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Pastrami is a popular deli meat made from a highly seasoned cut of smoked meat--usually beef. To make pastrami, one usually begins with a slab of uncooked meat. That meat is typically first pickled in a thick, salty, brine solution, which creates, when using red meat, what is known as corned beef.
Another difference between beef pastrami and corned beef is the other sources of their cow meat. Although they can both be made from beef brisket, specifically flat-cut brisket, pastrami does not necessarily have to be from beef brisket. Unlike corned beef, pastrami has another alternative in its meat sources. You can prepare pastrami from another cow part which is called the deckle or plate.