Plate Pastrami???

[ArnieM]

No, I haven't done any.

I went to my deli guy who had some.  I said, "What, you put it on a plate?"  He said no, it comes from the plate, not the flat.  I asked where the plate was from and he said "Toward the middle, just before you go non-Kosher.  It's a bit more fatty and goes well heated." 

So, in my usual adventurous way, I sprung for a half pound (5.99/lb).  This stuff is really good!

I looked around and couldn't find any real references to it.  This place (NYC of course) sells it, pretty pricey.  http://www.moreflavorperpound.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_10&products_id=3

Do any of you have any experience with it?  How to get it?  Have you made any?  Any slam dunk recipes?

[Hopefull Romantic]

Hey Arnie,

I just realized that the word pastrami is being used to discribe several cuts of meat and not just one. I have started a threat about old country pastrami that we have in this part of the world which seems to be different from that known in the states. I am going to order some soon and I will post a picture as soon as I have it.

HR

[Habanero Smoker]

Plate if very difficult to find, because it is more profitable to separate that cut into flank and skirt steaks. This is the first I have heard of it being used for pastrami; because of the thick fat veins that run through the meat.

It is generally used to make beef bacon. That is why I have been looking for a source for beef plate for about four years now. Once I thought I found a source, placed my order and received plate skirt steak, which is nothing more the skirt steak.

[squirtthecat]

http://www.moreflavorperpound.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_10&products_id=3

It's worth clicking that just to look at the pic...   Wow.

I wonder what's in the 'old world dry rub' they use?

[FLBentRider]

I thought pastrami was a method not a cut of meat.

You can make pastrami out of brisket, turkey breast, whatever....

[ArnieM]

I thought pastrami was a method not a cut of meat.

You can make pastrami out of brisket, turkey breast, whatever....

Agreed.  I was just wondering where the plate came from and if anyone had heard of plate pastrami.