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Sue’s Brisket






A bit of a back story. We have a restaurant nearby called the black forest café. it’s in Amherst New Hampshire and has just the most amazing brisket ever. 
So one day long ago, I thought to myself - I should just make brisket myself. How difficult can it be?  Well that’s $100 dollars  that I’ll never get back. I bought all these root vegetables etc. and it was just inedible. 2nd worst home cooked meal of my life.  The best way to describe it was trying to eat a saddle that someone’s naked ass sat on for 100 years soaked in Vinegar. 

Fast forward a few hundred years or so,  and we are now living in Milford and I happen to say to my gorgeous neighbor something about the black forest café and brisket. She (Sue) says - oh my gosh I have a perfect recipe for you. “You can’t mess it up” (she says)
Believe me. I was hesitant, but she insisted. 

Honestly. I can’t believe how absolutely simple and amazingly wonderful this brisket is. We’ve made it at least every other month for the past year. Definitely a new favorite. 

This is definitely a less is more lesson. It’s a simple as it looks! Perfect! 


Recipe from Sue (screen shot from my notes)



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