If deli meats were a summer day, then pastrami would be the ice cream truck. Pastrami is/are (who can tell if the word is plural or not) the most underrated of the deli meats, and perhaps, given the correct implementation, the best. I'm not sure what magical animal this stuff comes from, but whatever it was before it died must have been magnificent... Perhaps an elephant with a shark attached to its back. Or an octopus with monkeys for hands. Whatever it was, it died for us, and I appreciate it. With spicy mustard on the side.
And before you start, turkey is nice but bland. Ham is sweet and meaty, but also sweaty and flat. Salami is too polka-dotty. Bologna has too many additives and pronunciation problems. Capicola is made from baby foreskins. Sopressata is made from capicola. I could go on and on...
Henceforth, until proven otherwise, Pastrami is the king of meats.
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