I worked in a jewish deli when I was 18. I have fond memories of rye bread with caraway seeds, pickled cucumbers, smoked garlic frankfurts, I could eat an entire smoked buckling (fish) for lunch, followed by a handful of cherry liquor chocolates. Slices of smoked brisket on a kaiser roll. Now, there’s no jewish deli within thousands of miles where I live, if I could transport myself I would. There’s nothing like a Jewish deli in Melbourne, but how times change. The shop I worked in was one building around the corner from the shop that was bombed in Hawthorn Road, Caulfield.
Oh, the Jewish delis in Montreal !........to die for:
One of my favs ........
Schwartz's Deli ( Montreal Jewish Quarter), one of the BEST: