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Ophelia[_14_]
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> On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 13:28:44 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
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>>On 3/8/2016 1:18 PM,
wrote:
>>> On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 12:11:49 -0500, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/8/2016 11:17 AM,
wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 11:01:33 -0500, jmcquown >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/8/2016 8:35 AM,
wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 11:06:34 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Has anyone made this from scratch? If so, please would you share a
>>>>>>>> recipe.
>>>>>>>> I have seen them on line but prefer a tried and tested.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Haven't done it for years but it's really not difficult, just pick
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> one with the most ingredients you like.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seems she asks this question every year. She and "himself" likely
>>>>>> wouldn't enjoy it because making corned beef includes the use of
>>>>>> pickling spice which includes flaked red pepper, at least in the USA.
>>>>>> And some black peppercorns. She and himself don't like anything with
>>>>>> even a hint of pepper. Or so she's said.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes...d_corned_beef/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OMG, red pepper flakes and 1 Tbs. whole black peppercorns. With a
>>>>>> five
>>>>>> pound brisket cooked in water.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Truly, I doubt Ophelia and her kin would like corned beef brisket
>>>>>> even
>>>>>> though it is more salty than peppery. They seem to dislike even a
>>>>>> whif
>>>>>> of pepper in anything.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>> Are we not allowed to dislike things? I loathe chipotle anything,
>>>>> Mexican food to me just feels hot in the mouth but for no good reason.
>>>>> Now a nice Vindaloo with the multitude layers of spices etc. that's
>>>>> entirely different, I think many today have blunted their taste buds
>>>>> with tabasco and mexican food.
>>>>>
>>>> Of course we're allowed to dislike things. But if she wants to make
>>>> corned beef brisket from scratch some pepper and peppercorns are in
>>>> nearly every recipe. I merely said I doubt they'd like it because they
>>>> don't eat any kind of pepper in anything and it is an ingredient in
>>>> corning your own beef.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> But it is not present in quantities destined to 'pepper' it up -
>>> pepper merely for flavour, an entirely different thing. When I corned
>>> my own I used peppercorns but pepper was not 'the' flavour in the
>>> finished product.
>>>
>>I NEVER said it was the flavour in the finished product. In fact, I
>>stated it is salty. All I was commenting on is Ophelia has posted many,
>>many times about not even wanting a whisper of any kind of pepper in
>>their food. Therefore, I doubt she would like corned beef from scratch
>>simply because it includes <gasp> pepper.
>>
>>Jill
>
> O for gods sake! You`re so petty - I thought you were working 9-5
> these days, with no time to spare for ngs.
Never let it be said that McBitch has no time to spare for bitching at me.
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