On Monday, May 24, 2021 at 12:29:57 AM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 23 May 2021 01:50:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> > On Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 9:14:04 PM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> >> Well, I meant to inspire somebody here to make their own pastrami
> >> and/or sauerkraut ....
> >
> > Sorry. A half pound of pastrami was more, really, than I wanted to eat
> > over the course of several days. I don't know what I'd do with an entire
> > brisket (which I think is the only suitable cut for pastrami).
> The pastrami you bought at the store wasn't brisket. Maybe it was
> navel, but most likely it was top round <ptooey>. And you've never
> had tri-tip pastrami either.

I can tell the difference between brisket and top round. It was
flat-cut brisket.

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What an eye-watering URL. Still, I'm not their website designer.

Tri-tip is not a popular cut here. I doubt I've seen it more than once or
twice.

Cindy Hamilton