Oh boy, did I hit a bonanza... met a neighbor who works for the company
that provides corned beef, pastrami, pickled tongue, hot dogs,
knockwurst, etc for Katz's Deli in NYC, etal. In my fridge right now
is a cooked pickled tongue, a cooked flat cut corned beef, and a
pastrami, all vacuum packed. And I paid *wholesale*, about 12lbs of
fully cooked succulent meat for $32! Can hardly wait until tomorrow
when I will fress. I already have my order in for knockwurst; comes
10lb @ $4/lb... and these are the real deal, in natural casings
("Specials"😉.
And just when I had resigned myself to having to live here without
coldcuts, except for Spam, or risk getting sick from the filthy delis
in upstate NY hillybilly land.
Was all I could do to restrain myself but I was already stuffed from a
big sausage and pasta dinner when my package arrived... will report
back soon with the verdict.
Sheldon