Fall Touches in the Kitchen and Secrets to Cooking a Brisket

Brisket is one of H's favorite things to cook.   He cooked one Friday,   then our daughter stopped by and we gave her some.....then two of the grands came by and we gave them some to take home   So,  he picked up another one and cooked it Saturday.   (We like to have brisket  in the freezer ready to eat when we don't have time to cook.)

Before I share H's secret to mouth watering brisket,   I wanted to share some fall touches that I added to the kitchen.

I put a rustic pumpkin on a metal pedestal.    Do you see H  in the backyard on the right side of the photo?     

H mowed the back yard while the brisket cooked......this is my view of the yard from the window over the kitchen sink.

Ok....back to my fall touches in the kitchen!
 I  put a wood slice pumpkin that says Hello Fall on the second shelf of the vintage metal cart.

I ordered this sweet pig pillow cover from Amazon ...less than $5....and it came in about a week ago.     I wanted to dress her up a bit for fall,  so I added a bow and some silk flowers above her ear.....

Then I gave her a ruffled skirt,   now she's ready for fall

Now,  I want to share H's secrets to mouthwatering brisket.....

H puts his brisket in a big turkey bag......then he adds about half a bottle of Claudes marinade  sauce and ties the bag off.   The brisket will set in refrigerator over night to absorb all the flavor from the yummy marinade.    The next day he cooks it about 7 hours at 350.

In the first photo,  you can see how the brisket looks when he takes it out of the bag.

 In the second photo,  you can see  how the brisket  looks after he trims all the fat off.    That big plastic jar on the left side of the photo is filled with all the fat,  juice,  and turkey bag that the brisket was cooked in.    H keeps empty coffee cans....snack mix jars...etc....to put messy stuff in before it goes to the trash.

H slices the leaner parts of the brisket and chops the fattier parts.    We eat the sliced brisket with some of the au jus that you see saved in the roasting pan.     The chopped brisket will be turned into  BBQ using the Famous Dave's  sauce.  

We're having lunch at the snack bar today.  

I'm serving lunch on pink and white pig paper plates that I dressed up by setting them on a white ironstone charger.   I'm using our everyday flatware and yard sale placemats and napkins.

The centerpiece for our lunch is roses picked from the backyard in an everyday water glass.    We are having BBQ brisket, whats left of the potato salad that was made yesterday,   and pan fried toast.   

Yummmy!!!!

Now,   I just need to put my camera away and  step over to the stove to fill my plate with some of that mouthwatering brisket!