Posted on 01/14/2019 5:33:48 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
A very popular delicatessen meat, pastrami is usually made from beef however sometimes is made from pork, mutton or turkey. The pastrami was originally created as a way to preserve meat before modern refrigeration. To make pastrami the raw meat is placed in brine, then partially dried, seasoned with various herbs and spices, smoked and steamed. A wave of Romanian Jewish immigration introduced pastrami (pronounced pastróme), a Romanian specialty, in the second half of the 19th century. Early English references had used the spelling “pastrama” before the modified “pastrami” spelling was used. New York kosher butcher, Sussman Volk is generally credited with producing the first pastrami sandwich in 1887, claiming to have gotten the recipe from a Romanian friend in exchange for storage of his luggage. Due to the popularity of his sandwich, Volk converted his butcher shop into a restaurant to sell pastrami sandwiches.
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Wow, pastrami sounds good right now!
Belch! Yay!
:-)
O-M-G...that’s no way to serve pastrami and looks terrible!
Pastrami with potato chips? Ah—no! Go to Langer’s Deli, order number 19. Have it with a side of slaw and a pickle, and bring a chili pepper for your heart. Divine.
https://www.langersdeli.com/langers-delicatessen-restaurant-menu/
Good pastrami is a joy. But sometimes, what people do to pastrami makes me shudder.
No one in Chicago can make a decent pastrami, nor coleslaw or Deli mustard, for that matter. OTOH...their deli corned beef is good.
NYC still has THE best pastrami, bar none, of anywhere and having grown up eating that kind, has spoiled me for any other. ;^)
And as another poster said..."potato chips with pastrami?"! Also, who in their right mind puts a teensy amount of crappy looking pastrami on a hot dog bun? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeesh!
LOL...good for you and you know what pastrami should look and taste like!
The ONLY way---the NY way.
Too bad about her.
She was cute, too.
Nothing says “passion” like pastrami.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY !
I make my own. It is FABULOUS.
It’s been too long since I had a pastrami sandwich like that! Some day I’ll have to go back to NYC for one.
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