I always eat mine without the mustard. Just the meat and rye bread is all you need. Why spoil it with condiments?
Posted on 12/22/2021 6:53:59 PM PST by nickcarraway
After getting a stage four metastatic colon cancer diagnosis, this 92-year-old immediately began planning to do his favorite things for the last time, including one more meal at the beloved Lower East Side institution Katz’s Delicatessen.
“This pilgrimage to the temple of pastrami was among a handful of items on the bucket list that my father, Rabbi Israel S. Dresner, drew up within 24 hours of the doctors telling him last month that he would not make it to his 93rd birthday in April,” wrote Avi Dresner to in a moving essay about the recent bittersweet afternoon he brought his father to the Manhattan deli for one final sandwich.
Since publishing his story, Avi tells The Post he’s been inundated with “well over a hundred” emails from his father’s former congregants and strangers alike, all moved and inspired by his story.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
My best intentions to the Rabbi and a salute to his son.
Despite age & doctor’s prognosis, the Rabbi should have also ordered a sandwich to go or inquire about delivery. A good pastrami sandwich may ease his predicted December-to-April journey. Plus, “what” do doctor’s know?
“I hear the Adolph K Mussleman is tasty”.
A century ago, “Mussleman” was the three-syllable name for “Muslim”.
They may not have a kosher CERTIFICATION, but I doubt they are serving pastrami which a rabbi would find religiously objectionable.
https://www.ok.org/companies/get-certified/steps-to-kosher-certification/
I always eat mine without the mustard. Just the meat and rye bread is all you need. Why spoil it with condiments?
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