Surely there are debates on best pastrami in NY, but this is the one I tried when I visited. Mouth watering goodness!
Fuckin gross, man.
I can’t be the only one who thinks this is visually disgusting right? It looks like completely uncooked meat. Why not just go down to the farm and slaughter one yourself and just eat it right there off of the ground?
Eh, disgusting is subjective, but there’s never only one person with a given opinion, particularly when it comes to food.
Uncooked meat can actually be delicious though, so it’s kind of a double subjective lol.
While it isn’t anything I have regularly, I tend to favor some steal cuts “blue”, which is essentially uncooked at all in the middle. Steak tartare is uncooked. Sashimi exists, and is amazing. Then there’s stuff like ceviche that’s not truly raw, but isn’t cooked with heat.
The list of raw meat foods could keep going, it’s not an uncommon thing.
Beyond that, you can’t really go by photographs for whether or not something actually matches visually. Raw meat and cured meats often do look similar in color, but not in texture. Not that color really matches, but it’s usually close enough to fool the eye depending on lighting and the film/sensor.
Again though, whether or not a pile of raw meat would be disgusting is indeed something that you’ll find plenty of people on either side of. And you’d likely find people that see this picture and think it looks raw, at least at first glance (it really doesn’t once you pay attention to the variations in color across the slices).
raw kibbi plate at lebanese deli set off wires in my brain. shit is addicting
It’s cured, slow-smoked (to an internal temp of 203 °F, much higher than what would be considered “well done” for steak), and then steamed. It’s literally the most cooked a piece of meat can possibly be without becoming inedible.
On top of that, it’s a cheap, tough cut of meat that only becomes delicious because of the complicated and laborious prep. When you buy a sandwich like that (which is pretty expensive), the extensive cooking process is most of what you’re paying for.
I also think it looks that way, but am not so foolish as to believe it is actually raw meat. Your opinion is fine, but the last sentence is unnecessary
can’t be the only one who thinks this is visually disgusting right
it looks visually delicious. pastrami is cured, not cooked. like other cured meats, it doesn’t turn brown in the process
pastrami is cured and cooked for hours and hours to tenderize. the curing process turns the meat bright red even after it cooks.
It’s just you, sorry.
I believe Katz does a 2-4 week salt cure, then they smoke it. That’s where the color comes from.
the color mostly comes from the pink curing salt. Same with corned beef.
Corned beef, rice, shallots warm my soul. Love when my spouse makes it for me.
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I’m going to NY next week and really appreciate the reminder to go eat at Katz again. 🤤
Try some of their sour pickles while there too.
Had something like that in São Paulo, actually left me full.
I came a little
Close your app and pull it back up. You’ll come a bunch the second time
Can confirm.
25 bucks well spent. Love their pastrami. Reuben sandwich is also 🤤
It’s great if you don’t mind paying $25 for a sandwich
Reminds me of this girl’s vagina I dated way back when.
Poor execution, poor taste. Ahem…
I should call her
Far from poor taste.
Katzenfutter sandwich?
If you’re the type of person to give their cat a $30 sandwhich, I’m afraid there’s a place in line reserved for you at the guillotine.
If they don’t have normal cat food, they shall just give the cat 30€ cat food instead!
I don’t understand American sandwiches, why even bother with the bread?
the bread is where you grip it.
This is like a $30 sandwich from one of the most famous delis in the country. I would not describe this as a typical American sandwich.
You could easily split a single one of these sandwiches four ways and share some of their delicious side orders as well.
You have a point but dude throwing everything in the fridge between two thinly sliced pieces of bread is amazingly delicious
Instructions unclear, eating milk carton sandwich
i mean if it’s got enough mustard
The bread isn’t a mere mechanical contrivance to keep your hands clean. The bread is chosen to pair with the pastrami.
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The bread around here adds to the whole
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I lived close to Germany my whole life, I have huge standards
Brotchen(fuckin sp?) slaps. US sausages are worst off for not having that bread.
Brötchen?
And idk if it was on purpose, but I love the worst/wurst pun in there!
Y’all looking at that and thought it’s appetizing? 🤨
For anyone not familiar- Katz Deli is a somewhat famous sandwich place in NYC. Their primary menu item is the pastrami on rye sandwich, and it’s like $20-$30. They slice the pastrami right in front of you, still warm.
I’ve only had it once but it was worth it.
30 dollars for a sandwich??? you could get a whole cow for that much here
It was worth it… Best pastrami I’ve ever had
Idk man, but using different bread(this one really looks like the German “Kasseler” bread) would probably make it better. Kasseler is fine, but there are so much better bread variants.
Having never had kasseler bread, I can’t really comment on the similarities, but after googling around a little it’s probably in the same ballpark. These sort of deli sandwiches are usually served on (what we call in America anyway) “Jewish rye” bread. Just sort of a soft, light rye bread, often with caraway seeds in it (personally I tend to think of the seeds as sort of the defining feature of a Jewish rye) and I couldn’t find any mention of kasseler having caraway, but I also didn’t exactly do an exhaustive search for recipes.
Kasseler doesn’t contain seeds.
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Kasseler is best served with mashed potatoes and sauerkraut.
