dallas. One of those catered things for a
> convention of thousands. When I saw the meat I wondered what was
> wrong with it and thought maybe the caterers messed up. I've smoked a
> couple. Same result as the brisket in Dallas. To me it is a pot
> roast and not a particularly good one. I've had it as corned beef.
> The mouth feel is stringy, dryish. You'd think with all that fat on
> the meat would make it more unctuous I think if you mixed brisket
> with another piece of beef, it would grind into good burger meat. Now
> I see that the burger chains are all touting that they've got a
> special burger with brisket. Tell me what I am missing.
> Janet US
>

brisket is my favorite to grind into burgers. Expensive sometimes, so
I'll mix it with chuck. Other than corned beef, which I buy already
cured, I've never cooked a plain brisket.

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