There's the brisket around the ribs, the Jacob's ladder – what the Americans call short rib – and then the famed forerib, curving like an ocean wave.
Meat guru Bruce Aidells remembers that his grandmother, who kept a kosher home, always had an onion - and carrot-smothered brisket for Hanukkah served alongside crispy potato pancakes.
Eastern Texas' relative proximity to Tennessee puts it in the pulled-pork camp, but in the western segment of the Lone Star State, you're likely to find mesquite-grilled "cowboy-style" brisket.
Our recipe for Hanukkah is a variation on the traditional beer and chili sauce-braised brisket.
Supporters ate piles of beef brisket and toasted marshmallows at the fire pit.
