Pastroma/Pastrami (1916)

[Sam Clements]

Listening to Barry, I searched Newspaper archive for Pastroma.  It turns up
in 1912  in the Trenton Evening Times as "Kosher Pastroma." (at 40 cents/lb.
When prime rib was 20 cents/lb.).  Not much doubt that's Pastrami.

SC
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> PASTROMA/PASTRAMI
>
>    The thing about food words is that you have to check all the spellings!