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[Yiddish pastrame, from Romanian pastramă, from păstra, to preserve, from Vulgar Latin *parsitāre, to spare, save, from parsus, past participle of Latin parcere, to be thrifty with.]
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Middle-European (especially Romanian-Jewish); smoked and seasoned beef, also made from turkey. Known in Canada as smoked beef.
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[puh-STRAH-mee] A highly seasoned beef made from a cut of plate, brisket or round. After the fat is trimmed, the meat's surface is rubbed with salt and a seasoning paste that can include garlic, ground peppercorns, cinnamon, red pepper, cloves, allspice and coriander seeds. The meat is dry-cured, smoked and cooked. Pastrami can be served hot or cold, usually as a sandwich on rye bread. It's widely available in chunks or presliced in most supermarkets.
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'Pastrami is a popular delicatessen meat made principally from red meat, chiefly brisket. The raw meat is brined, partly dried, seasoned with various herbs and spices, then smoked.
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Both the dish and the word pastrami were brought to the United States in a wave of Jewish immigration from Bessarabia and Romania in the second half of the 19th century. The word, derived from the Yiddish: פּאַסטראָמע (pronounced pastróme), entered the Russian language as pastromá (пастрома) via the Romanian pastramă, and it is likely rooted in the Turkish pastırma.[1]
Early references in English used the spelling "pastrama". It is likely that the modified "pastrami" spelling was introduced to sound related to the Italian salami.[2]
Pastrami, like corned beef, was created as a method for preserving meat before modern refrigeration.
Traditional New York pastrami is made from the navel end of the brisket.[citation needed] It is cured in brine, coated with a mix of spices such as garlic, coriander, black pepper, paprika, cloves, allspice, mustard seed,[3][4] and smoked.
In North America, pastrami is typically sliced and served generously hot on rye bread, a classic New York deli sandwich (Pastrami on Rye), sometimes accompanied by coleslaw and Russian dressing. Pastrami and coleslaw are also combined in a Rachel sandwich, a variation of the popular Reuben sandwich that traditionally uses corned beef and sauerkraut.
Turkey pastrami is made by processing turkey breast in a fashion similar to red meat pastrami, simulating the corresponding red meat deli product.
In New York City, the famous smoked fish delicatessen Barney Greengrass the Sturgeon King sells "Pastrami Salmon," which is essentially a piece of salmon coated in cracked peppercorns and smoked.[5]
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - røget og stærkt krydret oksebov
Nederlands (Dutch)
scherp gekruid gerookt rundvlees
Français (French)
n. - b¯uf fumé
Deutsch (German)
n. - geräuchertes, stark gewürztes Schulterstück vom Rind
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παστράμι (καπνιστό κρέας)
Italiano (Italian)
insaccato di manzo speziato e salato
Português (Portuguese)
n. - pastrami (m) (carne defumada)
Русский (Russian)
копченая говядина/индюшатина
Español (Spanish)
n. - pastrami, fiambre/embutido de carne de vaca adobada
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rökt kryddat oxkött
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
熏牛肉之一种
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 燻牛肉之一種
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 훈제 소고기의 일종 (등심살을 재료로 한 향기 짙은)
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - パストラーミ, パストラミ
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) البسطرما : لحم مقدد معالج بالتوابل
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בשר מעושן
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