Re: Corned Beef Brisket (and a mild rant)

On 2025-03-14, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

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.
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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.

I imagine a lot of food arrives frozen in Hawaii.  Those holes
aren't from injection; they're too random. 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/sHdh7SduUmu9P24f7

 

That definitely looks weird.  I've never seen corned beef brisket with
holes like that.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Butchery/comments/1fspq7a/whats_up_with_the_holes_in_my_corned_beef/

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Cindy Hamilton