jkca1 wrote:
A pastrami or corned beef sandwich must only be eaten with rye bread. You never use whole wheat bread. It's really that simple.
I like my smoked brisket (Texas style) on a hamburger bun.
Take a brisket and cure it (like you do a ham) and you get "corned beef". I still eat it on a hamburger bun, but don't really care for CB much.
Take a cured brisket and smoke it and you get pastrami. I like that. And still eat it on a hamburger bun.
But for me, why cure a brisket before you smoke it? Just smoke it for 12+ hours instead of making it into CB or pastrami.