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22 Oct 2009  |  monkeyball  |KOTD

(Via Young Ezra.)

Michael Ruhlman’s reuben with homemade pastrami

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23 thoughts on “KOTD: reuben with homemade pastrami”

  1. nevermoor Oct 22,2009 3:08 pm

    Yeah. That sounded good in an I’m-way-too-lazy-to-spend-days-making-a-reuben kind of way.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Oct 22,2009 3:31 pm || Up

      Maybe I should invite you over to lunch sometime. My primary mode of avoiding doing anything productive with my life (aside from FK) is spending days making things I could otherwise buy.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • green star oakland Oct 22,2009 3:49 pm || Up

        I presume JP falls into that category.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • monkeyball Oct 22,2009 3:56 pm || Up
          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • mikeA Oct 22,2009 6:13 pm || Up

          But that would be cheaper, whereas the stuff he does make instead of buy probably winds up being more expensive.

      • nevermoor Oct 22,2009 3:56 pm || Up

        We seriously should do something at some point. This weekend is bad though (Mrs. Nevermoor is running a half-marathon in SJ)

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • monkeyball Oct 22,2009 4:09 pm || Up

          Best thing for me would prolly be either meeting at the FBFM some Saturday morning (I drag JP down there with me most every week), or maybe at “your” (Polk St) or “my” (Van Ness/Bush) Peet’s later in the afternoon on a Saturday.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
          • mikeA Oct 22,2009 6:18 pm || Up

            If the two of you get together, you should send out a press release saying it was FK gathering attended by “dozens.”

            • nevermoor Oct 22,2009 6:53 pm || Up

              Thousands. Everyone passing by is attending.

              "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • Leopold Bloom Oct 22,2009 6:23 pm || Up

            I’m not positive, but I’m fairly certain I’m more culturally hip and socially active just by knowing mb and nm.

            And your links and pic made me go get a reuben tonight.

  2. monkeyball Oct 22,2009 3:31 pm

    I am also intrigued by Ruhlman’s recipe for curing olives. One of the stands at the FBFM sells unprocessed olives.

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  3. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 22,2009 3:49 pm

    Reuben’s with pastrami are an abomination. Corned beef, or nothing.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • monkeyball Oct 22,2009 3:59 pm || Up

      { writes to Congressperson to support DORA }

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • Leopold Bloom Oct 22,2009 6:27 pm || Up

        (I like this one because it’s got the map in it…the map, whose theme song has been seared into my brain…)

        • JediLeroy Oct 22,2009 7:11 pm || Up

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          az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
          • Leopold Bloom Oct 23,2009 2:37 am || Up

            All in all, I preferred Steve from Blues Clues’ mail song.

    • JediLeroy Oct 22,2009 7:11 pm || Up

      Isn’t pastrami smoked corned beef?

      az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 22,2009 7:20 pm || Up

        Isn’t sauerkraut fermented cabbage?

        The fattiness of a good pastrami is too much with the kraut and dressing on a reuben…flavors don’t contrast as nicely as they do with corned beef, imho.

        I logged on during the pitching change to predict that pulling Lackey meant the Angels (up 4-0 at the time) were about to lose. My diversion into reubenism cost me some serious Krautstradamus points.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • monkeyball Oct 22,2009 8:56 pm || Up

          Well, as the author sez, you can corn just about any cut of beef — so the pastrami doesn’t have to be especially fatty (and the plain Jane corned beef can potentially be fatty as well).

          “Waxing Reubenesque,” surely.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
          • nevermoor Oct 22,2009 9:01 pm || Up
            Euphamism Dictionary:

            corn just about any cut of beef

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • Leopold Bloom Oct 23,2009 2:36 am || Up

            I like Reubenesque females. Plus that bastard Ringling has several Reubens. Does that earn me bonus points?

            • monkeyball Oct 23,2009 6:44 am || Up

              you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
              • Leopold Bloom Oct 23,2009 11:29 am || Up

                Strange you should mention him. The statue place next to the sign shop was purchased by one Paul Rubens about 15 years ago for his brother.

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