roflmao oh Noooooooooooooo HA HA HA THANKS FOR THE LAUGH Did not know that one lol Lucy

The Costco stores in Minnesota aren't carrying the same brands of corned beef they have in the past. I mentioned only a month ago in another thread that Costco for several years sold the Vienna Beef brand of corned beef. I have visited 3 Costco stores in the last 2 weeks and they all had the "Sy Ginsberg" brand at about $3.50 a pound. I looked at many briskets at all three stores. They were all extremely fatty. In fact - the fattiest and most disgusting corned beef briskets I've ever seen. Not even close to the quality of the other brands Costco has offered in the past. Now I know some people like well marbled, fatty corned beef. But I won't be buying my CB at Costco this year. Sushi - perhaps your Costco if offering a different product. I know the products vary by region.

I use a pressure cooker. I don't have the recipe right in front of me, but basically you put the corned beef and water in the PC on high pressure for about 50-55 minutes, release pressure and then add the cabbage, quartered or 'eighthed', bring back up to pressure for 5 or 10 minutes, release pressure...you get the idea. Google 'corned beef and cabbage pressure cooker' and you'll get a ton of responses. You can have it on the table in a little over an hour, and it tastes like it's been simmering for four or five. Since I got a PC I haven't made corned beef & cabbage any other way.

This is how I like to cook corned beef. My Corned Beef 3 lb corned beef 2 t black peppercorns Bag of spices included with corned beef 2 bay leaves 1 stalk celery 1 whole carrot 6 garlic cloves 1 onion, halved a few allspice 1 cup white wine OR 1 cup apple juice 1 cup water or water just to cover corned beef Soak corned beef in cold water for 24 hours to remove excess salt. Drain. One day before planning to eat, put corned beef in crock. Sprinkle spices included in small bag on corned beef. Add bay leaves, celery, carrot, garlic, and studded onion to the pot. Add wine or apple juice and water to crock. Turn crockpot on low and cook for 8 – 12 hours. Turn crockpot off and leave everything in crock until the next day when going to eat (this allows to corned beef to absorb all of the wonderful flavors). Next day, turn crockpot back on low to heat beef. When thoroughly heated, remove the beef to a plate to rest and slice. I cook carrots, potatoes, and cabbage all separately.