Kent <Kent >> wrote:

> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Kent <Kent >> wrote:
>>
>>> I think you should cover it with water. We've been lightly browning our
>>> briskets before simmering to render some of the fat. We also now
>>> routinely
>>> put a bottle of dark beer into the simmer. It probably makes up about 25%
>>> of
>>> the volume.
>>
>> Browning your [corned beef] brisket won't render any more fan than
>> simmering it.
>>
> It decreases the amount of fat rising to the top of the braise more than you
> would imagine it would.

It's still not rendering any more fat, as you claimed. And where
did braising come in all the sudden? I thought you were simmering
(as in covered with water).

Whatever- forget I asked. I don't need to hear another Kent
Shuffle.

-sw