From: 61rroger@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 7:32:07 PM UTC-4, 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?   
   >   
   Last I knew, Penzeys spices sells packages of corned beef spice blend.  They   
   also sell packages of pickling spice blend, so, if you choose to buy from   
   them, be careful about what you pick.  HTH   
      
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   illegal.  Some people just don't need/eat that much.   
      
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