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Happy National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day!

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by Alexa Weibel, Posted Jan 14th 2011 @ 1:15PM

Photo: stu_spivack, Flickr.

Happy National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day!

The ultimate carnivorous sandwich, the pastrami is piled high, bursting with the meaty, salty, succulent slices. To attain its flavor and texture, the cured cut of beef (typically brisket, but also chuck or round) is rubbed with coarse kosher salt and an assorted mix of spices including garlic, brown sugar, garlic, peppercorns, allspice berries, paprika, bay leaves, cinnamon stick and more. Alternately, it can be brined then set to rest in a cool, dark place for some two weeks. Next, the pastrami is smoked, cooked and sliced, to be served with rye bread, latkes or more.

For inspiration for the perfect pastrami, look no further: the heaping, savory pastrami of Katz's makes it royalty among New York delis -- and the delicatessen has earned its perch, having dished out the sandwiches since 1888.

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Filed under: Holidays

Cold Cuts ID Quiz

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by Slashfood Editor, Posted Sep 1st 2009 @ 4:19PM

Can you identify a cold cut by sight alone, or will your wits be spoiled? Check out these lunch meats and test your sandwich smarts!

Cold Cuts ID Quiz

This soft, air-dried sausage is usually made with a combo of beef and pork.

  • Mortadella
  • Dutch Loaf
  • Lebanon Bologna
  • Cotto Salami

This is a turkey version of which classic cold cut?

  • Corned Beef
  • Pastrami
  • Bastirma
  • Brisket

This traditional cut has been so long beloved, it's the star of an English ballad first performed in the 1730s.

  • Roast Beef
  • Brisket
  • Corned Beef
  • Smoked Meat

This dry cured ham is simply lip smacking when wound around melon slices.

  • Pancetta
  • Capicola
  • Sopressatta
  • Prosciutto

Name these hams from left to right.

  • Pressed Ham / Black Forest Ham
  • Turkey Ham / Chopped Ham
  • Black Forest Ham / Turkey Ham
  • Chopped Ham / Pressed Ham

A small dash of white wine contributes to the flavor of this cured, sometimes multi-meat Italian treat.

  • Genoa Salami
  • Nostrano
  • Capicola
  • Bresaola

We can't pretend this is anything but olive loaf. What ingredient is not found in it?

  • Corn Syrup
  • Mechanically Separated Chicken
  • Red Peppers
  • Cloves

This picture is full of baloney. What varieties are they from top to bottom?

  • Beef / Turkey / Chicken & Pork
  • Soy / Turkey / Beef
  • Chicken & Pork / Beef / Turkey
  • Beef / Soy / Pork

This soft, smoked meat is a variety of liverwurst,.

  • Cervelat
  • Gelbwurst
  • Leberkase
  • Braunschweiger

This pork and beef sausage is cured, rather than cooked.

  • Lebanon Bologna
  • Hard Salami
  • Mortadella
  • Morcilla

This smoked, juniper-flavored proscuitto is also known as what?

  • Speck
  • Bresaola
  • Lardo
  • Presunto

This kosher cut is a grocery store staple.

  • Dutch Loaf
  • Spiced Luncheon Loaf
  • Beef Salami
  • Summer Sausage

Name these ham styles from left to right.

  • Black Forest Ham / Chopped Ham
  • Smithfield Ham / Black Forest Ham
  • Chopped Ham / Smithfield Ham
  • Virginia Ham / Chopped Ham

The name of this American-made, Italian style sweet salami means

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Curing Your Own Corned Beef - Foodie Flicks

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by Monika Bartyzel, Posted Mar 20th 2009 @ 11:00AM



The day of all things green was upon us this week, so in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, I wanted to give you some Corned Beef Brisket foodie flick goodness, courtesy of Pioneer Living.

Corned beef is a brisket or similar cut of beef cured or pickled in brine before it is cooked. The "corn" title comes from the corn-sized salt that is used to cure it.

Unfortunately, there is no instant satisfaction for this recipe. The long, 3-week curing process means you might want to tackle it next year. But there is just enough time to whip this up for Easter, or any time you're jonesing for beef prepared in a different way. The recipe requires minimum effort on your part, and even better, as Sarah points out, two briskets mean you can cure one for corn beef and one for pastrami (if you have the means to smoke it) at the same time.

Filed under: Foodie Flicks, Ingredients

Eat a hot pastrami sandwich today

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by Bob Sassone, Posted Jan 14th 2008 @ 12:10PM

hot pastrami sandwichPhoto: vvvanessa, Flickr


Why? Because I said so, that's why.

Actually, it's National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day! Further proof that there's a holiday for every food (for the record, yesterday was National Peach Melba Day). Here's Emeril's Favorite Pastrami Sandwich recipe, and here's one for a Turkey Pastrami Roll. How about some Fried Pastrami?

Filed under: Ingredients, Holidays

Carnegie Deli to name sandwich after Jerry Springer

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by Joe DiStefano, Posted May 1st 2006 @ 10:35PM

New York City's Carnegie Deli will honor talk show host Jerry Springer by naming a sandwich after him. The deli, which is equally famous for its corned beef as well its  gruff waiters, will christen the sandwich tomorrow at 2:00PM. Customers may even have a chance to be served by the man himself.

There's no word as to the ingredients of the new sandwich. One thing's for sure - there won't be "lotsa corned beef plus lotsa pastrami." That artery-clogging combo comprises a  gutbomb called the "Woody  Allen." Geez, Woody must have one hell of a metabolism.

What do you think the "Jerry Springer" sandwich would contain?

Filed under: Ingredients, Chefs & Restaurants, Restaurants

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