Pastrami from a whole brisket?

[wboggs]

BIG EMBARRASSING MISTAKE GUYS, KI MEANT PASTRAMI. I changed the title of the thread.

I bought 2 briskets that are supposed to be full packers but as I look at them, there's hardly a point. I'd love to make pastrami but in Texas, at my restaurant supply, you can't buy just the flats. So question is, since there is barely a point, can I just make the pastrami from the whole piece is it sits?

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[Bigtank]

I thought prosciutto was pork?

 

[buffalobbqpete]

Maybe pastrami is what you mean? That's just a cured brisket...

 

[indaswamp]

I've never heard of prosciutto made from beef brisket. It is usually made from pork.

https://www.thespruceeats.com/prosciutto-toscano-2018496

Maybe you meant pastrami, which is cured brisket....

 

[dls1]

I guess I'll join the chorus. Prosciutto is a seasoned, uncooked, dry-cured, and air-aged hind leg of a pig or, in some cases, a wild boar.

 

[wboggs]

Maybe pastrami is what you mean? That's just a cured brisket...

OH NUTS, YOU'RE RIGHT. How embarrassing. Let me see if I can make the changes to the thread.

 

[wboggs]

SO any comments on my question or just that I made a mistake on the meat I was trying to make?

Because the brisket is so flat, can I make pastrami from the whole thing?

Sorry guys, I'm just trying to get some input and have corrected my mistake. Please don't hold that against my answer.

 

[dls1]

SO any comments on my question or just that I made a mistake on the meat I was trying to make?

Because the brisket is so flat, can I make pastrami from the whole thing?

Sorry guys, I'm just trying to get some input and have corrected my mistake. Please don't hold that against my answer.

wboggs,

Of course, you can make pastrami with a brisket flat. I've done it many times over the past 30+ years when whole packers weren't available, which is not uncommon where I've lived. Go for it!

 

[wboggs]

wboggs,

Of course, you can make pastrami with a brisket flat. I've done it many times over the past 30+ years when whole packers weren't available, which is not uncommon where I've lived. Go for it!

My question was can I make it from a whole brisket, not just the flat?

 

[dls1]

Yep, you can do that also.

 

[wboggs]

Yep, you can do that also.

Thank you.

 

[Fueling Around]

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Because the brisket is so flat, can I make pastrami from the whole thing?
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I prefer making pastrami from the flat versus a point.

I blame a Malaprop (wrong word, but similar) as "auto-corrupt".
My classic was referring to a prosthetic as a prophylactic

 

[wboggs]

I prefer making pastrami from the flat versus a point.

I blame a Malaprop (wrong word, but similar) as "auto-corrupt".
My classic was referring to a prosthetic as a prophylactic

Well the point of my post (no pun intended) is that I have 2 briskets that are shaped almost as if there isn't a point. Hence the question can I make if from a whole brisket with a point barely thicker than a flat?

Believe it or not I live in Texas where everything's bigger except 2 car garages and now brisket points. I'm buying this from a restaurant supply house.

 

[Fueling Around]

As dls1 also replied yes. No rules against using the whole brisket.

Local US Foods distribution center has walk-in retail, but I never checked on briskets.
Buddies get pig wings from there.

I usually get them from club stores or Wally world when I can find it discounted