Brisket's a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest. While all meat animals have a brisket, the term's most often used to describe beef or veal. The beef brisket's one of the eight beef primal cuts. According to the Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition, the term derives from the Middle English "brusket" which comes from the earlier Old Norse "", meaning cartilage. The cut overlies the sternum, ribs and connecting costal cartilages. Cows lie on this enlarged part of… (More on Brisket)