Reg wrote:
> Douglas Barber wrote:
>
>
>> Interesting article he
>> http://www.geocities.com/old_soothsa...nyt030430.html
>> mentions a mixture of hickory and apple, and makes it sound like
>> there's probably not an iron-clad tradition in the matter.
>>
>
> Douglas, thanks for the link. Yes, I've seen that article. It's
> good to see I'm not the only one interested in such things.
>
> I've gone back into old cookbooks from various sources in
> search of an answer. Also talked to a lot of old Jewish folk 
> Still looking for the definitive answer, and I suspect there
> may not be one.
>
>
Guess we'll have to settle for a good pastrami sandwich now and
then...one of life's finer pleasures!