From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 23:32:03 +0000 (UTC), Howard    
   wrote:   
      
   >Do those spice packets that come with corned beef actually make any   
   >difference? Corned beef has such a strong taste already it's hard for me to   
   >see it, and the volume of stuff in the packet looks like it's less than   
   >what you find in a teabag. I imagine that emptying into the pot that little   
   >bit of seeds and leaves in a couple of quarts of water would barely   
   >register on its own, and  I'm struggling to see how such diluted flavor   
   >would affect corned beef in any noticable way.   
   >   
   >Maybe cooking corned beef in a heavily spiced liquid, with a ton of   
   >peppercorns and bay leaves and mustard seeds and whatever else would make a   
   >difference, but is there any real reason for those tiny packets?   
      
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