Montreal smoked meat is beef brisket cured with a peppery spice blend, smoked, steamed until tender and hand-sliced onto rye with yellow mustard; in Canada we have verified places to eat it in Montreal. Start with where to eat Montreal smoked meat in Montreal.
Montreal smoked meat · Montreal
Montreal smoked meat is beef brisket cured with a peppery spice blend, smoked, steamed until tender and hand-sliced onto rye with yellow mustard.
Brought by Romanian and Eastern European Jewish immigrants, smoked meat became a Montreal institution through delis like Schwartz's, which opened on Boulevard Saint-Laurent in 1928. Unlike pastrami, Montreal smoked meat uses more black pepper and less sugar in the cure. It is still cured for about a week, smoked, then steamed and carved by hand to order.
Where to eat in Montreal:
- Schwartz's Deli
- Lester's Deli
- Wilensky's Light Lunch
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