Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Seven ways of looking at a brisket

So the smoked brisket from Snow's BBQ was everything I could have hoped for -- dense, less fatty than I feared, and full of wonderful smoke. It thus prompted the question of how many different ways there are to have brisket for lunch.

  1. Sliced, gently microwaved with a little BBQ sauce. Served with pickle.
  2. Chopped, gently microwaved with a little BBQ sauce. Served on a piece of toast, with pickle.
  3. Chopped, microwaved and mixed with some soupy black beans. Eaten straight up.
  4. Chopped, microwaved, and mixed with some soupy black beans. Eaten a tortilla.
  5. Sliced, served on a roll with some BBQ sauce and a pickle.
  6. Sliced, served on a roll with mustard and a plenty of giardiniera.
  7. Chopped, gently microwaved and served in a tortilla with a little bit of melted cheese. Add a few squirts of hot sauce.

Okay, is that really seven different ways? You'd have to ask a combinatorics professor. But I can tell you I basically ate brisket every day for two weeks and lived to tell the tale.

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