beef brisket, cut into two equal 6 pound pieces, the round and the flat, fat trimmed off tops and sides, left on bottom • Boil brine: • water • Brown sugar • coarse himalayan sea salt • curing pink salt Prague # 1, 0.25% of weight with 6.25% sodium nitrate to arrive at 156 ppm USDA recommended level • pickling spices • whole coriander • yellow mustard seeds • crushed garlic • Make dry rub: • Black ground pepper •