Corned beef and cabbage is a popular dish that is made for St. Paddy’s Day in America. It is a brined cut of brisket that is then boiled to tenderize and cooked with cabbage, carrots, and potatoes. It’s an extremely flavorful comforting dish.
Place all of the spices minus the salt and brown sugar into a medium-size bowl and simply smash using a fork to help break it up to make a homemade pickling spice.
Next add 1 gallon of water to a very large pot along with 4 tablespoons of pickling spice, salt, curing salt, and brown sugar and bring it to a boil to dissolve the salts and sugar.