Reuben snob

I have been a bit of a reuben snob. For many years, I've hated pastrami. It seemed really gross to me (I thought of it as a dirty meat) and when we would go someplace with a reuben sandwich (which I love), I would ask if they use pastrami or corned beef. If they use pastrami, I would order something completely different and steer clear of eating that, even if it was recommended and they'd say, "Our reuben is so good!" Pastrami was a deal breaker. I spent a small amount of time recently working in a sandwich shop. I was there when they've taken their big hunks of meat and slice them in house and portion them out for sandwiches so I saw that all the meat is a very high quality meat. As I made sandwiches for customers, the pastrami started looking so tempting to me!!! I caved and finally just tried a pastrami sandwich on their very soft and delicious ciabatta bread and it was HEAVENLY!!! There were so many tasty options but once I tried the pastrami, I didn't think I could order anything different for a while. I really like the store owners and other employees and was learning a lot and getting into a flow for the work days there but I'm also still recovering from a car accident. I realized pretty quickly that I would not be able to keep that job and still progress in my recovering so I had to part ways with the job. During this last week that I didn't go into the sandwich shop, I started doing lots of research on pastrami. I found out it's not drastically different than corned beef and I had not even ever known that it was beef as well. That would have made a difference to know. I've tried buying some items at various grocery stores to recreate this sandwich I'm obsessed with. I haven't found an identical substitute yet but I've had some pretty good sandwiches. I also had a reuben last night that's made with a pastrami that's flown in from a New York deli and that was very tasty. My days of being a reuben snob are over now & I can't wait to make up for lost time!