Where has all the corned beef gone?

When I lived in New York, years ago, you could get great corned beef in pretty much every deli there.  And there was a deli every other block.  It was great knowing you were never more than fifty yards away from a really good sandwich.

You can’t find good corned beef in very many places in Albuquerque.  Actually, I haven’t found any.

We cook corned beef at home to make up for it.

But it isn’t the same.

I think it’s the bread.

You can’t get that here either.

Two slices of really good Jewish Rye with a crusty crust and a just right soft inner with a big ol’ pile of corned beef thin sliced off of a chunk of corned beef hot out of a pot of water that hasn’t been changed in so many months its practically a broth is so full of flavor its even good cold.  It should be finished with some mustard and a good pickle on the side.  Not the over-brined sour tasting things that pass for pickles in most parts of the country, but a real subtle, crunchy fresh just right New York Pickle.

Wake up America.

Our taste buds are getting screwed.