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Bocadillo-style Brisket

On Easter, a tribesman I've known online for almost a decade now was revisiting a cook I'd just noted of his from a few weeks earlier ...

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And the earlier cook was ...

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So I went on to fully investigate ... because brisket, and because while my friend lives in MIA, he has an office in Austin, and eats phenomenal Q in his timeline at all times ... yes, Franklin et al ...

So I watched the Triple D ...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/full-out-duke-city-reuben-0226139.html

Awww Yissss ... so likable ... I'm sure I'm trying this cook, now ...

Okay, so ...

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And also online:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/maries-sauerkraut.html

Cool ...

Nobody ever gives it all up, though, so I had to poke around ... you know, cyberstalk a bit ...

Here's where it began, before there was any location, when it was a catering item, in '12:

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Still pretty sexy ...

Along the way, it's been covered a few times, and it's been shared being prepped more candidly ;)

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But really, really digging ... like, mining ...

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Ahhhhh ...

And it seems to be more about the process than the pickling + spice mixture, because ...

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So I grabbed a brisket flat earlier today, and it went Down in the DM ...

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Now ... while I really wanted to know all about it, I also just doing whatever I want to!

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Get it done!? #kitteh

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Set the oven for 200F, and lined up some options ...

Ultimately, here's what got used in my riff on it ...

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And the obligatory 'before' shot ...

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And into the oven, in the FO ...

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That's it for tonight!
 
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