Since St Patrick's Day is around the corner, I though I'd give another go at corning my own beef brisket. I made my spice mix early as I usually have to wait for it to cool, and I set out to buy some meat!
I bought a 4.75 pound beef brisket from The Fresh Market on March 4th and brought it home.
Trimmed the fat off and proceeded to put it in my brining bag. Unfortunately, I either 1) could not find my brining bag, or 2) I was out. Have to make another road trip. I went to my trusty Food Lion because I know I've seen them there, nope. Went to Wegmans because I know I've seen them there as well, nope. As I was heading to Walmart, I recall that Bed Bath and Beyond sold them, so I picked up two!
Got home and put the meat in the bag, filled it with the brine and put it in the fridge.
As I type this, it's been in the fridge for roughly 5 days.
I had a planned on leaving on a trip to Baltimore for a system operators conference, so the timing would have been good that I wouldn't be messing with the bag while I was gone. But due to this corona virus thing, the conference was cancelled altogether. Bummer, as I like the getaway and always enjoy staying at one of the nicest hotels I've ever been stayed at, the Four Seasons in the Inner Harbor. I'll post more pics as the beef becomes corned and we eventually cook it.
BTW, I am using Alton Browns method for corning the beef, if anyone is interested.
I bought a 4.75 pound beef brisket from The Fresh Market on March 4th and brought it home.
Trimmed the fat off and proceeded to put it in my brining bag. Unfortunately, I either 1) could not find my brining bag, or 2) I was out. Have to make another road trip. I went to my trusty Food Lion because I know I've seen them there, nope. Went to Wegmans because I know I've seen them there as well, nope. As I was heading to Walmart, I recall that Bed Bath and Beyond sold them, so I picked up two!
Got home and put the meat in the bag, filled it with the brine and put it in the fridge.
As I type this, it's been in the fridge for roughly 5 days.
I had a planned on leaving on a trip to Baltimore for a system operators conference, so the timing would have been good that I wouldn't be messing with the bag while I was gone. But due to this corona virus thing, the conference was cancelled altogether. Bummer, as I like the getaway and always enjoy staying at one of the nicest hotels I've ever been stayed at, the Four Seasons in the Inner Harbor. I'll post more pics as the beef becomes corned and we eventually cook it.
BTW, I am using Alton Browns method for corning the beef, if anyone is interested.
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