RC Provisions customer Langer’s Deli was featured in a column by Jenn Harris of the Los Angeles Times.
The pastrami is the same on all of the Langer’s sandwiches, made by RC Provisions in Burbank for more than 45 years. It’s a recipe from Al, whose son Norm Langer owns and runs the deli. The meat is brined, rubbed in a spice blend then smoked. It’s steamed at the restaurant for anywhere from 2½ to 5 hours, losing about 35% of its mass in the process. When it emerges from the steamer, quivering and glistening, it is so delicate, it barely survives the blade of the knife, collapsing into a heap of fat and smoke on the cutting board.
