Left or Right hand brisket?

Vince B · 03-13-2011, 03:16 PM

Ok I know this is kind of a stupid question but how do we know which is which? I read and I know this is a joke, left side is better! LOL Today while at the store there were about eight different briskets in the case and I noticed all but one seemed to have the fat in the same spot on the point. I looked at them all and well the two I decided on both had the fat on opposite sides of the point. I went with the one in the bottom of the picture below which was the one of one! What say you and does it really matter? Have fun with this one guys I know will enjoy your replies! Vince B

Wampus · 03-13-2011, 03:38 PM

Interesting question. I have NO idea what the answer is. I can't imagine it matters, but SOMEONE's gonna say something like, "Since Cows lay on their left side, that side's tougher." or "Everyone knows cows tend to walk and favor their right legs, or veer to the right, so that's the tough one."

I'll watch this one for sure.

bigabyte · 03-13-2011, 03:39 PM

It's a myth. Don't fall for it. I've never seen cows do anything with their right hooves more than their left. It's not like they write, or throw the ball around or anything like that.

landarc · 03-13-2011, 03:47 PM

I believe it, you needed to buy the left-handed one. For all you know, late at night, the cows are doing something and we just don't see.

Wampus · 03-13-2011, 04:01 PM

Yeah Bob, but if a cow does something with his hoof late at night and there's noone there to see it, does it matter? ....or did it make a noise? .....or.....oh, never mind.

ModelMaker · 03-13-2011, 04:12 PM

If you spend the rest of this year watching, cows almost always lay on their left side. So when getting up the left side is mostly used to lift it's big fat sirlion area. So scientific research has show the left brisket will usually be more tuff than the right...
And in the pics above, the top pic is the right brisky, and the bottom one is the wrong brisky.
Ed

infernooo · 03-13-2011, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vince B

I went with the one in the bottom of the picture below which was the one of one!

I believe you chose the right hand brisket, not the left, sorry bud (not that I have any experience of one being better than the other).

Capozzoli · 03-13-2011, 04:36 PM

If you do it with your left hoof it feels like someone else is doing it. ...unless you are left hoofed.

JimT · 03-13-2011, 05:08 PM

One word.

Think ambidextrous

Ummmm,,,,,

JimT

1_T_Scot · 03-13-2011, 05:11 PM

No Right Hand or Left Hand maybe Right Hoof or Left Hoof but cows don't have hands!

Smoke them up and let us know which one is the best. Maybe do a Quaduple blind taste test with people from the internet that you have never met.

bmanMA · 03-13-2011, 05:30 PM

Now I thought the whole myth was based on a cow laying on its left side more often than not. It uses the left leg as a post, while the right side does all the work when standing up, making the right side the tough side. So when you are out tipping them, make sure you tip them left.

ThomEmery · 03-13-2011, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by landarc

I believe it, you needed to buy the left-handed one. For all you know, late at night, the cows are doing something and we just don't see.

Yea I sees them commercials on TV
Cows dancing and carrying on

Kevin · 03-13-2011, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmanMA

Now I thought the whole myth was based on a cow laying on its left side more often than not. It uses the left leg as a post, while the right side does all the work when standing up, making the right side the tough side. So when you are out tipping them, make sure you tip them left.

Now you tell me.

I was told to tip them left and I just bounced off like wet noodle.

Kevin · 03-13-2011, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThomEmery

Yea I sees them commercials on TV
Cows dancing and carrying on

But that would be limited to the "happy cows"

ZILLA · 03-13-2011, 05:43 PM

The fact is it's a fifty fifty split, give or take, of cows laying on either side. so it's a coin toss what side you get, right? Unless you could segragate them lefty righty and run a test. Chris?

03-13-2011, 03:16 PM	#1
Vince B is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 11-15-09 Location: Bloomingdale Illinois	Left or Right hand brisket? Ok I know this is kind of a stupid question but how do we know which is which? I read and I know this is a joke, left side is better! LOL Today while at the store there were about eight different briskets in the case and I noticed all but one seemed to have the fat in the same spot on the point. I looked at them all and well the two I decided on both had the fat on opposite sides of the point. I went with the one in the bottom of the picture below which was the one of one! What say you and does it really matter? Have fun with this one guys I know will enjoy your replies! Vince B __________________ 18"WSM/SMOKEY JOE/ VERY OLD 22.5" Weber /5 BURNER KENMORE GAS

03-13-2011, 03:38 PM	#2
Wampus somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-05-09 Location: Mooresville, IN	Interesting question. I have NO idea what the answer is. I can't imagine it matters, but SOMEONE's gonna say something like, "Since Cows lay on their left side, that side's tougher." or "Everyone knows cows tend to walk and favor their right legs, or veer to the right, so that's the tough one." I'll watch this one for sure. __________________ [COLOR="Blue"][B]"Oh, I don’t reject Christ. I love Christ. It’s just that so many of you Christians are so unlike Christ." -Mahatma Gandhi[/B][/COLOR]

03-13-2011, 03:39 PM	#3
bigabyte somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-10-06 Location: Overland Fark, KS	It's a myth. Don't fall for it. I've never seen cows do anything with their right hooves more than their left. It's not like they write, or throw the ball around or anything like that. __________________ Asshattatron Farkanaut, CGCFO Chief Galactic Crockpot Foil Officer *Certified MOINK Baller & IMBAS Certified MOINK Ball Judge #0003 - Are you MOINK Certified?* *Sole recipient of the Silverfinger and fingerlickin Awards!* Don't forget about the Throwdown Thingies! The Secret Squirrel Society doesn't exist - Zero Club Duh.

03-13-2011, 03:47 PM	#4
landarc somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-26-09 Location: sAn leAnDRo, CA	I believe it, you needed to buy the left-handed one. For all you know, late at night, the cows are doing something and we just don't see. __________________ [COLOR=DarkGreen][COLOR=DarkRed][SIZE=1]me: I don't drink anymore Yelonutz: me either, but, then again, I don't drink any less [/SIZE][/COLOR][/COLOR][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkRed] [COLOR=Pink]SSS[/COLOR] [/COLOR][/SIZE]

03-13-2011, 04:01 PM	#5
Wampus somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-05-09 Location: Mooresville, IN	Yeah Bob, but if a cow does something with his hoof late at night and there's noone there to see it, does it matter? ....or did it make a noise? .....or.....oh, never mind. __________________ [COLOR="Blue"][B]"Oh, I don’t reject Christ. I love Christ. It’s just that so many of you Christians are so unlike Christ." -Mahatma Gandhi[/B][/COLOR]

03-13-2011, 04:12 PM	#6
ModelMaker Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 04-21-06 Location: Lake Ponderosa-Montezuma, IA	If you spend the rest of this year watching, cows almost always lay on their left side. So when getting up the left side is mostly used to lift it's big fat sirlion area. So scientific research has show the left brisket will usually be more tuff than the right... And in the pics above, the top pic is the right brisky, and the bottom one is the wrong brisky. Ed __________________ Designer of a custom drum smoker Customized Aussie gas passer Turkey fryer Extremely seasoned hand hammered Wok Pit Boss-HART BURN Competition BBQ Team KCBS certified judge And Your not the boss of me either!!

03-13-2011, 04:36 PM	#8
Capozzoli is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-18-11 Location: Philadelphia PA.	If you do it with your left hoof it feels like someone else is doing it. ...unless you are left hoofed. __________________ [COLOR=Black][B]Meat * [COLOR=Red]Salt[COLOR=Black] * Fire :flame: [url]http://theholyravioli.blogspot.com/[/url] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/B][/COLOR]

03-13-2011, 05:08 PM	#9
JimT Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 03-15-06 Location: Battle Creek, MI	One word. Think ambidextrous Ummmm,,,,, JimT __________________ Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

03-13-2011, 05:11 PM	#10
1_T_Scot is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 06-03-08 Location: Pontiac Illinois	No Right Hand or Left Hand maybe Right Hoof or Left Hoof but cows don't have hands! Smoke them up and let us know which one is the best. Maybe do a Quaduple blind taste test with people from the internet that you have never met. __________________ Certified "MOINK" ball maker. Supporting Disabled Veterans. Link Removed. Diveheart .org Large Big Green Egg - Fathers Day 2009

03-13-2011, 05:30 PM	#11
bmanMA is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 03-02-10 Location: Lunenburg, MA	Now I thought the whole myth was based on a cow laying on its left side more often than not. It uses the left leg as a post, while the right side does all the work when standing up, making the right side the tough side. So when you are out tipping them, make sure you tip them left. __________________ Pork Butt and Chicken Legs (semi-retired)

03-13-2011, 05:43 PM	#15
ZILLA is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 12-01-05 Location: Universal City, Texas	The fact is it's a fifty fifty split, give or take, of cows laying on either side. so it's a coin toss what side you get, right? Unless you could segragate them lefty righty and run a test. Chris?

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