On Sun, 7 Oct 2012 10:18:56 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
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> On Oct 7, 10:07*am, The Other Guy > wrote:
> > On Sun, 7 Oct 2012 09:53:02 -0400, "pavane" >
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> > >"Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
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> > >> (Steve Pope) wrote in
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> > >>> sf > wrote:
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> > >>>>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.
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> > >>> It is a corned beef / pastrami-like preparation that is
> > >>> (usually) grilled just before serving under smoky conditions
> > >>> (say on a wood/charcoal grill).
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> > >>> I do not think it normally has been in a true smoker.
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> > >>> Anyway, it's pretty much as you describe. *Also called
> > >>> "Montreal smoked meat".
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> > >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal-style_smoked_meat
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> > >Fabulous picture in that article. I have always considered
> > >Montreal smoked meat as the epitome of the existence
> > >of a god or two in our universe. I never could figure out why
> > >it never became popular in the US. It is so superior to the
> > >common corned beef or pastrami.
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> > I'd love to try it, but while a search brings up plenty
> > of info on HOW to make it, and delis that serve it (east
> > coast mostly), I don't see anyplace selling it for shipping.
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> The preparation is part of the presentation. You wouldn't expect to
> get scrambled eggs by overnight delivery, right?
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> http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...nts&id=8575885

So... when people smoke a commercial corned beef for a few hours and
call it pastrami, are they really making Canadian Smoked Meat? The
article says we would call it "pastrami", but the meat hubby had
tasted nothing like any pastrami I've ever eaten.

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