Food of Love

When last in NYC (the BIG APPLE!!!) I ate a great (wow....maybe some poetry tomorrow? "Ate"....."Great". Oh heck, I'll "wait" HA!)...pastrami sandwich at a place that a local friend turned me on to called the Carnegie Deli. It's totally secret, and I'd give the address but they would never, ever forgive me!!!

Anyway, I found a picture of the sandwich I took that day (it's the first picture), and last week I made one EXACTLY like it (see second picture)! We found Pastrami on-line after a tip from a blogger friend (Thanks Stu!) from a company called Boar's Head, matched it with some genuine San Francisco Sourdough bread, and VOILA! We were Back in the Apple! Soooo Good! Comment with GOOD AS NYC RECIPE in the subject line and I'll send it along! The trick is double wrapping the sandwich in wax paper and then putting it under the heat lamp (TOOL-TIP - if you don't have a pro-quality range like mine, any short table lamp with a 100w bulb will work just as well. Leave it under the lamp for 20 minutes and it's GOOEY goodness!!!!) to melt the relish, american cheese, and "miracle (redacted - it's a trademark issue)" into a delicious sauce.