On 17-Nov-2006, Steve Wertz > wrote:

> I find the cutest little perfectly formed 4.25lb packer cut
> brisket tonight at the grocery store. I'll probably cure it with
> the pink Instacure and smoke it for thanksgiving. Somebody else
> is in charge of deep frying the turkey this year, and another the
> ham. So this will be my contribution.
>
> So would this be a veal brisket? Or just some sort of pigmy cow?
>
> -sw

Somebody lied to you on the packaging. An you should know better
then to think that a packer cut brisket could weigh as little as 4.25lbs.
I've never seen a flat under 7lbs.

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"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:54:00 GMT, wrote:
>
> > Somebody lied to you on the packaging. An you should know better
> > then to think that a packer cut brisket could weigh as little as
4.25lbs.
> > I've never seen a flat under 7lbs.
>
> This is flat + point, though the point is a little
> under-developed. The fat cap is thin as well.
>
> And I certainly know a brisket when I see one.


I want one. Hell, I want ten. That'd be just about the right size for me
since the ol' lady don't eat real meat anymore.


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