It's brine time, corned beef & pastrami!!!
 

Here's a reminder to get it started even if you've never made it. It's super easy and so much better than anything from a store.

Here's a few recipes to get you started, last year I made this one. [url]https://www.traegergrills.com/recipes/beef/smoked-cured-beef-pastrami[/url]

You can boil it for corned beef or smoke it for pastrami, either way it's delicious.
You even have time to make your own [URL="https://www.marthastewart.com/1154538/quick-sauerkraut"]kraut[/URL].
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Here's a recipe using chuck roast that I'm gonna try this year.
[url]https://girlscangrill.com/recipe/homemade-chuck-roast-pastrami-recipe/[/url]

Aldis had a bait and switch....two types of corned beef....all the cheap advertised corned beef was sold but hey had plenty of the $4.99/lb stuff full of water... I choose not to participate...

Rajun! I'll trade some Cajun for some Yankee!

I'm good with that but it might ruin you. Just a warning LOL!!!

Soon after I learned how to do it I got burned out on it.
But I will try the chuck roast thing too.

Chuck roast pastrami looks tasty!

There's also pastrami bacon.

Happy St Patrick's Day!!!

I pulled a brisket flat and some trimmings from a brisket I smoked a while back and made a brine last Sunday.
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I pulled it out and rinsed it off last night to sit and get happy in the fridge overnight.
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I'm glad I left that fat on, it should good for flavor
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I used my BBQ rub and added black pepper, coriander, ground mustard, garlic powder, allspice and brown sugar then coated it heavy. It went in the smoker at 9 this morning.
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I took the trimmings and fired up the 6 qt pressure cooker for 7 minutes under pressure and 7 minutes releasing.
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This came out perfect and it's amazing when it's not saturated with salt that you can actually taste the brisket flavor.
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I added an onion to this gang and in the PC they went for another 5 minutes then a natural release
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I had to eat two of these test bowls to make it was as good as I thought it was!!!:))
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Knowing I would have cabbage left over I pulled a pack of my sausage out of the freezer earlier and started on stuffed cabbage.
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Pulled cans to make a sauce and mixed some with cooked rice and the sausage meat.
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Started rolling
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add gravy and into the oven for a while wrapped in foil
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This is gonna be my go to recipe, it's spicy and juicy.
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Perfect moisture too
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My sister lives next door and already planned on cooking lunch so I brought over these two dishes to eat with oven bbq ribs, homemade Mac-n-Cheese and onion, bell pepper stuffed french bread.

The brisket/pastrami is done and resting. Since I'm full it's gonna be served later after a chill period so I can slice it as thin as possible.

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May the luck of the Irish be with you all year!!

So St Patrick's day is today, I totally missed out on it. :lol:
By the way it looks good.

That sandwich looks darn delicious!!!