Here's the finished product:
So after my last post (when I boiled, and peeled the tongue) all I had left to do is smoke the tongue.
For this I put the tongues on the cold side of my smoker, lit the fire, and let it go.
And then re-lit the fire 30 minutes later. And then stood in the cold another hour trying to make the fire keep going.
I was a really bad boy scout. Anyways, the fire eventually lit, and I ended up smoking it for about 4 hours on a fire of oak/mulberry. Note the nice smoke ring in the product above.
After smoking sliced the pastrami super thin. Slicing thin both gives the meat a deli feel, and also makes it more difficult to perceive the taste buds on the edges of the meat.
The meat was a hit with people, and appealed to a crowd skewing male and older. I'll probably make it again next year, if I still have access to cheap tongue.
