That sounds like an oxymoron.

Must.Get.Sleep. PRW starts tomorrow!

AzTheta:

A good brisket (as opposed to a tough, stringy slab of meat) is the food of the Gods. There are many recipes for brisket. I have two that are great. But these are Jewish briskets, "traditional". But then you have Texas brisket. We had it in Austin.

What all briskets have in common: They need to cook a LOOONG time. In Texas and in Jewish homes you start with the butcher for the best brisket. Not too fatty, but with fat (or it is like eating shoe leather). I usually buy prime beef. In Texas they usually start with a rub (see above) and then the meat is placed in a smoker. Wary's rub sounds amazing. I admit that I can't smoke a brisket (or anything else) for 8 hours. So, I'm going to try this recipe. And yes, making it the day before is important if you cook the brisket in the chicken broth or using my recipes.

AzTheta: If you happen to come to my neck of the woods, I'll make you a brisket...or two. Then you can compare..


Now back to the important stuff: a wonderful recruitment story! *sorry for the digression.

ellebud: :D

see? I don't have to cook, my friends take care of me. Life is Good!

Wary...that brisket recipe sounds fabulous..my husband does alot of the cooking at our house..so I need to get him on that;)

Ellebud..let us know how it turns out!

Wary..not much longer and your story can begin! My daughter reports for workweek next week! She is beyond excited to meet all of the new PNMs! Does anyone know how many are signed up this year?

Midweek there were over a 1000 signed up already

Good luck to your daughter! We are all so excited to meet the pnms!

Really? That's crazy!

That's great! It seems like there were a little less last year, like maybe in the 900's but I could be wrong..

I'm so incredibly excited for this story.

Best names ever! Also--recruitment starts the same day for us! We go back the 14th and all of the PNMs arrive on the 17th!! I'm so excited!

My family is from Texas, half of my family is still there (majority live in Houston or Galveston)! I LOVE FRITO PIE and I want some RIGHT. NOW. Frito Pie & Dr. Pepper ALL THE WAY.

So excited! Good luck to your PNM!

Yes, the numbers are definitely ahead of 2010!

I know it's work week at UT...any word on what the numbers actually are this year?

Good Luck to your daughter. My daughter is also going through recruitment at UT next week. I am so sad to see her leave but so excited for her to begin this chapter of her life. :)

^^^Good Luck to your daughter! I was just in Austin over the weekend moving my daughter into her new home for the year. She is so excited to be "on the other side" this year! I'm excited that she is too..last year was rough, but she had a very happy ending!

My best advice to your daughter is to keep an open mind. Every single chapter at UT is excellent and they all have so much to offer! It is so easy to get caught up in the chatter, but tell her to try to ignore it and go with what she is feeling..It will be a great week for her and Wary's daughter! Good luck to all!!

Convocation tomorrow! She's excited and less nervous than she was last week, and really, she couldn't be more ready. I'm taking the advice of several of you and doing the recruitment in a different thread... We'll leave this one for food, I guess -- it's just gotten awfully long to continue on here. So, I'll see you on the new thread!

Any other texans a fan of rc cola like me?!