Grant Erwin wrote:

The other day a guy told me that pastrami is just smoked corned beef. 'Zat
true? So if I buy a cheap marked-down bag of corned beef at the local
supermarket, how do I go about turning it into homemade pastrami?

Soak it over night, changing the water a couple times, then dry,
cover with crushed pepper and coriander seed, and smoke over oak or
pecan.

-sw