"43fan" > wrote in message
>
> Anyway... the problem is, IMO... I'm not buying brisket! Well, REAL
> brisket that is.. I have yet to find what everyone here(and most other
> places I read as well) calls a "packer cut" brisket. The largest I've
> found period is the one I did this past weekend, and it was 6.7lb. At
> most, a little less than 1/4" of fat on top, and not the entire brisket
> was covered with fat, about 1/3 of it on one end was strictly meat, no fat
> at all... and, very little marbling.
>
> This has to be it, doesn't it? When I mention brisket to any of the
> places I buy from, they always tell me "no, they're not that big".. etc,
> etc... The last one I bought was in the vacu-pack still, but they have to
> be getting just flats, and trimmed ones at that, don't they?

Yes, they are idiots. Wal Mart carries the full ones. Real butcher shops
can get them. You'll be pleased with the difference.