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Jake
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posted 22 November 2006 01:35 PM      Profile for Jake     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Does anyone know if it is possible to get a real smoked meat sandwich anywhere in the Atlantic provs; something that would resemble one from Ben’s or Shwartz (sp?) in Montreal or Brynd’s on Maquire ave in Sillery a suburb of Quebec city. I have ordered one in hope in many restaurants in both NS & NB and have yet to find anything even close .
Any suggestions - within a hundred clicks of Halifax for a start would be appreciated.

Jake


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miles
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posted 22 November 2006 03:39 PM      Profile for miles     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
the simple answer is no. You can not get a good smoked meat anywhere but Montreal.

Cornbeef maybe.

Baby beef maybe

pastrami maybe

but smoked meat no where but Montreal


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Michelle
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posted 22 November 2006 03:58 PM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Oh boy. Here we go.

Let's not even get started on the bagels. Good thing we don't have too many New Yorkers on babble.


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posted 22 November 2006 03:58 PM      Profile for Boom Boom     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The shittiest smoked meat sandwich I've ever had was about four years ago in one of the restaurants down below in either Place Ville Marie or the other subway mall. The meat was thick, overcooked, and I threw away the meat and just ate the bread. Usually I get good smoked meat in Montreal, but I'll never go back to that place (don't remember the name, sorry). The best smoked meat I've ever had was that restaurant that used be just outside the Gray Coach/Colonial bus lines terminal in Toronto. I always had a smoked meat there every time I was in TO, with a Coke. I miss that place.
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posted 22 November 2006 04:04 PM      Profile for Catchfire   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Must. Go.To. Schwartz's. Now.
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posted 22 November 2006 04:11 PM      Profile for Alberta Guy     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Best Sushi in the country is at Yoshi's in Fort McMurray.
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posted 23 November 2006 11:52 AM      Profile for hfxdad     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Jake:
Does anyone know if it is possible to get a real smoked meat sandwich anywhere in the Atlantic provs; something that would resemble one from Ben’s or Shwartz (sp?) in Montreal or Brynd’s on Maquire ave in Sillery a suburb of Quebec city. I have ordered one in hope in many restaurants in both NS & NB and have yet to find anything even close .
Any suggestions - within a hundred clicks of Halifax for a start would be appreciated.

Jake


Haven't seen anywhere yet. Though you might try Pete's Frootique, they actually carry real bagels(tm) from St. Viateur (sorry Michelle).


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Briguy
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posted 24 November 2006 06:16 AM      Profile for Briguy     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
You will not find an equivalent to Schartz's in Halifax, sadly. That said, you won't find an equivalent to Schwartz's in any city outside Montreal.

The only advice I can give is that you must learn to love the donair. Not good advice, but advice nonetheless.


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Briguy
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posted 27 November 2006 05:47 AM      Profile for Briguy     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
This thread prompted me to try the "Montreal-style" smoked meat sandwich on the menu at the Economy Shoe Shop. Don't repeat my mistake, I warn you all. The rye bread was unexcuseably soggy, in a stick-to-your-teeth-and-won't-come-off-without-industrial-dental-intervention kind of way. And the meat wasn't as I remember from my previous visits to Schwartz's. The pickle was fine, though.
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posted 27 November 2006 05:56 AM      Profile for Boom Boom     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Briguy:
This thread prompted me to try the "Montreal-style" smoked meat sandwich on the menu at the Economy Shoe Shop.

I found this sentence somewhat funny.


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unionist
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posted 27 November 2006 06:05 AM      Profile for unionist     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Boom Boom:
The shittiest smoked meat sandwich I've ever had was about four years ago in one of the restaurants down below in either Place Ville Marie or the other subway mall.

Could it have been Katz's or the Deli Planet?


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posted 27 November 2006 06:32 AM      Profile for Boom Boom     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I think it was Deli Planet. The meat was overcooked, and sliced too thick. I like my smoked meat cut very thin, and piled high. I catually hardly ever eat the stuff anymore - maybe once a year - because I suffer from high cholesterol, and have been on a regular regime of Lipitor for two years now. Had a stroke in 2002.
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posted 27 November 2006 04:26 PM      Profile for Fidel     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Yep, I've been warned about my cholesterol. I'm on Crestor 10 mg. I guess it was the joints of beef basted with butter, p-butter and honey sandwiches fried in butter, french fries fried in peanut oil, lasagna and cheeseburgers that did it. And perhaps the chocolate cherry rum bubbas didn't help. I think that was Elvis' menu. Habs were clickin Friday night eh Boom Boom.

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posted 27 November 2006 04:48 PM      Profile for Boom Boom     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Fidel:
I guess it was the joints of beef basted with butter, p-butter and honey sandwiches fried in butter, french fries fried in peanut oil... And perhaps the chocolate cherry rum bubbas didn't help.

Holy cow! You're still alive after all that? I've cut butter entirely out of my diet, and I only use Becel Light cooking oil when I infrequently use oil. Yet my cholesterol is still high - I continue to eat eggs, snow crab, scallop, the occasional pizza, and red meat, so I guess that's why.


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Jake
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posted 27 November 2006 05:02 PM      Profile for Jake     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hi all,

You have pretty well confirmed what my personal research had found, It is not possible to get e real smoked meat sandwich in the atlantic provinces.
I too had a stroke in 2002 and a major heart attack in May 2006 but I would still and probably will take the train or plane some time soon just to get one in Quebec city at Bryons with fries and a beer. It's as good as it gets!
The list of my meds is too long to post here, and we all gotta go sometime; smiling.

Jake

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Fidel
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posted 27 November 2006 09:34 PM      Profile for Fidel     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Boom Boom:

Holy cow! You're still alive after all that? I've cut butter entirely out of my diet, and I only use Becel Light cooking oil when I infrequently use oil. Yet my cholesterol is still high - I continue to eat eggs, snow crab, scallop, the occasional pizza, and red meat, so I guess that's why.


Not me. I was kidding about my eating like Elvis. I think Elvis might have had a slightly larger skeletal frame than my own, but not by a lot. I tell people I'm taking pills for cholesterol, and they're suprised bc I'm not overweight. Jobs where you sit a lot are health risks as far as I'm concerned. Hey, they're telling me to eat cereal with some special ingredient to counter cholesterol buildup, and I've forgotten the name of it already. I think Regis Philmon mentions it in a TV commercial. I'll get back to you when it comes to me.


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posted 28 November 2006 07:33 AM      Profile for Boom Boom     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Probably oatmeal. I had hot oatmeal with blueberries and cinnamon this morning - both blueberries and cinnamon are supposed to fight the effects of cholesterol, and oatmeal itself is a good food. I'll probably have hot oatmeal every morning, from now until March, as the weather gets colder, and I have a good supply of frozen blueberries and strawberries to add in, as well as cinnamon.
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posted 28 November 2006 02:17 PM      Profile for clersal     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Boom Boom I also have heard that using cayenne pepper is a good cholesterol preventer. If you don't like spicy stuff put it in your salad.
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posted 28 November 2006 04:09 PM      Profile for Boom Boom     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Yup, I do that too.
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Fidel
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posted 29 November 2006 09:13 PM      Profile for Fidel     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The ingredient I was trying to think of is, Psyllium fiber and comes from Plantago ovato, or plantain plants, and is grown mainly in India, Spain and France.

PSYLLIUM FIBER

ALL-BRAN "Guardian" with Psyllium or All-Bran Buds with Psyllium

I guess you can get it in capsule form at a health food store, and it's an ingredient in Metamucil (blech?) as well.

quote:
If your blood cholesterol is high, clinical studies have shown that eating cereal with 3 grams or more of psyllium fibre every day as part of a healthy diet could lower your cholesterol by up to 10% in as little as 4 weeks† nutrition study

It sounds like you don't have to eat as much cereal with psyllium to get the same effect as other fiber-containing cereals without psyllium.

quote:
How does psyllium fibre compare to oat bran and oatmeal in lowering blood cholesterol?

Psyllium is a more highly concentrated source of soluble fibre than either oat bran or oatmeal. Psyllium has eight times more soluble fibre than oat bran. This means that you don't have to eat as much of a food that contains psyllium fibre to have a cholesterol-lowering effect.


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I've gotten into the bad habit of eating at night in front of the boob tube, probably because I'm really busy around the house and too tired to eat a big meal at dinner time. So I compensate by eating a sandwich or a burger later, and a dessert (once a month I have a small pizza late in the evening). I doubt I'll ever get off the anti-cholesterol meds at this rate! Usually in the morning I have a juice, coffee, and two toasts. I think I'll change to a healthy cereal in the morning again - I stopped eating cereal this summer - no real reason why. As soon as it gets really cold, I'm back to the hot oatmeal with fruit again.
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By the way, Boom Boom, olive oil is GOOD for cholesterol. I don't mean cooking with tonnes of it or pouring vats onto salads, as it is oil aka fat, but there is no reason you can't have a small quantity every day. It also helps absorbtion of vitamins and minerals in vegetables (any oil does that, but some have drawbacks for people with circulatory problems or a risk of them).

It is also damned tasty. There are pizzas in Italy with nothing but a bit of olive oil, sometimes plain tomato sauce, rosemary or basil, garlic. Such pizzas are not at all bad for the heart, especially if made with organic unbleached or wholemeal flour.


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Yeah, I love olive oil. The best brand we get on the coast is called Bertoullis I think.
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Speaking of oatmeal, I just baked some oatmeal Hermits. Yummy.
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There's a new place in Toronto that is actually comparable to Schwartz's. I forget the name but it is in the Monarch Tavern on Clinton St in Little Itlay
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quote:
Originally posted by nicky:
There's a new place in Toronto that is actually comparable to Schwartz's. I forget the name but it is in the Monarch Tavern on Clinton St in Little Itlay

I have always found the downtown Toronto deli scene lacking. There is that one place that is open for 24 hours a day on Bloor, but I ate a reuben there once and was deeply saddened. Then there is the New York Deli on Bay (a once or twice stop from my UoT days) that also disappointed - mind you, they made a lemonade that I cannot deny was anything less than art.
I went to a bunch of other places that I can't really remember, but nothing stood out.

Mind you, I'm not that big on deli eateries. I like to get some damned good corned beef and run out and pick up fresh rye and make my own freakin' reubens.

However, I recently bought a fresh 4 lb summer sausage for 15 dollars and it has become the belle of the entertaining ball at my house over the last weekend. People who don't usually like such meats were even in love of it with a little slice of ol' chedda and some nice crackers.


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posted 12 October 2008 02:18 PM      Profile for Lard Tunderin' Jeezus   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
To find decent deli, one has to follow God's Chosen People - and in Toronto, that means the Bathurst corridor, from several blocks north of Eglinton up thru to Wilson and beyond. The yuppie snobs who say there's no good deli in Toronto (but who all claim to know the best spot for smoked meat in Montreal) should get their heads out of their asses and check out the life north of Bloor Street.
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Katzs, on Dufferen near Yorkdale.

Especially the Corned beef which they make themselves yummy!!


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