> *A young Jewish mother is preparing a Brisket one Friday for Shabbat
> dinner.*
> *Her daughter watches with interest as the mother slices off the ends of
> the Brisket before placing it in the roasting pan.
>
> The young girl asks her mother why she did this.*
>
> *The mother pauses for a moment and then says, "You know, I'm not sure.*
>
> *This is the way I always saw my mother make a brisket. Let's call
> Grandma and ask her."*
>
> *So, she phones her mother and asks why they always slice the ends off
> the brisket before roasting.*
>
> *The Grandmother thinks for a moment and then says, "You know, I'm not
> sure why, this is the way I always saw MY mother make a brisket."*
>
> *Now the two women are very curious, so they pay a visit to the
> great-grandmother in the nursing home.*
>
> *"You know when we make a brisket," they explain, "we always slice off
> the ends before roasting. Why is that?"*
>
> *"I don't know why YOU do it," says the old woman, "but I never had a
> pan that was large enough!"*/
>
> /*_____________________________________