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The Road to Pastrami
I don't need a guru
I've no use for a swami
I just need a trip back home
to find the best pastrami
The Jewish delis of my childhood
gleaming buckets of sauerkraut
pastrami so hot it steamed the bread,
sharp-crusted rye, without a doubt
Frilly toothpicks
red or blue
secured the mountains of beef
so much food, but I could eat it all
to exactly no one's relief
Maybe it's just stupidity
but I'm craving Miami's humidity
I want the ocean and the burning sand
I want to reexplore my childhood land
It's been years,
I know much has changed
but I'm sure a great pastrami sandwich
could still be arranged.
I've no use for a swami
I just need a trip back home
to find the best pastrami
The Jewish delis of my childhood
gleaming buckets of sauerkraut
pastrami so hot it steamed the bread,
sharp-crusted rye, without a doubt
Frilly toothpicks
red or blue
secured the mountains of beef
so much food, but I could eat it all
to exactly no one's relief
Maybe it's just stupidity
but I'm craving Miami's humidity
I want the ocean and the burning sand
I want to reexplore my childhood land
It's been years,
I know much has changed
but I'm sure a great pastrami sandwich
could still be arranged.
Published 22nd Sep 2024
Author's Note
I recently discovered an authentic Jewish deli just a few miles away with great pastrami, but they serve it on cold bread and it's just not the same.
If anyone is wondering why my finishing a lot of food was "to no one's relief" it's because my parents and grandmother were obsessed with keeping my weight down. I was taught to LEAVE food on my plate (a habit I still usually maintain). Weird, I know.
If anyone is wondering why my finishing a lot of food was "to no one's relief" it's because my parents and grandmother were obsessed with keeping my weight down. I was taught to LEAVE food on my plate (a habit I still usually maintain). Weird, I know.
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22nd Sep 2024 7:40pm
22nd Sep 2024 8:11pm
Hopefully you are in an urban enough place to get a good one.
Thanks for reading.
Thanks for reading.
22nd Sep 2024 7:42pm
Swami pastrami isn't just a great rhyme,
but a fabulous marketing opportunity 😏
but a fabulous marketing opportunity 😏
22nd Sep 2024 8:07pm
Kind of liked the swami pastrami thing myself. Maybe that's my road out of teaching (please, please...) selling pastrami to the enlightened -although they'd probably be vegan, and I'd have to do tofurami.
Tofurami 🤔
I'm carnivorous, but I would try that.
And sauerkraut without a doubt is also inspired rhyme 😇
I'm carnivorous, but I would try that.
And sauerkraut without a doubt is also inspired rhyme 😇
22nd Sep 2024 8:43pm
Pastrami is a religious experience in NYC.
I must be a heathen because I don’t like it.
It’s corned beef and tongue on warm rye all the way…
I also like drinking rye.
BTW the going rate for a pastrami sandwich at Katz’s Delicatessen is like $26. Bring lawyers, guns and money …
BIG LiKE
I must be a heathen because I don’t like it.
It’s corned beef and tongue on warm rye all the way…
I also like drinking rye.
BTW the going rate for a pastrami sandwich at Katz’s Delicatessen is like $26. Bring lawyers, guns and money …
BIG LiKE
22nd Sep 2024 11:36pm
I love corned beef too, but I need a safe word for tongue.
Big thanks on warm rye for the Big Like.
Oh, I heard Katz's sandwiches are now $31. I'd splurge.
Big thanks on warm rye for the Big Like.
Oh, I heard Katz's sandwiches are now $31. I'd splurge.
22nd Sep 2024 10:53pm
We were the opposite lol, I'm 6ft 4 and always had a healthy appetite... our Gran used to say clean your plate as there's starving kids in the world what I've passed down to my kids lol 🙃❤️
22nd Sep 2024 11:32pm
One of my closest friends is 6'4. He can eat like a monster, and not gain weight. No fair! I'm 5'5, and adjusted for my appetite need to be about 7'8.
Yesterday 1:37am
Yesterday 2:07am
I'm not great about sharing personal orders of food (MINE!) so let's call it a dining companion. Pastrami or corned beef sandwiches with cole slaw and potato salad, or whatever strikes your fancy.
Yesterday 2:41am
Dear PD,
Fab blend of nostalgia, food and fun. This was a fun read and made me think of a turkey reuben. I also want pickles. H🌷
Fab blend of nostalgia, food and fun. This was a fun read and made me think of a turkey reuben. I also want pickles. H🌷
Yesterday 3:07am
Turkey Reubens are awesome. Now I want one too.
Thanks for the nice comments.
Thanks for the nice comments.
Today 1:42am
I love a good pastrami toasted sandwich!!
I totally agree with you - it needs to be warm.
Speaking of food - one of my best friends is Jewish. She could not find any place
that has lox eggs. Just so happens a new restaurant opened up and guess what - they have it on the breakfast menu. I'm treating her this Friday for breakfast:)
Great food write with lots of angst!!
I totally agree with you - it needs to be warm.
Speaking of food - one of my best friends is Jewish. She could not find any place
that has lox eggs. Just so happens a new restaurant opened up and guess what - they have it on the breakfast menu. I'm treating her this Friday for breakfast:)
Great food write with lots of angst!!
