Is this RGR of the LES Food Tour, from CH? That’s a very useful piece you wrote back then – thanks!
@CeleryVictor, Yes, the very same! I enjoyed creating that LES tour. Glad to hear you found it helpful.
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Yet another update. Yes, the original order arrived about 1PM and we had just finished lunch 
As expected all the frozen packing had melted and was at room temp. But the pastrami was “cool to the touch” so we’ll have some tonight. The breads don’t feel awful. But the kicker - and I don’t mean that as a good thing - is the the knoblewurst that I ordered and was listed on the packing slip is labeled in its packaging as “beef salami.” Argh. So I’ve emailed Katz’s again. Oh, and mentioned what had been going on to the UPS guy. He thought it was odd that they didn’t deliver it on Saturday because they DO. More later, kiddos.
PS: I feel a NYC trip.
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Okay, here we go! The pastrami is FANTASTIC!!! It came vacuum sealed with instructions for reheating. Basically a low-tech SV. In five minutes it was perfectly warm. The rye bread, from Rockland Bakery, was understandably subpar having been sitting around for way too long. But I’ve been reading some things about Katz’s and pretty much no one likes their rye. The bagels are H&H and again suffered from the amount of time and high temps. But we toasted half of one this afternoon and it honestly wasn’t bad. Better than the recent Costco ones we got. Oh, and some research I did showed me that the “beef salami” is actually the knoblewurst. (Not made by them but “for” them.) And the mustard was to die for. I finally just left the lid off so I could dip a fingertip occasionally. The new order will arrive tomorrow (well, I hope it will). Here are some pix.
I would probably order again. I’ve not had problems with UPS in the past.
We’ll be having bagels/lox/etc. probably for tomorrow lunch.
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Ugh, Langer’s pastrami is damn good, but it is not this.
That looks amazing for having traveled all the way across the country.
Thank you for sharing your experience!
Langer’s Pros: is there a way to get pastrami that is more like this at Langer’s? Do I have to ask for “the fatty part”?
I would recommend trying ‘Daughters deli’ -was really impressed at how juicy it was with out being overly fatty (They are the Navel cut)
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And sat in a box in 90 degree weather for two more days.
I’m really glad to know that this looks good to someone like you who clearly knows more about such than I ever will. Thanks
Damn that looks good!!!
Can’t wait for a knoblewurst report!
Knoblewurst coming up 
Really, really good. I poked a bunch of holes in it (I always do that, don’t really know why) and Bob grilled them. Along with some shishito peppers. Some white corn cut off the cob. And a bagel which, while over toasted, was really quite good. All those Costco ones and the first pack of their rye we’re give to some homeless folks. Hope the next package arrives before lunch but dinner is fine also. Have everything but the bagels, lox/etc…
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New shipment hasn’t arrived yet. Made a sandwich of leftover pastrami and leftover knoblewurst (I just love that word!) on our own bread with that great mustard. Mmm.
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I took the packages, cut in half and froze. A better size for the two of us. Today’s lunch was some toasted homemade bread with some Katz’s mustard on. Treated it like a cracker and had it with some slightly warmed pastrami. Perfect .
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