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@Luthor: Meiosis also requires replication of chomosomes. Mitosis is a replication (2n->4n) and split into two daughter cells (2n x2). Meiosis is a replication (2n->4n) and spliting into 4 cells (1n x4) eventually. It is not simply dividing a cell (2n) into two where each receives one set (1n x2).

If you really care to be precise, this process is more like budding probably. Where a bigger organism buds off smaller organisms that are genetically identical. Budding happens for unicellular and multicellular organisms. In this case, the big sandwich could of course be multicellular thus explaining the large amount of DNA (ie. pastrami) it contains as the collective DNA of many cells. It doesn't need to replicate the pastrami before the process starts...a bunch of it is just there. Then some of the cells bud off to start the new organism/sandwich thus taking some of the DNA/pastrami with it.

Sure, I was a biology major and now a medical student, but this information could easily have been found on Wikipedia and/or a high school biology text.

wunami at 2:14PM on 01/26/09

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The Carnegie Deli Pastrami Sandwich Mitosis

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Prairie at 4:13PM on 01/14/09

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The Carnegie Deli Pastrami Sandwich Mitosis

@people who think I look like Pam: This isn't the first time this has come up. I hope people are going up to Jenna Fischer and telling her she looks like Erin Zimmer.

Erin Zimmer at 3:20PM on 01/14/09

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The Carnegie Deli Pastrami Sandwich Mitosis

Hello Pam from The Office.

Prairie at 3:16PM on 01/14/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

We moved to a small rural town this summer and we were cavorting in the weekly farmer's market every Thursday until Thanksgiving. Pricey, except for the stuff that is too expensive to buy in the supermarkets (leeks and beets, mostly; sold by the pound at the farmer's market rather than the stingy bunch-of-two-or-three in the supermarket). Never have cabbage and greens tasted so good! One day we paid $6.00 for a big honeydew/cantaloupe hybrid melon that was worth every penny. Sweet juicy ambrosia, delicious right down to the rind.

Truth to tell, in this garden-savvy town, even supermarket vegetables are better than I remember from my former, urban hometown.

And I'll never be "too stingy" to buy beets again, since I discovered that the greens are delightful cooked and then dressed with a little butter and vinegar. Savory every single time. With beets you get two vegetables for the price of one.

gentlyferal at 2:53PM on 01/07/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

Noreen Kinney's Irish Soda Bread (recipe at epicurious) is my discovery of the year. The whole-grainiest whole-grain bread you will ever eat. Yum.

I'm s'posed to avoid salt, so I'm thinking of reformulating it as a yeast bread. I bet it would work just fine.

gentlyferal at 2:45PM on 01/07/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

Dinner at ST John Bread and Wine in London. Particularly the Scottish Forerib roast.

kaszeta at 2:50PM on 01/06/09

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The Carnegie Deli Pastrami Sandwich Mitosis

THIS IS ON MY BUCKET LIST !

shipwreck at 2:46PM on 01/06/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

best thing i ate last year was probably dessert! i indulged in that a lot! this spot gyenari in culver city def has some of the best desserts i've seen, green tea donut with a pink sauce my favorite dessert of 08!

GrabTrees at 1:54PM on 01/06/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

The polenta at Union Square Cafe and vanilla cupcake at Magnolia Bakery.

krawford at 10:12AM on 01/06/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

For my birthday, my husband made salmon mouse with smoked salmon and dill on crispy toasts, he made an endive, walnut, and stilton salad with dijon balsamic dressing, and petite filet oscar. There was no room for dessert!

csbrown at 10:04AM on 01/06/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

The free apple I was handed getting off the airport train in Zurich Switzerland. Still don't know what variety it was (I can ask for beer and the bathroom in German, but that's all), but it was actually BETTER than a Honeycrisp, and I'm an apple snob...

cowprintrabbit at 2:10AM on 01/06/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

The best experience of 2008 was definitely eating at minibar.... 27 glorious bite-sized courses stretched over two hours. And getting to watch the chefs make everything right in front of you was as much a feast for the eyes as it was for the stomach.

Too many to choose from... BLTs with fresh summer tomatoes and the best bacon in the world (Whole Foods Black Forest bacon, it won our household "bacon-off" competition), butter and sugar corn on the cob, anything at EatBar, the west coast ribeye at Red Rock Canyon, everything at craftsteak... oh happy memories....

Tootsie at 1:54AM on 01/06/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

Definitely salted caramel ice cream from the Bi-Rite Creamery in San Francisco -- Wow! Salivating for it til this day :) Oh, and 2008 was the year I discovered my love for sweet potatoes :)

Bettydee at 12:48AM on 01/06/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

Homemade ravioli, pulled pork, everything I ate in paris, raclette in switzerland...most memorable dessert was the anise roulade with figs from Gourmet.

dettling05 at 6:41PM on 01/05/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

My first meal in Cambodia. Ginger fried chicken with more julienned ginger than slices of chicken, a vegetable stir fry, and in particular, samlar m'jew - this amazing fish based soup with fresh pineapple and tomatoes in it. I'm salivating just thinking about it.

marchpane at 5:46PM on 01/05/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

I fell in love with a not particularly "authentic", but very tasty maki at our local place. The "Red Sox Maki" is an inside out roll filled with sauced unagi and topped with crab salad. It's plated with drizzles of spicy mayo and more unagi sauce that looks like a baseball diamond and a mound of wasabi to represent the Green Monster. We order it almost everytime we go.

Amandarama at 11:57AM on 01/05/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

my favorite thing i ate was coming home after ten weeks of college food and my mom had made the most delicious meal - a big salad - spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, radishes, crutons, cheddar cheese. plus some grilled chicken to put on top and some cheesy garlic bread. delicious

listener at 9:56AM on 01/05/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

Fried Chicken at "THE PIT" in Raleigh, North Carolina with Chef Ed Mitchell at the helm.

Nemis at 9:24AM on 01/05/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

Wow. I can't believe how much awesome food I had this year. Raw oysters on the Gulf, fresh crawfish, crab nachos, mussels, calamari, the BEST corned beef hash to ever exist, the Bayside buffett @ mandaly bay in Vegas. It was probably the best food year of my life

aimingforzero at 2:25PM on 01/04/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

Slow-braised pork belly at Maze by Gordon Ramsay during Restaurant Week, and the yogurt at Bouchon Bakery. Actually, both were top of my list not just for 2008, but my entire life--after that meal at Maze I was ready to take on the world!

lloix at 3:03AM on 01/04/09

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What was the best thing you ate in '08?

My mom and I discovered a spicy lettuce mix at our farmers market in southern new hampshire. it was so good thats all we put in our salad all summer--and so spicy it gave me that same sinus rush that you get when eating too much wasabi...

oh i miss the freshness of summertime

veggieout at 12:12AM on 01/04/09

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