thevalerieleigh Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 Hi all, As St. Patrick's Day approaches, I'm searching for fresh corned beef ready to pop into the oven and bake. Does anyone know a source? Thanks, Val Jones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 I get mine at Costco GDL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevalerieleigh Posted February 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 GREAT! They have it in the uncooked refrigerated meat section? Which Costco do you use and is it seasonal? Many thanks, Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 I use Costco on Lopez Mateo on Sunday morning they have it year round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapalence Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 51 minutes ago, artsnob said: I use Costco on Lopez Mateo on Sunday morning they have it year round You must be talking about the pre-cooked, sliced corned beef because as often as I've been to that Costco there has NEVER been the type Val is asking about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapalence Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 53 minutes ago, artsnob said: I use Costco on Lopez Mateo on Sunday morning they have it year round If they had ever had it, Pancho's, Superlake, and La Cremeria would all have brought it in. They love to make money on things extranjeros like to buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyjillin Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 This is what she wants and what I really lust for too,not the sliced package. I REALLLYY like the fatty one! Smitty and Rick used to make these and Tony doesn't do them anymore either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyjillin Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 15 hours ago, thevalerieleigh said: Hi all, As St. Patrick's Day approaches, I'm searching for fresh corned beef ready to pop into the oven and bake. Does anyone know a source? Thanks, Val Jones The best way to do it is leave it in the bag and simmer it in water for about 3-4 hours. Heavenly, and it is tender and keeps all its flavour That sliced packaged really has no comparison to REAL corned beef. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 The corned beef and pastrami I've had from Costco and SuperLake are poor facsimiles, compared to "back home". As if an alien with a replicator tried to make something that he had never tasted. And I am another who has never seen a brisket for sale at these places. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevalerieleigh Posted February 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 Yes, Happyjillin, this is EXACTLY what I'm searching for. Based on comments, it's sounding like this doesn't exist here. Oh dear.... Does anyone else have ideas if I could buy the cut of meat and try to do the spices myself? Thanks, Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 I would think someone like Cesar at Tony's Butchery, or another butchery, would be able to order it for you. It would be a minimum size order, I imagine (in other words, "I probably can't sell it otherwise, so you'll have to buy a minimum cut of X kilos". For example, every so often I want to do crispy pork, which calls for pork belly, and I have to buy 2 or 3 kilos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyjillin Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 15 minutes ago, ComputerGuy said: I would think someone like Cesar at Tony's Butchery, or another butchery, would be able to order it for you. It would be a minimum size order, I imagine (in other words, "I probably can't sell it otherwise, so you'll have to buy a minimum cut of X kilos". For example, every so often I want to do crispy pork, which calls for pork belly, and I have to buy 2 or 3 kilos. I tried at Tony's about 3 years running and he just does not want to do it anymore. Smitty's and Ricks ran 1-2 kilos. If you want to make your own have someone cut you a brisket with fat at least 1 kilo. Google "how to make corned beef". The recipe that you want calls for at least 7 days of brining and the spices used are pickling spices. then simmer in a baggy complete with the spices and some of the brine water like i suggested earlier. Rick is on this board so maybe you could pick his brain as to how he did it to prepare it for cooking. His was excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 I meant getting the brisket, not the finished corned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevalerieleigh Posted February 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 Got it! Yes, I'll stop by and ask Rick and see if he'll help me out. Many thanks and I'm glad I asked early enough to try and do this myself. Cheers! Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyjillin Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 49 minutes ago, ComputerGuy said: I meant getting the brisket, not the finished corned. Lo siento. Yes any butcher can supply the brisket cut. To make sure they understand and don''t have a schematic of a steer I take a print of that and a foto of the cut to show what I want. Crispy pork sounds good. I've been thinking about trying that. Where do you get your belly with the skin still attached that's easy to get to as I am somewhat disabled. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 Tony's. Depends on his mood, whether he will get it or not. =sigh= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyjillin Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 8:41 AM, happyjillin said: This is what she wants and what I really lust for too,not the sliced package. I REALLLYY like the fatty one! Smitty and Rick used to make these and Tony doesn't do them anymore either. I may have a source but briskets are pretty big and the person that brines it does a whole one. I only want 1to1-1/2 kilos. Anybody else want in for about that size which is what Rick used to sell. You can freeze it and I was told the brine prep takes the guy about 10 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfglass Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Full brisket available at Costco, Lopez Mateos yesterday. Have one in the freezer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyjillin Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, Halfglass said: Full brisket available at Costco, Lopez Mateos yesterday. Have one in the freezer. I said corned beef made from brisket. Big difference and not easy to get here. Look at my fotos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Greenwood Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Treat the “ fresh brisket “ just like the “. corned “ .....braise it slow and low covered , with lots of vegetables spices , a little stock and ,perhaps some barley....then...mushrooms and fresh herbs to finish ...can be just as good as corned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyjillin Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 11 hours ago, Ian Greenwood said: Treat the “ fresh brisket “ just like the “. corned “ .....braise it slow and low covered , with lots of vegetables spices , a little stock and ,perhaps some barley....then...mushrooms and fresh herbs to finish ...can be just as good as corned. Not when you're used to the good stough on Spadina Avenue in Toronto,Ben's in Montreal or even Safeway uncooked but pickled in Edmonton .on rye bread with a kosher dill on the side not Vlasic alleged kosher dill. Corned beef ain't a stew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 13 hours ago, happyjillin said: Not when you're used to the good stough on Spadina Avenue in Toronto,Ben's in Montreal or even Safeway uncooked but pickled in Edmonton .on rye bread with a kosher dill on the side not Vlasic alleged kosher dill. Corned beef ain't a stew. We've been ordering beef brisket from Tony and now, since his retirement, his son Caesar for the last 16 years. We buy our saltpetre (Potassium Nitrate) (known locally in the butcher trade as "pink nitrate" or "pink salt") in Chapala (tiny corner store that sells spices which located about one or two blocks from the central market on the same side of the street (Francisco I. Madero) as you proceed towards the Central bus station). We cure the brisket totally submerged in a solution of water, saltpetre, pickling spices and salt for 10 days. Put a heavy weight on the meat to keep it submerged and if possible keep the meat in a single piece. Our finished corn beef is identical the the best we've had in Toronto, Montreal and New York and what we have (purposely) left over after St. Patricks Day, we slice, pre-package and freeze so that over the next 3 to 4 months we continue to have great corned beef sandwiches. The Costco product is nowhere close! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyjillin Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 20 minutes ago, Carnivore said: We've been ordering beef brisket from Tony and now, since his retirement, his son Caesar for the last 16 years. We buy our saltpetre (Potassium Nitrate) (known locally in the butcher trade as "pink nitrate" or "pink salt") in Chapala (tiny corner store that sells spices which located about one or two blocks from the central market on the same side of the street (Francisco I. Madero) as you proceed towards the Central bus station). We cure the brisket totally submerged in a solution of water, saltpetre, pickling spices and salt for 10 days. Put a heavy weight on the meat to keep it submerged and if possible keep the meat in a single piece. Our finished corn beef is identical the the best we've had in Toronto, Montreal and New York and what we have (purposely) left over after St. Patricks Day, we slice, pre-package and freeze so that over the next 3 to 4 months we continue to have great corned beef sandwiches. The Costco product is nowhere close! My wife and I both like to cook,but making corned beef is not our thing especially since our fridge is too small anyway. We only use it in sandwiches. I may have found a source and they're delivering a 1 to 1 1/2 chunk to me on May 12. costco and all the small places around here sell that non corned beef fake in a package sliced-yuch! There ain't even any fat on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyjillin Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 As I suspected,corned beef and pastami are a Jewish European thing brought to North America by those immigrants. The Irish settled near them and started using corned beef instead of the traditional bacon with their cabbage because it cost less. I have never had corned beef and cabbage and never will. I consider that a waste of good tasty meat. This foto is what makes my mouth water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 Oh man, that was MEAN! I would kill for a Yitz's Deli corned beef or pastrami on rye, with double dills and slaw. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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