[discostu]

Pastrami ain't ham, it's kosher.

mmmm kosher pastrami

[Petronski]

Pastrami ain't ham, it's kosher.

It's made from kosher hogs.

[lawdude]

Here is pastrami info.

To make pastrami, you start by making corned beef. Corned beef is a beef brisket soaked in brine (with some sugar and spices). According to "The Joy of Cooking," corned beef "has nothing to do with corn but got its name...when a granular salt the size of a kernel of wheat -- corn to a Briton -- was used to process it." By smoking corned beef, you turn it into pastrami! Smoking adds flavor to the meat.

[Petronski]

[Exhausted sigh.] Yes, I know. Pastrami is made from beef. But you said you can't make ham from a cow, and I was just making an observation about how some pastrami resembles ham, yet is still kosher.

[muir_redwoods]

mmmmm, Stage Door Deli Kosher Pastrami

Dark pumpernickel, brown mustard, red onion

Damn it, I did it again!