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amother

Tue, Feb 23 2021, 11:44 pm

I got a vacuum packed mini pastrami chunk in a box. It says to keep refrigerated or frozen.
How do I know if this is raw or cooked??

amother

Wine

Wed, Feb 24 2021, 12:26 am

I thought was raw. Assumed it was the type of meat you throw in the cholent.

amother

Gray

Wed, Feb 24 2021, 1:05 am

I think its a chunk of a cold cut. you cube it for deli salad etc.

amother

Periwinkle

Wed, Feb 24 2021, 9:12 am

Post a picture. I’ve bought both. I’ve never gotten raw meat in the box so my guess would be cooked but let’s see.

amother

Coral

Wed, Feb 24 2021, 9:13 am

If it's pastrami, it's probably not raw.

amother

Wine

Wed, Feb 24 2021, 11:06 am

amother [ Wine ] wrote:

I thought was raw. Assumed it was the type of meat you throw in the cholent.

My DH said it’s cooked and to serve cubed.
I often buy raw vacuum packed pastrami to put in cholent so I thought it was that.

amother

Coral

Wed, Feb 24 2021, 11:08 am

amother [ Wine ] wrote:

My DH said it’s cooked and to serve cubed.
I often buy raw vacuum packed pastrami to put in cholent so I thought it was that.

The vacuum packed pastrami for chalont is cooked. Pastrami isn't sold raw.

amother

Beige

Wed, Feb 24 2021, 11:32 am

We ate it in a deli salad. It was delicious Very Happy

amother

Wed, Feb 24 2021, 11:46 am

amother [ Beige ] wrote:

We ate it in a deli salad. It was delicious Very Happy

from a box yesterday?

amother

Beige

Wed, Feb 24 2021, 10:10 pm

Yup

amother

Wine

Wed, Feb 24 2021, 11:06 pm

Planning on doing Charcuterie board for Purim for family. So far cooked hasselback kilbasa made pastrami jerky from a pkg got in old box. Will slice up pastrami and cube a chicken pastrami I have and some sliced turkey breast. Add some pickles.
All from boxes Wink

amother

Cerise

Mon, Apr 19 2021, 4:06 pm

Bumping this up - looking for a recipe with the pastrami chunk from box

Chayalle

Mon, Apr 19 2021, 4:13 pm

I just put it in my chulent pot, in the plastic, right on top. Shabbos morning we take it out and cut it open, and it's hot and delicious. We serve it alongside the chulent.

zaq

Mon, Apr 19 2021, 5:09 pm

Pastrami (Romanian: pastramă) is a Romanian variant of the Turkish pastırma usually made from beef brisket, and sometimes from lamb, or turkey. The raw meat is brined, partially dried, seasoned with herbs and spices, then smoked and steamed. (From Wikipedia)

IOW, it's already cooked.
But it's tastier when it's heated.

zaq

Mon, Apr 19 2021, 5:11 pm

Chayalle wrote:

I just put it in my chulent pot, in the plastic,

Please don't do this. The plastic is not intended to be heated and toxic chemicals can leach out of it into the food. If you don't want it to disappear into the cholent, wrap it in parchment paper or cheesecloth.

mizle10

Mon, Apr 19 2021, 6:59 pm

amother [ Coral ] wrote:

The vacuum packed pastrami for chalont is cooked. Pastrami isn't sold raw.

It can definitely be raw, my butcher sells raw and/or cooked vacuum packed pastrami. The raw ones are so much better in chulent, they’re less overcooked.

I guess technically it might not be pastrami if it’s raw, but so much of the meat in kosher butcher stores are not actually what we call it.

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