Convenience, authenticity, and in between. Kinda long, I think too hard sometimes.

[BFlynn]

I'm gonna argue with you on one point - not curing and smoking your own pastrami!
It's so easy. Just do it!!
Like Tom Petty said, the waiting is the hardest part. If I had known how easy it is to cure meats, I would have done this a LONG time ago.

I've been doing a lot of game roasts as SVQ pastramis. On one hand, it takes a little more than a week to do - 5 days to cure, overnight to desalinate, 3 days in the sous vide, 4-6 hours to smoke. But everything except for the smoking, takes a grand total of 11 minutes of actual work.

It's also something that not/any of my friends here make, so it's always a hit. Got a little barter system starting where my hunting buddies bring me two roasts, and they get back 1 finished pastrami.

[fzxdoc]

Sounds like a fair barter. It's nearly as easy to cure and smoke 2 pastramis as one.

Kathryn

[STEbbq]

I am glad you mentioned this and I 100% agree. I didn’t want to mention it because I was still thinking about the rest of Tom’s post before posting.

[Troutman]

Game roast SVQ pastrami gets me VERY excited.

[Potkettleblack]

Authenticity is overrated. You go to a town in Italy that is famous for a dish. You eat at 12 different houses, unrelated families, and you get 12 different versions of the same thing. Which is the authentic? THEY ALL ARE!

Eat what you enjoy, cook what you like, and as Meathead says, "No rules in the kitchen or the bedroom." (he's clearly not into being a top... that will put a lot of rules in the bedroom.;-)

[fzxdoc]

Nice to hear from you!

K.