Boiled Brisket. A beginners guide.

SGH

I was flipping through a very old cook book that was my grandmothers when I stumbled upon this. I was stunned. I have heard all the jokes about boiling brisket but it never crossed my mind that there was a element of truth in them. For the record, I have never boiled a brisket nor do I know anyone who has boiled a brisket. I post this for historical and humorous purposes only. Not only have I never boiled a brisket, I do not condone the practice either. To each his own though. Here it is in black & white, the mystical boiled brisket. Hope that yall enjoy.

theyolksonyou

you could add some beans and it would be a hell of a chili

SGH

theyolksonyou said:

you could add some beans and it would be a hell of a chili

You may be on to something there

nolaegghead

corned beef is usually boiled and usually brisket.  Also, Travis like to boil them

SGH

nolaegghead said:

corned beef is usually boiled and usually brisket.  Also, Travis like to boil them

Brother Nola, that was hitting below the belt right there!!

nolaegghead

I'm such a dastardly guy. 

I'm in a hotel room in Angleton, TX bored out of my scull.

JRWhitee

nolaegghead said:

corned beef is usually boiled and usually brisket.  Also, Travis like to boil them

I was thinking the same thing.  )

SGH

nolaegghead said:

I'm such a dastardly guy. 

I'm in a hotel room in Angleton, TX bored out of my scull.

I feel your pain. I'm sick as a dog and stuck in doors bored to death. If I'm feeling better tomorrow, I'm going to smoke a few turkeys to get ready for the big day.

nolaegghead

Hope you feel better Scotty. 

SGH

nolaegghead said:

Hope you feel better Scotty. 

Thanks brother. Hope Yall win the race!!

nolaegghead

Thanks - I'm on a very competitive team.  But I'll just settle for not crashing and killing myself. 

SGH

nolaegghead said:

Thanks - I'm on a very competitive team.  But I'll just settle for not crashing and killing myself. 

No doubt brother.

theyolksonyou

not being dead is always a plus in my book

bcsnave

@SGH

 

Isn't wrapping a brisket with adding broth in foil....somewhat like pseudo "boiled" brisket...

I vow that I shall NEVER wrap my meat...it ruins the entire experience when you wrap that rascal,

SGH

bcsnave said:

@SGH

 

Isn't wrapping a brisket with adding broth in foil....somewhat like pseudo "boiled" brisket...

I vow that I shall NEVER wrap my meat...it ruins the entire experience when you wrap that rascal,

Yes it is sort of the same my friend. But not exact. Wrapping something semi cooked when the internal temp hits 160ish to finish cooking is one thing. Throwing a raw packer brisket in a pot of boiling water is akin to heresy though!!

anton

Hey only 2 hrs cook time, seems short? I'm sure at some point our grandma's served us this or some form when we didn't know any better. Glad I know better now.
)

SGH

anton said:

Hey only 2 hrs cook time, seems short? I'm sure at some point our grandma's served us this or some form when we didn't know any better. Glad I know better now.
)

Agreed my friend.

SGH

@anton- I honestly don't think that I have ever even saw a boiled brisket. I definitely haven't eaten one.

anton

@SGH, and you're better off! I can remember a couple of stew meats that I had as a kid, tough as hell, I remember my mom mentioning brisket, so for years I thought "brisket" sucked. Fast forward to I'm a teenager and I'm at a bbq joint that served a great brisket, and I'm like "okay, this is how it's cooked". You gotta remember, I'm from planet California!

SGH

@anton- Brother you said a mouthful there. I remember some of those boiled stew meats all to well. The dogs even had a hard time eating the leftovers!! Awful stuff for sure.

PNWFoodie

Oh, dear gracious! If boiled brisket was the only thing my crazy Lithuanian grandmother had come up with, I would have been thankful! Oh, the stories I could tell...

Acn

 

nolaegghead said:

corned beef is usually boiled and usually brisket.  Also, Travis like to boil them

Damnit, now I want a good old New England boiled dinner.

travisstrick

I think you know more people who have boiled a brisket than you think. :ar!

SeahawksEGGHead

I was just reading an article yesterday about Katz deli in NYC and how they make their pastrami sandwich.  When they got to the step where they boiled the brisket, I about gasped.  I guess it's the bees knees though, so it's been said.

Mkadilla

This recipe is very close to what was my grandfather's favorite meal. A boiled meat dinner with potatoes, cabbage, carrots, onion thrown in. This also makes a nice beef soup with added noodles followed by the meat and vegetables as a second course. I have also seen my cousins in Croatia produce essentially the same thing. 

As noted, Irish corned beef and cabbage is brisket. Not crazy at all.

fletcherfam

The corned beef I made (corned the brisket myaelf) was boiled and amazingly tender. The key is to getting the flavor in the meat as the boil would, of course, take off any rub flavor.

HendersonTRKing

Looks alot like a variant on New England Boiled dinner.  Always thought of that as code for:  cook all the taste out of it.  With corned beef, at least, there was some residual salty taste sucked up by the potatoes (and carrots and cabbage).  But I've had it with brisket and it sure was grim.  Between that and the brisket that my family made for our holidays, it's no wonder I couldn't eat it again til the egg found me!

blind99

fletcherfam said:

The corned beef I made (corned the brisket myaelf) was boiled and amazingly tender. The key is to getting the flavor in the meat as the boil would, of course, take off any rub flavor.

I couldn't believe the first time my wife boiled a corned beef brisket.  "So you're braising it?"  No, boiling.  "Really, how long?"  All afternoon.  Sure gets tender, and with all the salt and yellow mustard it tastes great.  Especially compared to the boiled cabbage!

fishlessman

sounds good to me, we boil corned beef all the time and boiled smoked shoulder used to be big up here, i actually miss the boiled smoked shoulder as you dont see it much anymore. oh and the boiled chicken for chicken barb sandwiches served with mayo, no sauce on a barb

fishlessman

come to think of it, that delicious mystery meat served back in grade school probably was boiled brisket, always wondered how they made that stuff

Ladeback69

I believe back in the 40's and 50's they boiled most meats. Nice how things have changed. Now I have done briskets in the oven in my Pampered Chef ceramic casserole dish and lid. They would always come out awesome, but now with the egg they don't get used much. Boiling it to me would remove a lot of flavor.