Oh, not your fault. I was looking for plain old raw beef brisket in the beef section. That's what I would have purchased had it been there. I had given up, and one of the employees pointed me to the packages of "corned beef brisket" in the "we added all the spices so it's ready to cook" section, and I simply didn't know it was any different.

The ENTIRE HOUSE SMELLS. The air return for the heating happens to be just outside the kichen. :-)

Maybe I'll pull it out now, slice it in the middle, and decide how much longer it needs to go.