Lunch Meat???

We love corned beef and pastrami.  Well, we used to love it.  Recently (like the last 10 years or so), the corned beef is only salty leather, and the pastrami has no fat.  Huh???  No fat???

Then  I found that Katz Deli in NYC (of the "I'll have what she's having," fame) ships!!!  So for a treat, we ordered a whole pastrami.  "Meat Size Katz's Legend Size (5.3-6lbs)" It arrrived when scheduled, packed with dry-ice.  You have to cook the whole one by boiling for three hours. The cooked weight was about 4 pounds.

We simmered very slowly, keeping the temperature of the water below 212º

Oh, boy, is it good!  Nothing like you buy in the supermarket deli.  What a treat!

I bought some things in our local markets:  half-sour pickles, marble rye bread, seeded rye bread, and sauerkraut.  I ordered Swiss Cheese from Katz. but it's not great.  (I still haven't found a swiss cheese I like, so that's a matter for another day.)

Becky told me that Junior's Cheesecake is available in PriceChopper, and it's almost as good as hers.  When I picked up the rye bread, I picked up a 1.5 pound cheesecake (from the freezer section).

Oh, my.  She's right.  It's excellent.  (I can't imagine how good hers is. . . )

I licked the platter clean. . . 

Hope you had as good a meal. . .