Does anyone here at Talk know if there's a way to reproduce small-batches of deli-style meats at home? I'm talking more things like turkey and ham which must be processed to end up in those uniform oval tubes. I know recipes for cured meats like salami can be found relatively easily while roast beef, corned beef, and pastrami I assume are typically cut from a whole piece of meat rather than being heavily processed. I'm not opposed to grinding up food in a food processor and adding copious amounts of salt and liquids as necessary to bind it, but previous attempts have always resulted in an end product that is spongy and airy rather than dense and reasonably meaty. I really like deli meats, but they are typically prohibitively expensive and if I buy them in any sort of volume I invariably end up letting some of it go to waste due to spoilage.