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What in the heck is this from this Brisket

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loveTheEgg
loveTheEgg Posts: 573
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i picked up a 11 pounder packer tonight. Got home and was trimming it up. Started poking around and felt something at the top of the point that felt like.....well...a nut! (Ball) I started cutting it out and all of a sudden this yellow junk started oozing out of it. What is this?!! 

I have attched  he'd a picture of it and a picture of where it came from. 
Brandon, MS
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,627
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    Wish I could unsee that.
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  • loveTheEgg
    loveTheEgg Posts: 573
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    Me too! I thought this cow had a tumor. It's disgusting! 
    Brandon, MS
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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    edited May 2015
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    Take it back!  It was likely a tumor.
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • loveTheEgg
    loveTheEgg Posts: 573
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    I'm cooking it now....I hope someone knows and tells me it's ok to eat. 
    Brandon, MS
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  • loveTheEgg
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    cazzy said:
    Take it back!  It was likely a tumor.
    Crap.....it's on the egg. Should I pull it off? 
    Brandon, MS
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,627
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    You're brave, no way I could eat after that.
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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
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    loveTheEgg said:
    cazzy said:
    Take it back!  It was likely a tumor.
    Crap.....it's on the egg. Should I pull it off? 
    Or an abscess..
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • cazzy
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    loveTheEgg said:
    cazzy said:
    Take it back!  It was likely a tumor.
    Crap.....it's on the egg. Should I pull it off? 
    Stand by...I just texted SGH, Nola and Cen-Tex.

    Personally...I would have stopped there.  No way I could stomach eating that.
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • loveTheEgg
    loveTheEgg Posts: 573
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    Standing by....
    Brandon, MS
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  • EggHead_Bubba
    EggHead_Bubba Posts: 566
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    I wouldn't eat it or serve it knowing what came out of it... that's just me though.

    Rocky Top, TN — Large BGE • Cast Iron Grate & Platesetter • Rockwood Lump

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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
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    Take it back for sure. Trimming a brisket should never involve surgical tumor or abscess removal. 
    https://youtu.be/OaTO8_KNcuo
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
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    loveTheEgg said:
    I'm cooking it now....I hope someone knows and tells me it's ok to eat. 
    You're joking right :fearful: 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
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    What you are looking at is a abcess. This is the result of a unhealty cow suffering from long term heart conditions. Do not eat it my friend.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • loveTheEgg
    loveTheEgg Posts: 573
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    I thought it was a goob of fat. Cut it out and set aside. Finish putting it on the grill and came back to explore it. Then decided I better ask the good folks. But after further examination that bad boy is going back. But still interesting to see what SGH, Nola and Cen-Tex had to say 
    Brandon, MS
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  • SGH
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    The yellow ooze is the tell tale sign of this condition. Had it been white instead of yellow, there were a handful of other things that it could have been. 

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • loveTheEgg
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    SGH said:
    What you are looking at is a abcess. This is the result of a unhealty cow suffering from long term heart conditions. Do not eat it my friend.
    It's bagged and going back
    Brandon, MS
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  • cazzy
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    loveTheEgg said:
    SGH said:
    What you are looking at is a abcess. This is the result of a unhealty cow suffering from long term heart conditions. Do not eat it my friend.
    It's bagged and going back
    Where did you buy it?
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • SGH
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    loveTheEgg said:
    It's bagged and going back
    Good call my friend. I'm absolutley certain in what I said above. Seen it many times back when I still did slaughter work. Be sure to take some of the yellow ooze with you. There is no denying that it's a abcess caused by congestive heart failure. No question of it.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
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    loveTheEgg said:
    I thought it was a goob of fat. Cut it out and set aside. Finish putting it on the grill and came back to explore it. Then decided I better ask the good folks. But after further examination that bad boy is going back. But still interesting to see what SGH, Nola and Cen-Tex had to say 
    Gee. I'm not the above named source but here ya go anywho. 
    http://familycow.proboards.com/thread/68617/strange-football-sized-lump-brisket
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • SaskNortherner
    SaskNortherner Posts: 96
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    That is just plain nasty. Mad cow anybody?
    LBGE,Mini Max,Stoker Meadow Lake Sask.
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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
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    NPHuskerFL said:
    loveTheEgg said:
    I thought it was a goob of fat. Cut it out and set aside. Finish putting it on the grill and came back to explore it. Then decided I better ask the good folks. But after further examination that bad boy is going back. But still interesting to see what SGH, Nola and Cen-Tex had to say 
    Gee. I'm not the above named source bit here ya go anywho. 
    http://familycow.proboards.com/thread/68617/strange-football-sized-lump-brisket
    I originally linked that but that is actually a live cow.
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • loveTheEgg
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    cazzy said:
    loveTheEgg said:
    SGH said:
    What you are looking at is a abcess. This is the result of a unhealty cow suffering from long term heart conditions. Do not eat it my friend.
    It's bagged and going back
    Where did you buy it?
    Walmart....but believe it or not the last 5-10 brisket I have done came from there and was pretty darn good! 
    Brandon, MS
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  • loveTheEgg
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    SGH said:
    loveTheEgg said:
    It's bagged and going back
    Good call my friend. I'm absolutley certain in what I said above. Seen it many times back when I still did slaughter work. Be sure to take some of the yellow ooze with you. There is no denying that it's a abcess caused by congestive heart failure. No question of it.
    Thank you for the info. Def going back Tmr
    Brandon, MS
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  • SGH
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    loveTheEgg said:
    It's bagged and going back
    Brother, got to go to bed. Got to be up at 4:00am to head to the Port of MOBIL. However I did want to say stick to your guns. Take it back and make them exchange it or refund your money. It actually will not hurt you to eat it. But it's the thought. I will eat just about anything and I would not eat it. 

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • loveTheEgg
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    Thanks to all for responding and helping! 
    Brandon, MS
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  • SGH
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    loveTheEgg said:
    Thanks to all for responding and helping! 
    As always, my pleasure brother. 

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • ChillyWillis
    ChillyWillis Posts: 893
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    Whoa!! That's nasty. I got meat from Walmart a few times and was never totally happy with it, then found my butcher and never looked back. I've never been so happy with my decision as I am right now. 
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  • NPHuskerFL
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    @cazzy it was merely a reference because not all abscesses are heart failure.  This is not uncommon. Saw it growing up and similar in cattle. Usually was just drained and they would be just fine. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • lousubcap
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    Well that popped a cherry...friggin nasty.   
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • nolaegghead
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    Looks yummy.  If i were starving, I would totally eat that.  I would recommend the minimum safe FDA temps for a change.
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