Brisket in SW BC (Vancouver Area)
Does anyone know of a place to get reasonably priced brisket in the Vancouver area (prefer. maple ridge area)? The only places I've been able to find it is at custom and organic butcher shops... at $6 a pound :-s. Regular shopping centers (centres) don't seem to carry it? TnT has a cut called (if I remember correctly) "rip cut beef steak" or something like that, which looks very similar to a brisket... could this be the same thing?
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I'm in Calgary, so perhaps the Vancouver meat selection is a bit different so take my comments for what they are. I smoke alot of brisket and have not had any problems finding it here in Calgary. I've got them from Safeway, CO-OP and a number of butcher shops. I smoke the briskets whole, but you would be unlikely to find a whole brisket out on the shelf s(they usually separate the point and flats to make smaller briskets good for making corned beef)o I generally have to ask the meat department if they have any and usually they do. I'm not sure what you are planning on doing with the brisket, but you might want to ask for a 'packer cut' which they should have still in the cryovac from the meat packers. This should be the whole brisket (the point and the flat), have plenty of fat on it and will probably weight between 9 and 14 lbs. Since they can sell it to you right in the cryovac, they should give you a better price on it too.
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re: zipper
That's weird. Any butcher shop, not just high-priced organic specialty shops, should be able to provide you with reasonably priced brisket. It is, after all, one of the cheaper cuts, and it is a pretty big part of the cow. Is there a Thrifty Foods near you? I know they've been expanding onto the mainland, and their meat is pretty good (their butchers are usually willing to take orders for specific cuts).
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