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From: Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Corned Beef Brisket (and a mild rant)
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:51:23 -0400
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On 3/14/2025 6:10 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2025-03-14 5:31 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> 
>> These days, corned beef is just plain weird. It's full of holes. This
>> could be caused by injecting water and other substances into the meat or
>> it could be caused by improper handling i.e., freezing the meat is done
>> too fast or too slow. Maybe it's caused by some sort of bovine
>> neuromuscular disease or alien cattle mutilation.
> 
> I am not exactly sure why corned beef just isn't in our repertoire.  I 
> can't say that I have have fond memories of it as a kid. My mother used 
> to so the corned beef, boiled cabbage and crappy old boiled potatoes for 
> St.Patrick's Day. I have eaten corned beef a few times but I just do 
> that Irish delicacy.
>
I guess you either like it or you don't.  I don't know what kind of 
corned beef brisket David finds in Hawaii.  I do know I've never seen it 
sold in a freezer case.  The corning process does not involve injecting 
the meat.  It's brined.  Maybe they've got crazy cows in Hawaii.

>>
>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/sHdh7SduUmu9P24f7
> 
That definitely looks weird.  I've never seen corned beef brisket with 
holes like that.

Jill