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Can Beef Brisket Get Cross Contaminated?


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vvicin02 Enthusiast

I am really puzzled why twice now I made one beef brisket (same one cut into two pieced and frozen) in a clean Dutch Oven with just salt, brown sugar, pepper and onion powder and the next day I got a little sick.

I don't understand why. I can get burgers and steak and have no issues. I bought the beef brisket from Costco. It was not organic or grass fed. Not sure if that makes a difference.

Could it be how the meat was handled by the butcher or is it more likely something else? I had potato and spinach with the meal. Anyone experienced this?

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Ennis-TX Grand Master

In some cases it can be the butcher, they sometimes do seasoned, battered, and rubbed meats and package them also. Was it injected with flavoring? If they were prepping and cutting your meat on the same board then perhaps. Many cases they take precautions but there could have been a slip-up. But it could have also been the produce or seasonings. I take it the whole house is gluten-free?
Guess take extra precautions with that dutch oven, perhaps run it in the oven self-clean cycle and a good scrub, then perhaps use crockpot liners with it from now on if it is not enameled. 

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It was not injected - at least the package did not indicate that. My house is not gluten free. My wife is not ready for that since she does not have celiac disease. I tried to make sure everything was clean. Just seems odd that this has happened twice to me with the same Beef Brisket. Maybe I should try a brisket from a different store.  I used very basic seasoning. No problems with other meats. A real mystery. Thank you Ennis_TX for your feedback.

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kareng Grand Master

Does your wife bake with gluten?  sometimes people use the same measuring cups from flour to sugar.  

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7 minutes ago, kareng said:

Does your wife bake with gluten?  sometimes people use the same measuring cups from flour to sugar.  

This was my thoughts, flour goes airborne for hours and can settle anywhere. You said brown sugar and I thought the whole measuring cup CC thing with the brown sugar. The dutch oven could have been used some time, the prep surface you put the meat on could be CCed, the knives, cutting board, etc. -_-  Shared houses can be a minefield. 

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Good question. My wife does bake but not lately. I have my own supply of sugar and I used a measuring spoon. It might be something else. In researching I have not found many folks with this experience. Probably something unrelated. 

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cyclinglady Grand Master

I purchase plain brisket at Costco.  No issues for me.  All added seasonings are done in a separate room at Costco and never where they cut the meat per the butchers (I grill them all the time!)

Ennis could be on to something.  Was that a enameled Dutch oven or cast iron (which can retain gluten).  

Take it from me (been there and done that), not everything is due to celiac disease.  ?

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That is good to know that I am not the only one who loves brisket from Costco. I agree, more than likely it is not the meat but probably the prep or some other factor. Can't blame everything on celiac disease..lol. I really didn't want to give up the brisket - so good! Thank you all again.

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