"She could probably stand to work out a few less days a week and eat some more pastrami," he said.

If you simply must have some pastrami, order a sandwich to go.

"I like the spices in pastrami and decided to give it a try."

"Pastrami does have less fat than it used to," he said.

Pastrami is good but not great; same with chicken soup.

I heard the word "pastrami" used as if it was a punch line.

The pastrami may be the best in the city.

So ask for the most heavily steamed pastrami in the place.

"They have the pastrami, those big - how do you say?

New York is the pastrami capital of the world.

"When's the last time you heard of someone going to Omaha for a pastrami sandwich?"

Once boiling again, add the pastrami and cover with a lid.

When it comes to pastrami, New York is the beginning, and the end.

"Why on earth would you think I want pastrami?"

Its customers consume 13 to 15 tons of pastrami per week.

Pastrami may also be used as a topping on hamburgers.

He began pitching pastrami for a simple, although not necessarily obvious, reason.

"And you'll take a pastrami on rye for that big male."

If not the very best, Carnegie's pastrami sandwiches are at the highest level.

I've never tried the corned beef, but the pastrami is quite good.

That part of his head had quietly gone out to get a pastrami on rye, or something.

"Pastrami making has come a long way," he said.

But how many of them can tell the difference between pastrami and corned beef?

Well, nothing is as it used to be, and pastrami is no exception.