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    First attempt to buy Brisket in France. What exactly have I bought?

    @indaswamp That video was so informative, thank you. When he makes that first cut through the fat to separate the brisket from the "feather bones", that's the cut that wasn't made in mine and those are the bones that are still there. It's interesting that having removed that piece with the...
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    First attempt to buy Brisket in France. What exactly have I bought?

    > no telling what the french butcher was thinking when he was processing They were really guessing to some extent based on my limited explanation of what I wanted. I asked for a "poitrine complete", which is the best translation I could find on Google. They also told me that cuts vary even...
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    First attempt to buy Brisket in France. What exactly have I bought?

    @mike243 Yea that's what it looks like to me too. Thanks for the input
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    First attempt to buy Brisket in France. What exactly have I bought?

    Oh it's beef without question and what's under the ribs looks like brisket to me. That is what I requested. That said, I'm certainly no expert :)
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    First attempt to buy Brisket in France. What exactly have I bought?

    New member here. We recently moved to France from the US and I plan to celebrate the arrival of our Green Egg with a smoked brisket. These have to be special ordered from the butcher as Brisket isn't cut / packaged and sold here like in the US. I got my 16lb "brisket" today and from what I can...
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