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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: Corned Beef Brisket (and a mild rant)
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:24:02 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-14, flood of sins <fos@sdf.org> wrote:
> On 2025-03-13, Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
>> On 2025-03-13, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>> I love corned beef brisket.  Unfortunately it is only available in 
>>> grocery stores around St. Patrick's Day.  
>
>> Sorry.  I can get it all year long.
>
> Wegmans has it only this time of year, is branded in their name.
> it's consistently less salty than other brands. i'm indifferent
> to it, is what my wife prefers so so be it. i used to grab a
> half dozen this time of year. two for corned beef and cabbage
> throughout the next year, the rest for smoked pastrami.
>
> this year i decided to get only two Wegmans brand to free up 
> freezer space. BJs has corned beef year 'round. i'll get it there 
> when i'm making pastrami.

There are only a couple of brands that I like.  In any event,
I don't have any use for that much corned beef.  Neither of
us particularly likes it hot and boiled, and both of us prefer
pastrami for sandwiches.  Once in a while I'll buy half a pound
of pastrami and we'll make sandwiches.

-- 
Cindy Hamilton