Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket; the
going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb. I bought
three of them this year; two are in the freezer. I love corned beef
brisket and this is the only time of year I can find it. (Sorry, the
canned stuff simply doesn't count as corned beef in my book and no, I'm
not going to bother to "corn" a brisket.) I also picked up a nice head
of cabbage.

I will likely cook it on Saturday. I do it in the crock pot/slow cooker
with the peppercorn spice packet in a minimal amount of water; I do add
a couple of extra dried bay leaves. Towards the end of cooking I cut
the cabbage into wedges and cook it on top of the beef until it's just
fork tender.

I do not cook potatoes and carrots with this. But I did buy some
potatoes so I could make a pan of corned beef hash with some of the
leftover brisket.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

> Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket; the
> going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb. I bought
> three of them this year; two are in the freezer. I love corned beef
> brisket and this is the only time of year I can find it. (Sorry, the
> canned stuff simply doesn't count as corned beef in my book and no, I'm
> not going to bother to "corn" a brisket.) I also picked up a nice head
> of cabbage.

> I will likely cook it on Saturday. I do it in the crock pot/slow cooker
> with the peppercorn spice packet in a minimal amount of water; I do add
> a couple of extra dried bay leaves. Towards the end of cooking I cut
> the cabbage into wedges and cook it on top of the beef until it's just
> fork tender.

> I do not cook potatoes and carrots with this. But I did buy some
> potatoes so I could make a pan of corned beef hash with some of the
> leftover brisket.

> Jill

I'm a bit surprised I didn't see any corned beef briskets in this weeks
Kroger ad. But they do have cabbage 'on sale' for 49¢ per pound and
it's on my list for Friday's shopping.

On 3/14/2024 8:52 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket; the
>> going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb.  I bought
>> three of them this year; two are in the freezer.  I love corned beef
>> brisket and this is the only time of year I can find it.  (Sorry, the
>> canned stuff simply doesn't count as corned beef in my book and no,
>> I'm not going to bother to "corn" a brisket.)  I also picked up a nice
>> head of cabbage.
>
>> I will likely cook it on Saturday.  I do it in the crock pot/slow
>> cooker with the peppercorn spice packet in a minimal amount of water;
>> I do add a couple of extra dried bay leaves.  Towards the end of
>> cooking I cut the cabbage into wedges and cook it on top of the beef
>> until it's just fork tender.
>
>> I do not cook potatoes and carrots with this.  But I did buy some
>> potatoes so I could make a pan of corned beef hash with some of the
>> leftover brisket.
>
>> Jill
>
>
> I'm a bit surprised I didn't see any corned beef briskets in this weeks
> Kroger ad.  But they do have cabbage 'on sale' for 49¢ per pound and
> it's on my list for Friday's shopping.

Publix has one at $4.99/lb I'm thinking that is much higher than last
year.

ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

> jmcquown wrote:
>
> > Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket;
> > the going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb. I
> > bought three of them this year; two are in the freezer. I love
> > corned beef brisket and this is the only time of year I can find
> > it. (Sorry, the canned stuff simply doesn't count as corned beef
> > in my book and no, I'm not going to bother to "corn" a brisket.)
> > I also picked up a nice head of cabbage.
>
> > I will likely cook it on Saturday. I do it in the crock pot/slow
> > cooker with the peppercorn spice packet in a minimal amount of
> > water; I do add a couple of extra dried bay leaves. Towards the
> > end of cooking I cut the cabbage into wedges and cook it on top of
> > the beef until it's just fork tender.
>
> > I do not cook potatoes and carrots with this. But I did buy some
> > potatoes so I could make a pan of corned beef hash with some of the
> > leftover brisket.
>
> > Jill
>
>
> I'm a bit surprised I didn't see any corned beef briskets in this
> weeks Kroger ad. But they do have cabbage 'on sale' for 49¢ per
> pound and it's on my list for Friday's shopping.

Not really good sales on the corned beef here either. Cabbage though
is 25cents/lb. Nothing really exciting this week.

Ed P wrote:

> On 3/14/2024 8:52 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > > Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef
> > > brisket; the going rate this year across all local markets was
> > > $4.99/lb.  I bought three of them this year; two are in the
> > > freezer.  I love corned beef brisket and this is the only time
> > > of year I can find it.  (Sorry, the canned stuff simply doesn't
> > > count as corned beef in my book and no, I'm not going to bother
> > > to "corn" a brisket.)  I also picked up a nice head of cabbage.
> >
> > > I will likely cook it on Saturday.  I do it in the crock pot/slow
> > > cooker with the peppercorn spice packet in a minimal amount of
> > > water; I do add a couple of extra dried bay leaves.  Towards the
> > > end of cooking I cut the cabbage into wedges and cook it on top
> > > of the beef until it's just fork tender.
> >
> > > I do not cook potatoes and carrots with this.  But I did buy some
> > > potatoes so I could make a pan of corned beef hash with some of
> > > the leftover brisket.
> >
> > > Jill
> >
> >
> > I'm a bit surprised I didn't see any corned beef briskets in this
> > weeks Kroger ad.  But they do have cabbage 'on sale' for 49¢ per
> > pound and it's on my list for Friday's shopping.
>
>
> Publix has one at $4.99/lb I'm thinking that is much higher than
> last year.

It is. They went up a whole dollar this year.

On 2024-03-15, cshenk <cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:
> ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> > Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket;
>> > the going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb. I
>> > bought three of them this year; two are in the freezer. I love
>> > corned beef brisket and this is the only time of year I can find
>> > it. (Sorry, the canned stuff simply doesn't count as corned beef
>> > in my book and no, I'm not going to bother to "corn" a brisket.)
>> > I also picked up a nice head of cabbage.
>>
>> > I will likely cook it on Saturday. I do it in the crock pot/slow
>> > cooker with the peppercorn spice packet in a minimal amount of
>> > water; I do add a couple of extra dried bay leaves. Towards the
>> > end of cooking I cut the cabbage into wedges and cook it on top of
>> > the beef until it's just fork tender.
>>
>> > I do not cook potatoes and carrots with this. But I did buy some
>> > potatoes so I could make a pan of corned beef hash with some of the
>> > leftover brisket.
>>
>> > Jill
>>
>>
>> I'm a bit surprised I didn't see any corned beef briskets in this
>> weeks Kroger ad. But they do have cabbage 'on sale' for 49¢ per
>> pound and it's on my list for Friday's shopping.
>
> Not really good sales on the corned beef here either. Cabbage though
> is 25cents/lb. Nothing really exciting this week.

$3.99/lb here. Cabbage, however, isn't on sale at my grocery
store. $0.69/lb.

--
Cindy Hamilton

On 2024-03-14 2:29 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket; the
> going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb.  I bought
> three of them this year; two are in the freezer.  I love corned beef
> brisket and this is the only time of year I can find it.  (Sorry, the
> canned stuff simply doesn't count as corned beef in my book and no, I'm
> not going to bother to "corn" a brisket.)  I also picked up a nice head
> of cabbage.
>
> I will likely cook it on Saturday.  I do it in the crock pot/slow cooker
> with the peppercorn spice packet in a minimal amount of water; I do add
> a couple of extra dried bay leaves.  Towards the end of cooking I cut
> the cabbage into wedges and cook it on top of the beef until it's just
> fork tender.
>
> I do not cook potatoes and carrots with this.  But I did buy some
> potatoes so I could make a pan of corned beef hash with some of the
> leftover brisket.
>
> Jill

Sunday looks to be a good day to make orange marmalade.

Graham wrote:

> Sunday looks to be a good day to make orange marmalade

On The Lord's Day we *rest*, Graham...!!!

--
GM

On 2024-03-14, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

> Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket; the
> going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb. I bought
> three of them this year; two are in the freezer. I love corned beef
> brisket and this is the only time of year I can find it. (Sorry, the
> canned stuff simply doesn't count as corned beef in my book and no, I'm
> not going to bother to "corn" a brisket.) I also picked up a nice head
> of cabbage.

I bought corned beef rounds for $4.99/lb. I took your advice and bought
two for the first time ever and froze one. Although corned beef is
available year-around in the refrigerator section of my supermarket, the
price is generally atrocious.
I'll make corned beef, potatoes, carrots and cabbage on the stove-top. I
serve with yellow mustard. YMMV :)

leo

Cindy Hamilton wrote :

> $3.99/lb here.

point is $3.99/lb here
flat is $4.99/lb.

--
What doesn't kill you . . .
mutates and tries again.

On 3/14/2024 8:52 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket; the
>> going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb.  I bought
>> three of them this year; two are in the freezer.  I love corned beef
>> brisket and this is the only time of year I can find it.  (Sorry, the
>> canned stuff simply doesn't count as corned beef in my book and no,
>> I'm not going to bother to "corn" a brisket.)  I also picked up a nice
>> head of cabbage.
>
>> I will likely cook it on Saturday.  I do it in the crock pot/slow
>> cooker with the peppercorn spice packet in a minimal amount of water;
>> I do add a couple of extra dried bay leaves.  Towards the end of
>> cooking I cut the cabbage into wedges and cook it on top of the beef
>> until it's just fork tender.
>
>> I do not cook potatoes and carrots with this.  But I did buy some
>> potatoes so I could make a pan of corned beef hash with some of the
>> leftover brisket.
>
>> Jill
>
>
> I'm a bit surprised I didn't see any corned beef briskets in this weeks
> Kroger ad.  But they do have cabbage 'on sale' for 49¢ per pound and
> it's on my list for Friday's shopping.

Kroger probably has corned beef brisket although I'm surprised you
didn't see it in their ad, too. (There weren't very many of them left
when I stopped at Publix on Friday.)

Jill

On 3/15/2024 3:01 PM, Graham wrote:
> On 2024-03-14 2:29 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket; the
>> going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb.  I bought
>> three of them this year; two are in the freezer.  I love corned beef
>> brisket and this is the only time of year I can find it.  (Sorry, the
>> canned stuff simply doesn't count as corned beef in my book and no,
>> I'm not going to bother to "corn" a brisket.)  I also picked up a nice
>> head of cabbage.
>>
>> I will likely cook it on Saturday.  I do it in the crock pot/slow
>> cooker with the peppercorn spice packet in a minimal amount of water;
>> I do add a couple of extra dried bay leaves.  Towards the end of
>> cooking I cut the cabbage into wedges and cook it on top of the beef
>> until it's just fork tender.
>>
>> I do not cook potatoes and carrots with this.  But I did buy some
>> potatoes so I could make a pan of corned beef hash with some of the
>> leftover brisket.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Sunday looks to be a good day to make orange marmalade.

LOL! I don't much care about "St. Patrick's Day" but it's the only time
of year I can find corned beef brisket. I'm not inclined to go to the
trouble of corning a brisket myself.

Jill

On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:58:00 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:

>On 3/15/2024 3:01 PM, Graham wrote:
>> On 2024-03-14 2:29 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>> Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket; the
>>> going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb.  I bought
>>> three of them this year; two are in the freezer.  I love corned beef
>>> brisket and this is the only time of year I can find it.  (Sorry, the
>>> canned stuff simply doesn't count as corned beef in my book and no,
>>> I'm not going to bother to "corn" a brisket.)  I also picked up a nice
>>> head of cabbage.
>>>
>>> I will likely cook it on Saturday.  I do it in the crock pot/slow
>>> cooker with the peppercorn spice packet in a minimal amount of water;
>>> I do add a couple of extra dried bay leaves.  Towards the end of
>>> cooking I cut the cabbage into wedges and cook it on top of the beef
>>> until it's just fork tender.
>>>
>>> I do not cook potatoes and carrots with this.  But I did buy some
>>> potatoes so I could make a pan of corned beef hash with some of the
>>> leftover brisket.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Sunday looks to be a good day to make orange marmalade.
>
>LOL! I don't much care about "St. Patrick's Day" but it's the only time
>of year I can find corned beef brisket. I'm not inclined to go to the
>trouble of corning a brisket myself.

Wrapping it in corn?

On 3/15/2024 3:49 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> On 2024-03-14, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket; the
>> going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb. I bought
>> three of them this year; two are in the freezer. I love corned beef
>> brisket and this is the only time of year I can find it. (Sorry, the
>> canned stuff simply doesn't count as corned beef in my book and no, I'm
>> not going to bother to "corn" a brisket.) I also picked up a nice head
>> of cabbage.
>
>
> I bought corned beef rounds for $4.99/lb. I took your advice and bought
> two for the first time ever and froze one. Although corned beef is
> available year-around in the refrigerator section of my supermarket, the
> price is generally atrocious.

Ah yes, I believe the brand of Boar's Head corned beef brisket is in the
refrigerated section in (of all places) the *produce* department at
other times a year. I tried it one time when I arrived too late to get
the regular corned beef they stock for March 17th. Not only was the
price atrocious, it did not taste good at all.

Jill

> I'll make corned beef, potatoes, carrots and cabbage on the stove-top. I
> serve with yellow mustard. YMMV :)
>
> leo

On 15/03/2024 20:00, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:58:00 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
> wrote:

>> LOL! I don't much care about "St. Patrick's Day" but it's the only time
>> of year I can find corned beef brisket. I'm not inclined to go to the
>> trouble of corning a brisket myself.
>
> Wrapping it in corn?
>
'Corned' beef, from the large grains of salt used.

On 3/14/2024 3:29 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket; the
> going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb.
>
https://photos.app.goo.gl/5gPTrpVueSY6WBUc6
>
> Jill

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--Bryan
For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
tested on laboratory animals.

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We're just too courteous to say so."
-- Cindy Hamilton

BryanGSimmons wrote:

> On 3/14/2024 3:29 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket; the
>> going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb.
> >
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/5gPTrpVueSY6WBUc6

A nice piece 'o meat...

And seeing that Jill lives in a Gated Royal Enclave, she "doesn't get out much" to peruse other supermercardos and their prices...

--
GM

On 3/15/2024 4:21 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 15/03/2024 20:00, Bruce wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:58:00 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>
>>> LOL!  I don't much care about "St. Patrick's Day" but it's the only time
>>> of year I can find corned beef brisket.  I'm not inclined to go to the
>>> trouble of corning a brisket myself.
>>
>> Wrapping it in corn?
>>
> 'Corned' beef, from the large grains of salt used.
>
Pink curing salt and pickling spices:

https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/recipes/2020/3/how-to-make-corned-beef-from-scratch

Bruce has an unnatural fear of the word "corn". ;)

Jill

On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:21:33 +0000, S Viemeister
<firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:

>On 15/03/2024 20:00, Bruce wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:58:00 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>
>>> LOL! I don't much care about "St. Patrick's Day" but it's the only time
>>> of year I can find corned beef brisket. I'm not inclined to go to the
>>> trouble of corning a brisket myself.
>>
>> Wrapping it in corn?
>>
>'Corned' beef, from the large grains of salt used.

Oh, thanks. Mispronounced in old school Dutch as corNETbeef.

On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:44:08 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:

>On 3/15/2024 4:21 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 15/03/2024 20:00, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:58:00 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
>>> wrote:
>>
>>>> LOL!  I don't much care about "St. Patrick's Day" but it's the only time
>>>> of year I can find corned beef brisket.  I'm not inclined to go to the
>>>> trouble of corning a brisket myself.
>>>
>>> Wrapping it in corn?
>>>
>> 'Corned' beef, from the large grains of salt used.
>>
>Pink curing salt and pickling spices:
>
>https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/recipes/2020/3/how-to-make-corned-beef-from-scratch
>
>Bruce has an unnatural fear of the word "corn". ;)

Yes, I have to work on that. I knew (canned) corned beef, but I didn't
know corning brisket was the same thing.

On 2024-03-15 3:58 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 3/15/2024 3:01 PM, Graham wrote:

>> Sunday looks to be a good day to make orange marmalade.
>
> LOL!  I don't much care about "St. Patrick's Day" but it's the only time
> of year I can find corned beef brisket.  I'm not inclined to go to the
> trouble of corning a brisket myself.

I don't do the St. Patrick's Day. I do have some Irish Catholic ancestry
and my mother used to do corned beef, cabbage and boiled potatoes thing
every year and it was probably my least favourite dinner of the year,
followed by another other meal that involved cabbage. I am not adverse
to the corned beef part but I just can't do it that day with the
expectation of all the other supposedly traditional Irish stuff.

On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:06:01 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>On 2024-03-15 3:58 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 3/15/2024 3:01 PM, Graham wrote:
>
>>> Sunday looks to be a good day to make orange marmalade.
>>
>> LOL!  I don't much care about "St. Patrick's Day" but it's the only time
>> of year I can find corned beef brisket.  I'm not inclined to go to the
>> trouble of corning a brisket myself.
>
>I don't do the St. Patrick's Day. I do have some Irish Catholic ancestry
>and my mother used to do corned beef, cabbage and boiled potatoes thing
>every year and it was probably my least favourite dinner of the year,
>followed by another other meal that involved cabbage. I am not adverse
>to the corned beef part but I just can't do it that day with the
>expectation of all the other supposedly traditional Irish stuff.

'Supposedly?' Are the Irish making it up?

Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:06:01 -0400, Dave Smith
> <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> On 2024-03-15 3:58 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 3/15/2024 3:01 PM, Graham wrote:
>>
>>>> Sunday looks to be a good day to make orange marmalade.
>>>
>>> LOL!  I don't much care about "St. Patrick's Day" but it's the only time
>>> of year I can find corned beef brisket.  I'm not inclined to go to the
>>> trouble of corning a brisket myself.
>>
>> I don't do the St. Patrick's Day. I do have some Irish Catholic ancestry
>> and my mother used to do corned beef, cabbage and boiled potatoes thing
>> every year and it was probably my least favourite dinner of the year,
>> followed by another other meal that involved cabbage. I am not adverse
>> to the corned beef part but I just can't do it that day with the
>> expectation of all the other supposedly traditional Irish stuff.
>
> 'Supposedly?' Are the Irish making it up?
>
>
Hey, take notice, officer Dave supposedly knows thing.

On 15/03/2024 21:26, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:06:01 -0400, Dave Smith
> <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>> I don't do the St. Patrick's Day. I do have some Irish Catholic ancestry
>> and my mother used to do corned beef, cabbage and boiled potatoes thing
>> every year and it was probably my least favourite dinner of the year,
>> followed by another other meal that involved cabbage. I am not adverse
>> to the corned beef part but I just can't do it that day with the
>> expectation of all the other supposedly traditional Irish stuff.
>
> 'Supposedly?' Are the Irish making it up?
>
Corned beef as a 'traditional' food for St Patrick's day, has an
interesting history...

jmcquown wrote:
> Kroger probably has corned beef brisket although I'm surprised you
> didn't see it in their ad, too.  (There weren't very many of them left
> when I stopped at Publix on Friday.)
>
> Jill
>
>
I picked up two nice smaller ones ones for about $7 a piece today at
Walmart. I'll smoke one and do the other in the instant pot.