- That wasn't so nice I feel so bad
you can't make Jewish mothers be mean to each other.
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- Hi my name is Marci Boscia
- I'm Naomi Gruer
- Hi I'm Helene
- Hi I'm Jennifer Daniels
- My name is Shannon Sarna
and I'm so happy to be here.
- Every holiday we have,
except for thanksgiving, there must be brisket.(laughs)
It's a crowd pleaser and everybody loves it.
Everybody expects it
and they bring containers to take stuff home.
- So what makes the perfect brisket?
- Okay well you definitely have to have love.
when you are thinking about your family and the holiday
and your cooking all of that is going into your cooking.
So that's number one.
- You got to like sear the (bleep) out of it
until it's like super caramelized on both sides.
Then you add all your aromatics, carrots, onions, celery.
- People do it with beer, people do it with tomatoes,
people do it with soya sauce.
- Then it goes in the oven for a good three plus hours.
- You watch a good movie, you know do some laundry.
- And just continuing on adding love to it.
- Jewish food is all super ugly food.
The brown, mushy, it's terrible to photograph
and it looks kind of gross.
- But the taste is just amazing!
- I'm gonna be 100% honest when I evaluate each brisket.
I think all these Jewish moms can take it.
- Okay bring it!
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- I've tried many brisket recipes
but I'm very excited about this one.
There was dredging, there was searing,
simmering and boiling and waiting
and adding more ingredients.
So this one was a lot of work
but in the end
we were like oh my God it's so good!
- Oh
- This one looks
It's cut very thick.
- Not my thing
the chunky veggies but it smells pretty good.
- I'm gonna try it.
- It's all right.
- It's good, not great.
but it's definitely, you know?
Edible
- I think it could maybe use a little more flavor.
- I don't like how it's cut,
it's cut a little to thick for my liking.
I think it could use a little more sauce or gravy
however you wanna call it.
- This one's really good, it's tender but not overly sweet.
I think this one is really excellent.
- This one's pretty good
(laughs) She clearly loves her family a lot
(laughs)
No, we all love our families come on guys.
- I think I'm going with a six here.
- I would serve this to my family if I had to.
I know they would prefer mine over this of course
but one to ten I would give this a six.
- I think I would give this one like a 9.5
it's really good.
- I'd give her an eight
just because I gotta leave room for me.
(laughs)
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- I'd like to say that it is a family recipe
handed down from my mom,
my children's grandma and their great grandma Laura.
However I've definitely tweaked it
quite a bit over the years.
My secret ingredient is an entire bottle of red wine
minus maybe a few sips.
- Okay let's see what we have here.
- Okay this one looks really, really nice.
Can I request when you do mine
that you put a nice piece out like this?
This looks pretty I'm gonna make a plate for you.
(onlookers laughing)
I just I can't, I can't
- Looks like it was cooked well,
looks like it has some fat on it
so that's always good.
- I don't know, little dry looking
but I guess we'll have to taste it to see.
- This is good!
I think it's really good.
But just to bring it to that great level
I would just add a little bit more flavor to it.
- It's all right not my favorite.
I don't love that I see the baby carrots in here
like this, which are kind of the ones you get in the bag.
- The baby carrots say like.
It was easy to throw the carrots in
I didn't have to peel anything
So maybe she was rushed for time
or she doesn't like to peel
or she had her nails done maybe.
But I think everything is really good.
It looks like the perfect homemade holiday brisket.
- I think I'd give it a six.
- I would give this a seven.
- I would rate this an eight, I would serve this to my kids.
- I don't know what she did to this
but it doesn't taste like Jewish brisket at all.
I think there's like peppers in this, it's weird
No I don't like this one at all.
I would not serve this one to my family,
not even to my worst enemies I wouldn't serve this one.
Can I give it a minus one? (laughs)
- [Spectator] Can she?
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- I make the best brisket of everybody.
That's what everybody tells me, especially my husband.
And my children, my mom always made it.
My grandmother always made it, my aunts always made it.
Now I'm making it.
- All right so we've gotta dicer, she dices her carrots.
- This smells really good
and it looks very tomatoey, savory.
- Let's give it a try.
- This one has nice flavor I like this.
- The sauce is really good but it's a little tough.
- This ones a little sweeter than my likings
I don't enjoy continuing with this one.
- I think it's somebody
who probably learned it from their mom
and just like did exactly
how there were kind of like taught to do it.
I would give it a five.
- I think I would give it an eight, I would make this.
If someone said oh try this recipe it was really good.
I would try it, I don't know
if it would replace my family recipe
but I think I would try it.
And I think my family would like it.
- I would give this a seven.
- I would give it a fair five.
Now I just have to only hope
that I don't ever bump into any of the other women
like in Shoprite or somewhere (laughs)
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- I don't know if I would ever say
that my brisket is the best.
But I am proud of my brisket.
So over the years
it's kind of developed between a hybrid
of Uncle Davids brisket and my husband.
Who is also a really good cook.
I like to add beer, soda, homemade stack
and a lot of red wine.
I like to serve it for parties,
shredded with little mini homemade challah rolls
and that's one of everyone's favorite.
- This looks like brisket
but you know, briskets' not a pretty food.
- Well it's cutting really nicely,
it's really tender.
- Too much fat,
the flavor isn't terrible
but the cut of meat I can't get passed.
It probably would have worked better
as a shredded barbecue.
Not as a whole slice like that.
- I like to serve it shredded
- Too fatty for me
- Its a little bit fatty for me and that is a problem
when you brisket.
- Tastes better than it looks.
Let me just taste it again, let me see.
- If I had to rate it I think I'd give it a five.
- Four?
Sorry
- I'll give it a five.
- It's good, different but it's good.
- So this is my brisket
that's a recipe that's sort of evolved
over years.
Lots of family feedback
and I guess I can't give all of the secrets
but there's Coke cola in here.
(gasps) It's a family favorite for holidays
and my kids kind of think
that it's the best brisket out there.
- Okay
- Smells really good
- It presents nicely.
- It's saucy
- There are no carrots, there are no onions
so I'm a little suspicious, I'll give it a try.
- It happens to be good!
- This ones really good.
- Very similar to mine.
- Really sweet its a little spicy,
maybe it needed to cook a like smidge longer
but overall I really like it.
- She does a nice job, she did a very nice job.
- This is good
it feels like maybe there's some brown sugar in there.
- A little bit more sweet
probably more of my liking
than as I told you my pizza bagels likings are
But it's not bad.
- I would definitely serve this to my family.
- I would give it an eight.
- I would give it a nine.
- I would give it a seven.
- I'll give this a nine.
- It's the winner, Its' the winner
- Thank you can I give you a hug?
My family said if I didn't win it had to be rigged.