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On Oct 7, 6:26*am, (Steve Pope) wrote:
> sf > wrote:
> >What is Canadian smoked meat? *Hubby ordered some and it looked
> >(tasted) like a very lean piece of corned beef that had spent some
> >time in the smoker.

>
> It is a corned beef / pastrami-like preparation that is (usually)
> grilled just before serving under smoky conditions (say on a
> wood/charcoal grill).
>
> I do not think it normally has been in a true smoker.


When I was at Schwartz's Charcuterie Hébraïque de Montréal (whose
struggle to retain the apostrophe S against the forces of
Francophonization is titanic in itself), I saw a metal oven looking
box behind the counter that I assumed was the smoker.

>
> Anyway, it's pretty much as you describe. *Also called "Montreal
> smoked meat".


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