Mountains of Turkey Pastrami W/Qview

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ronp

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Krogers had whole bone in turkey breasts for .99 a pound. A call to the meat dept and after telling the guy what I wanted it for he offered to bone and stockenette it for me. It wasn't even my friend there, I thought that was good service.
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2 days later I picked it up, as they had to defrost it.





It was 5.5 lbs when done so I brined with 5.5 TBS Tenderquick for 24 hours in a ziploc. I did the fry pan test and it was salty, so I soaked it in ice water and potatoe flakes and it was fine.



Carol doesn't like all the usual spices for Pastrami so I just rubbed with Webers Black Pepper Marinade.



In the smoker.




The temps weren't cooperating, was at about 155' here and I put in the pan, foiled it and went to bed and set the MES at 160', but not before taking a slice or two.
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Ready for slicing.



Carol loves it, that's all that matters.
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Wow, that looks really good!

What is the fry pan test? I haven't used cure yet, but plan on doing some things with it soon, so I'd love to know.
 
very nice looking turkey pastrami Ron.
that was nice of him to bone it for you.
the last couple I did I bone and tied myself and it was
a pain
 
really nice looking turkey pastrami there, I also really need to get me one of those slicers.
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The fry pan test is done after the cure and before the smoke. If too salty, just soak in water and test again until you are satisfied, then smoke as usual.

Yes the slicer works great for the money.

No prob with the smoker, just seemed to stall and I was tired.
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Very nice smoke there ron. Another fine job you have done.
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I thought it was some technical thing that you would do to test the saltiness of the meat so I asked Ron a while back and he told me it was nothing more than frying up a little piece of the meat to test it for taste and saltiness.

I love turkey breasts, especially turkey strami, way to go Ron. And nice price on the meat, wish I had people behind the counter at our local places that would take the extra step for consumers. Here they won't even grind up meat if you request it!
Keep up the good work of making the rest of us drool
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Thanks for all the kind words.

I have to say the flavors really got better with age. There were some shavings left about 2 oz. that I took with me today when I ordered a hoagie at the casino. Well there were a few slices of ham, and salamie with cheese, and I sliped that pastramie on top, and all I can say is what a difference, that little bit of stramie came through all the rest.

It is an easy cure, easy smoke, and if you have a slicer, you can make a top notch product on the cheap.

If you have any questions please post or PM me, I highly reccomend it. It makes for a nice lunch meat.
 
Nice pastrami, Ron! This just re-inforces my previous decision to put a slicer on my next quarterly Bbq equipment order.

BTW Ron, do you use a straight blade for thin slices/shaving? I read somewhere here on a forum that serrated/undulated blades don't cut very thin...more tearing or shreading problems...heck, might of been one of your other threads, I just lost track of it.

Thanks for sharing!

Eric
 
I use the straight blade. In fact that's the only reason I bought the slicer from Home Shopping Network. It came with both blades.
 
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