My mission now is to try a good store-bought already-corned brisket and cook that to see if my effort is rewarded.
I made the storebought corned beef for dinner tonight, using the same technique as my homemade version. There is no comparison. It's worth the work. Now I know.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington