Corned beef brisket != beef brisket

[cjsmith]

It's kind of hard to clean a crock pot when you have no hot water. (Well, no hot water feeding the dishwasher or the kitchen sink. The upstairs bathroom has some. I have never been more glad that we have two completely separate water systems here.)

But I got it done.

I sniffed at the brisket, and y'know, I think I'm not a huge fan of corned beef either. Or else my brain isn't too sure how it would work with bbq sauce. (Darn that Safeway employee who pointed out this hunk o' meat. I was all set to go home without any.) I'll try it and see how it goes. Later.

I might have time to make rosemary chicken this afternoon.

Comments

[simplykimberly.livejournal.com]

yeah ... I was gonna say, yesterday, when you mentioned the extra seasoning packet... but then thought maybe it was some different packaging :( That's probably not the best flavor combination, the corning stuff, and BBQ... Bleah! Sorry about that! A real brisket WILL come out yummy, though! And corned beef, on its own - yum! Well, I think so, anyway :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I'm afraid even to try it. I don't know it's done, it has quite a lot of fat in it, and I already know it probably won't taste very good.

*sigh* I should stick to programming! (And baking. Baking is easy.)

[simplykimberly.livejournal.com]

Hey - it MIGHT be yummy ... it's covered in good-smelling BBQ, in any case!

On the other hand, that's what pets are really great for - eating mistakes! Chickens are really helpful there, because they'll eat all the non-meat stuff much more willingly than the cats will! PLUS, that way, I turn my mistakes into eggs!

Mmm... programming and baking! Fabulous combination!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

You're right, it's covered in barbecue sauce that smelled awfully good when I started! Maybe I could pull bits of not-fatty meat out, spoon some sauce over it, and make a sandwich. Then at least I would have eaten some of it.

You're absolutely right about the pets. I bet the cats would eat this as fast as I let them. As it is they whine every time I go into the kitchen.

I love that bit about "turning mistakes into eggs"! Eggs are then useful for... BAKING! YAY BAKING!

[platypus]

Hmmm, maybe I need a crock pot. Making barbecued meat sounds good, and chicken... I thought all you could make in them was vaguely stew-like stuff. More variety in our dinners would be great.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Apparently you can also do soups and whole birds and (if you have a small pot or a lot of people to feed) dips and apple butter and... lots of stuff! I'm going to try a huge number of silly things.

I'm pretty sure they won't bake cookies.

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

crock pots won't bake cookies, but i've got a recipe for "triple chocolate mess" 'round here somewhere which is, i think, a cake mix, eggs, a box of pudding mix, chocolate chips, and some other cake-type ingredients all mixed up in the crock pot, and cooked for many hours. it's an ooey-gooey decadant chocolate mess of a dessert. shall i start digging for the recipe.

there's a slowcooker yahoo group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slowcooker/) with searchable message archives. might be a good place to browse online for tried-and-true recipes and feedback

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh my. That sounds like a thick goopy thing sort of like brownies when they're not done yet. No need to spend lots of energy digging, since I'm going to stop recipe tryouts for a little while due to running out of Tupperware to store things in, so no rush. But if you do come across it I'd be curious to see it! :-)

[aleeceh.livejournal.com]

The grocers don't seem to stock brisket much. The last time I wanted some, I had to ask the butcher (it wasn't out in the self-service case), and then he only had half of what I needed. It may help to call the store ahead and ask them to have it ready to pick up a day or so later.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good idea. If I didn't find it in the "plain old beef" section last time I looked, I'm probably not going to find it next time, either. A phone call could do it.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

Your promised recipe can be found at:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/allanh/126226.html