pastrami
puh stro mee
- n highly seasoned cut of smoked beef
- Because pastrami can sound a lot like salami when shouted out in a busy, noisy dining room, it is known as "pistol.
- The producer has rushed over so many Italian technicians to get the monkey off his back that pasta is outselling pastrami at the studio commissary.
- Think pastrami sandwiches and chunky potato salads.