food science Q re: internal temps of cured beef product

[Matt144]

Related question: How long does it take to steam to 203? I've got two 3 lb hunks of flat, and planning to steam them separately. I have no clue it'll take 1 hour or 12.

[David Parrish]

Related question: How long does it take to steam to 203? I've got two 3 lb hunks of flat, and planning to steam them separately. I have no clue it'll take 1 hour or 12.

Plan for 2 to 4 hours. You don't need to separate them.

[Matt144]

Thanks. I'm only separating them, so I can enjoy them on separate occasions.

[David Parrish]

Thanks. I'm only separating them, so I can enjoy them on separate occasions.

Cook both. 3 lbs goes QUICK. I bet you'll eat it all on the first occassion. Seriously, unless you have a large bat and are willing to beat your friends and relatives unconscious, they are going to eat all your pastrami like zombies on brains. Don't say I didn't warn you.

[Matt144]

I'm hoping it'll induce that kind of reaction, but it'll only be feeding me and my fiance for lunch. Splitting it in half should give us time to breathe and heat the rest up for dinner.

[Huskee]

If you tell me where you live you'll have 3 for lunch

[biggreenmatt]

Spiced, cured, smoked, and steamed braaaaaaaains.

Speaking of which, I wonder what would happen if you gave offal the pastrami treatment. Guessing that the mushier organs like brains, liver, or kidneys wouldn't work that well, but with tougher organs like heart, I imagine it might actually work- work well, even. Heart's a tough, tough piece of meat, which can only be improved by the tenderizing process involved.

Next up: pastrami'd heart!