That making things from scratch takes time.

I have been researching how to make pastrami at home. This is Matt's favorite sandwich and I thought well hey, when your on a boat in the middle of the ocean, why not make your man what he wants, right? OMG. Apparently you soak meat, let is sit in brine, for 3 weeks, then smoke it! Hmm. My family would be an ovo-lacto-vegetarian family back in the day. Not sure about all of this. With H1N1 going around, I guess I'd rather have my family sick from bacteria caused by going back to basics than a mutated new virus killing healthy folks for no reason.