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THoey1963
08-17-2015, 04:59 PM
I was at HEB Saturday, one of the bigger ones a little further from my home. As usual, I had to look through the big meat section just in case something jumps out at me and something did. A 16 pound Prime Brisket. When I picked it up, the first thing I noticed was how floppy and thick it was, nice marbling, the works. Then I noticed the price. $3.37 a pound, which was $2.10 a pound less then the last one I found that is all snug in my freezer.

The last thing I noticed was that someone must have thrown the brisket on one of the dividing racks in the cooler and pierced the cryovac, cause I had blood on my hands. But damn, this was a nice piece of meat. The meat still was bright red and there was no off smell to the blood on my hand, so I took it to the counter to see if they could reseal it for me. They didn't have anything big enough to seal it, brought me a couple of other primes that just weren't in the same quality as this one, so I said to hell with it, double bagged it and took it home.

My plan was to take it out of the bag, rinse it off, and then reseal it with my Foodsaver. The wife and I fought for several minutes before realizing this thing just wasn't going to fit in my large bags. I didn't have time to cook it this weekend, so some aggressive trimming of the hard fat and slimming down the fat cap like I normally would before rubbing and it barely fit into a bag.

The only thing I forgot to do was ask them if they would mark it down. :doh: Oh well, now I have two primes in the freezer and the Labor Day weekend coming up. I know what I will be cooking...

http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah114/THoey1963/20150816%20-%20Ribs%20and%20more%20ribs/IMG_3814_zpsphnkdgze.jpg

ssv3
08-17-2015, 05:03 PM
Nice score Terry! The LSG is hungry for that one for sure.:mrgreen:

Happy Hapgood
08-17-2015, 05:10 PM
You should follow that recipe to a TEE! Yum! Liquid Smoke!

Great looking cut!

jiveturkey1
08-17-2015, 05:19 PM
Yeah, and choose the option to marinate in liquid smoke?

oldbill
08-17-2015, 05:30 PM
Nice grab there! The Lord definitely blessed us when he gave us HEB!:thumb:

STLBBQer
08-17-2015, 05:34 PM
Those directions make me sad. :sad:

Thank the Lord that poor brisket is going to a good home. :-D

THoey1963
08-17-2015, 05:39 PM
Yeah, I ignore all of their suggested cooking methods. SPOG, maybe a little W Sauce, and a long smoke is all this brisket will see in it's future...

:mrgreen:

STLBBQer
08-17-2015, 05:44 PM
Yeah, I ignore all of their suggested cooking methods. SPOG, maybe a little W Sauce, and a long smoke is all this brisket will see in it's future...

:mrgreen:

You're home now brisket...they can't hurt you anymore. :lol:

th3r00st3r
08-17-2015, 05:53 PM
Good find. Oh yeah, you guys crack me up.

pjtexas1
08-17-2015, 06:05 PM
Great price. Even better that it has the thick flat. I can't imagine living without HEB.

retired trucker
08-17-2015, 06:35 PM
Jealous, homesick, jealous, homesick, etc ad infinitum.

Omar

Wornslick
08-17-2015, 06:38 PM
That baby would be a grand total of 130.95 BEFORE tax at my local grocery store,
so you did real good.

Needless to say, we don't cook brisket around here!

pjtexas1
08-17-2015, 06:48 PM
That baby would be a grand total of 130.95 BEFORE tax at my local grocery store,
so you did real good.

Needless to say, we don't cook brisket around here!

That's not funny...so why am I laughing so hard???:laugh:

cheez59
08-17-2015, 07:43 PM
No such thing as prime brisket in these parts. Select at best and it is $5 a pound and up. Even at Costco. :rolleyes: