How to Make Wexler’s Deli Pastrami Sandwich in 8 Simple Steps

LA Magazine ^ | 5/15/2014 | Garrett Snyder

[JoeProBono]

[FlJoePa]

Sounds like a lot of work.

[Jane Long]

Yum!!!!

[doorgunner69]

Be nice if there was a way around all that smoking step, otherwise making corned beef would get you most of the way there.

[elcid1970]

Oy gevalt!

:^)

[reagandemocrat]

Or you could go to Langer’s.

[Rio]

Interesting timing as I’ve just been researching homemade pastrami recipes.
There was one that did not require a smoker. They oven-smoked it somehow.
I plan to try making pastrami next week. Have to time it properly as the smoker phase needs to occur on a weekend when I can attend it.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Now you’ve done it. Off to search for something to eat.

[publius911]

Bookmark

[FlJoePa]

Or Toojays here in FL.

[hoosiermama]

Mouth is watering !

[TrueKnightGalahad]

Oh boy - I think I’d KILL right now for a nice thick pastrami on rye (hold the mustard) from the Carnegie Deli. Like holding heaven in your hands.

[Mears]

“Oh boy - I think I’d KILL right now for a nice thick pastrami on rye (hold the mustard)

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Hold the mustard??? I think that’s sacrilegious. :-)

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[TrueKnightGalahad]

A great samich never needs additional flavorings or dressings! No mustard, no mayonnaise, no relish or 'secret sauce.' The very best burger I ever had, at Nebraska Steakhouse in NYC, not only needed no ketchup, but even salt and pepper would have been a shanda on that wondrously delicious pile of meat and bread. I submit that a Carnegie Deli pastrami on rye can be the very definition of the Platonic Ideal. Never mess with perfection! Would Heaven hang aluminum siding on the Pearly Gates? :-)

[TrueKnightGalahad]

Toojays? Where is that? I’m in Florida, and always interested in visiting the great food oases.

[Mears]

” I submit that a Carnegie Deli pastrami on rye can be the very definition of the Platonic Ideal. Never mess with perfection! Would Heaven hang aluminum siding on the Pearly Gates? :-).

You’re making me hungry-—I haven’t been to The Carnegie Deli in YEARS. (I’d still want spicy brown mustard,though.)We had a deli near us that had the best Rumanian pastrami I ever had-—but they closed. C’est la vie.

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[FlJoePa]

Toojays is a jewish deil chain based out of Palm Beach. I think they stretch as far north as Orlando and as far south as Broward. Nothing great, but pretty solid food. Good breakfast spot.

[Drew68]

two slices of fresh-baked rye bread, house-cured and smoked pastrami, and a generous swipe of mustard. That's all, baby.

I realize doing so doesn't make it kosher anymore but that's OK, I'm not Jewish. You gotta add swiss cheese.

[Delta Dawn]

Would Heaven hang aluminum siding on the Pearly Gates? :-)

It would depend I guess, on how good the salesman was...