Homemade Corned Beef-How It Turned Out
January 17, 2009 by Marye Audet
Filed under Main Course
So, I bet you are wondering what ever happened to the corned beef that I was talking about a week ago, aren’t you?
Well, I didn’t get time to cook it Tuesday or Wednesday and so I ended up doing it Thursday. By then it had had nearly an entire week in the brine. I was a little concerned about the meat being tough, or stale, or…you know, there are a million things that can go wrong with a recipe that you are trying for the first time, right?
I shouldn’t have worried at all.
Make Your Own Corned Beef
January 8, 2009 by Marye Audet
Filed under Main Course
We love corned beef but it can be pretty expensive. Consider that brisket sells for an average of $1.49 a pound here, and can often be found for 99 cents a pound, and corned beef sells for upwards of 4.99 a pound, making your own corned beef just makes sense.
Just before Christmas brisket went on sale for 99 cents a pound. I picked up a 12 pound brisket planning on using it for 3 meals. Two corned beef and one BBQ sandwich meal. I just started the corned beef today and it will be five days before it is ready …read more






