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Previous ask:
What’s the best sandwich you’ve ever eaten?
Stacia answers:
My boyfriend and I were in Duluth, MN about six years ago for the weekend. For some reason, despite smartphones and the internet, we were very early for a sandwich shop Sunday opening. The shop, now called Northern Waters Smokehaus, is known for their smoked meats. We sat outside the deli for an hour, drooling at the meats in their window.
Probably a bit hungover and definitely super hungry, we ran in when the door finally opened at 11am. I ordered a pastrami sandwich, which is probably not what I'd normally pick. As a Midwesterner, I'd not had a ton of experience with pastrami, but this was THEEE most incredible thing I'd ever consumed. The mustard, the meat, the bread... :chefskiss:.
I think of it way too often and know that it cannot be replicated, purely because of the uncomfortable circumstances leading up to it. I could have eaten two.
We're actually going to the deli next weekend to exchange the deli's cookbook for some smoked meat because his mom and I both got my boyfriend their cookbook for Christmas. lol. Check them out - they order nationwide!
Stacia asks:
What's the last phrase / word you couldn't get out of your head?
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