It didn’t make it into the sandwich
As advertised, this pastrami comes in very thin, irregular pieces. It has a subtle flavor, with only a limited chemical pungency and tones of sweetness. Unfortunately, I can’t say how well it holds up to the rye bread as I opened up to taste it, and ended up eating half the bag on its own (and the next day, the other half). As half a bag ended up being my dinner, I’d say that the package ($11 at Safeway) should produce two generous sandwiches.
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Thanks for the review – I bought this on your recommendation and agree, it’s really good!
Thank you for your review. I just discovered this product at my local supermarket for $13, and fell in love with it. I was disappointed though, when I saw a bad review on it, on Fooducate. They had three main objectives for calling it the worst product in its category.
First is the presence of nitrites. That was very disappointing. Second was its high sodium content, but all pastramis are cured, so that would be natural for any pastrami, as with their third objection, high in saturated fats. Pastrami is normally from a fatty cut of beef, so hey, if you’re eating pastrami, you’re eating a high fat, cured meat. So as far as I could tell, comparing this pastrami with other pastramis, the only problem is the nitrites, and that’s a big one, nutrition~wise.
But it’s a wonderful pastrami, off the supermarket shelves. Most pastamis rely heavily on cracked black peppercorn rubs, too strong on pepper, for me. This pastrami is just right, a balance of flavors, not just overwhelming pepper.
There is so much meat packed in this 14 oz package, I was able to make three generous hoagie~sized sandwiches from it.