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[Ralphie]

Is Jomar a brand?  I'm not sure what brand it was but I plan on going back to RD this week.  I'll see what they have. 

[Timbo1010]

Great job Ralphie, love your idea about the red potatoes
Going to try that next time I make pastrami

[hughver]

Update: After 48 hours, I dried, cooled and put in the refrigerator. Served it yesterday and IMHO, the taste was fantastic, however, some of my guest thought that it had a little too much black pepper. The texture surprised me, it was tender but had a good solid bite. I expected it to be a little mushy, more like traditional corned beef.

[Bentley]

Wonderful that you enjoyed it and it came out the way you wanted!

[hughver]

Anyone care to venture a guess as to how long unsliced pastrami will last vacuum packed in the refrigerator?   

[Bentley]

I just took some out that was in for 3 months...

[hughver]

Thanks, my next round of guest will be here in two weeks and I think that the pastrami would be better if unfrozen.

[Ralphie]

I vacuum seal and freeze my leftover uncut pastrami.  It's like butter again after thawing. 

Side note:  my mother in law has a fantastic brisket recipe that she makes every year.  It's an oven roasted/braised brisket recipe that actually calls for the meat to be cooked to done, then frozen for however long, and then reheated in the oven.  It creates incredibly tender brisket.  The recipe claims the freezing process is key to achieving the tenderness. 
I have also noticed that my homemade beef meatballs are always more tender in the second go around after being frozen.

[pagesk]

I’ve never cured one myself. Whole packer corned beef brisket becomes available every February/March at Restaurant Depot.
The ones I’ve seen range from about 10lb-16lb.

They also have them at the Costco Business Centers

[bregent]

I’ve never cured one myself. Whole packer corned beef brisket becomes available every February/March at Restaurant Depot.
The ones I’ve seen range from about 10lb-16lb.

They also have them at the Costco Business Centers

That's where I get mine. Not cheap, but it's CAB

[Bentley]

Yes!  Something to that effect! J something!

Is Jomar a brand? 

[hughver]

"Uncured", boy am I misinformed, I thought that by definition both corned beef and pastrami were cured meat. I'm off to Costco business today, I'll look for them.