Dinner Tonight 1/19/2025 will be Corned Beef & Cabbage

[Jill McQuown]

I thawed out a corned beef brisket I froze last March and put it in the
crock pot on HIGH with a couple of cups of water, the pickling spice
packet and a couple of bay leaves. No worries, Mike, I will not be
leaving it unattended and I doubt it will catch on fire. Towards the
end of cooking I'll quarter the cabbage and place it on top of the
brisket and let it simmer (the cabbage will mostly steam) with the
brisket until tender. This will net me several meals. I love corned
beef & cabbage. :)

Jill

[gm]

On Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:20:20 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:


No worries, Mike, I will not be

Post by Jill McQuown
leaving it unattended and I doubt it will catch on fire.

Well now, it's not like you'd have anywhere to *go*, eh, Princess...???

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GM

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[ItsJoanNotJoAnn]

Post by Jill McQuown
I thawed out a corned beef brisket I froze last March and put it in the
crock pot on HIGH with a couple of cups of water, the pickling spice
packet and a couple of bay leaves. No worries, Mike, I will not be
leaving it unattended and I doubt it will catch on fire. Towards the
end of cooking I'll quarter the cabbage and place it on top of the
brisket and let it simmer (the cabbage will mostly steam) with the
brisket until tender. This will net me several meals. I love corned
beef & cabbage. :)
Jill

I've only cooked corned beef brisket once and followed the
directions, but it was still too tough for what I thought
it should be. If and when I try it again, I will double
the cooking time.

As for tonight's dinner? Not sure.

[Jill McQuown]

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn

Post by Jill McQuown
I thawed out a corned beef brisket I froze last March and put it in the
crock pot on HIGH with a couple of cups of water, the pickling spice
packet and a couple of bay leaves.  No worries, Mike, I will not be
leaving it unattended and I doubt it will catch on fire.  Towards the
end of cooking I'll quarter the cabbage and place it on top of the
brisket and let it simmer (the cabbage will mostly steam) with the
brisket until tender.  This will net me several meals.  I love corned
beef & cabbage. :)
Jill

I've only cooked corned beef brisket once and followed the
directions, but it was still too tough for what I thought
it should be.  If and when I try it again, I will double
the cooking time.
As for tonight's dinner?  Not sure.

I can't say I've ever had tough corned beef brisket. Perhaps once when
I was a child and my mother cooked it in the oven without enough liquid
in the roasting pan? I really don't recall. I've never cooked a corned
beef brisket that turned out to be tough. It's kind of like chuck
roast; by the time it's done it's practically falling apart tender. I
love it!

Jill

[Dave Smith]

Post by ItsJoanNotJoAnn
As for tonight's dinner?  Not sure.

I can't say I've ever had tough corned beef brisket.  Perhaps once when
I was a child and my mother cooked it in the oven without enough liquid
in the roasting pan?  I really don't recall.  I've never cooked a corned
beef brisket that turned out to be tough.  It's kind of like chuck
roast; by the time it's done it's practically falling apart tender.  I
love it!

I can't even remember the last time that I cooked a corned beef brisket
but I have to wonder if it was boiled. I have done a number of braised
dishes and I am always careful not to boil the meat. While a long low
simmer can make meat really tender, boiling it can make it tough and
flavourless.

[MummyChunk]

Post by gm

Post by Jill McQuown
No worries, Mike, I will not b
leaving it unattended and I doubt it will catch on fire

Well now, it's not like you'd have anywhere to *go*, eh

Princess...??

Post by gm
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Maybe she was invited to Washington D.C. ??


This is a response to the post seen at
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[Michael Trew]

Post by Jill McQuown
I thawed out a corned beef brisket I froze last March and put it in the
crock pot on HIGH with a couple of cups of water, the pickling spice
packet and a couple of bay leaves.  No worries, Mike, I will not be
leaving it unattended and I doubt it will catch on fire.  Towards the
end of cooking I'll quarter the cabbage and place it on top of the
brisket and let it simmer (the cabbage will mostly steam) with the
brisket until tender.  This will net me several meals.  I love corned
beef & cabbage. :)
Jill

Sounds good! How long do you cook the brisket for in the crock pot? On
high? I have a cryo-vac'd corned beef brisket in the deep freezer that
I might prepare the same way, except I'll add some quartered small red
potatoes (which I know you're not a fan of) in with the cabbage.

Tonight, we had a pot of Seafood Gumbo served over rice, from Joy of
Cooking book. We used frozen okra, and substituted minced frozen
crawfish for crab, which was sold cryo-vac'd in the grocery freezer
section. We also added coined Andouille sausage.

[Carol]

Post by Michael Trew

Post by Jill McQuown
I thawed out a corned beef brisket I froze last March and put it in
the crock pot on HIGH with a couple of cups of water, the pickling
spice packet and a couple of bay leaves.  No worries, Mike, I will
not be leaving it unattended and I doubt it will catch on fire. 
Towards the end of cooking I'll quarter the cabbage and place it
on top of the brisket and let it simmer (the cabbage will mostly
steam) with the brisket until tender.  This will net me several
meals.  I love corned beef & cabbage. :)
Jill

Sounds good! How long do you cook the brisket for in the crock pot?
On high? I have a cryo-vac'd corned beef brisket in the deep freezer
that I might prepare the same way, except I'll add some quartered
small red potatoes (which I know you're not a fan of) in with the
cabbage.

I would go with low and 6-7 hours (depends on size of cut). Add the
cabbage when it seems 3 hours is left.

Post by Michael Trew
Tonight, we had a pot of Seafood Gumbo served over rice, from Joy of
Cooking book. We used frozen okra, and substituted minced frozen
crawfish for crab, which was sold cryo-vac'd in the grocery freezer
section. We also added coined Andouille sausage.

Yummies!