Dave Smith > wrote in
:

>> If fat is part of the tradition, in what way does it tarnish
>> said tradition? And it's not "Canadians", it's members of
>> the Montreal Jewish community who own and operate these
>> establshments (although most of the employees now working at
>> Schwartz's are Portuguese).
>
> You were responding to someone who is full of crap.

I hope you're not suggesting that I should let him get away with
being a fathead. There are things that are worth addressing,
like blatant stereotypes.

> I have
> been to the Montreal delis who made that stuff popular

As have I, many times.

> and my
> son, who lived in Montreal for 10 years, frequently brought
> some of the smoked meat when he came to visit. There was
> never much fat on it at all.

But there are cuts made with more fat if you want that. It's
like any meat.

--

Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected
from happening.

-- Barbara Tober