On Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:06:30 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>The Other Guy wrote:
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>> On Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:18:11 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>> > wrote:
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>> >In article >,
>> > Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
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>> >> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
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>> >> >Why is it common to brine pork and poultry, but not beef?
>> >>
>> >> It's more common to brine beef.
>> >> Corned beef.
>> >> Sauerbratten.
>> >> It's more common than all the rest together to brine fish.
>> >
>> >Corned beef, eh? Didn't know that.
>>
>> And, of course, pastrami.
>
>And also....."corned" is another word for "brined in salt water."

Pastrami is essentially smoked corned beef.
Btw, brined in salt water is an oxymoron.