Lox Me Tender

What do sex and salmon have in common? Ask Len Berk. At 84, the former public accountant is the last Jewish lox-slicer at iconic Manhattan delicatessen, Zabar's.
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I started making my own gravlox last year. It took me a couple tries to get the recipe right. Still learning to slice cured salmon, but am getting very close. I get great satisfaction from doing something like this on my own. Finally, I saved me some money!

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That lox was a beautiful site. I know what he means about loving to slice lox. I've made my own nova from a fresh King from Alaska. A Copper River King. The best in the world. I saved one of the center cuts for making lox. I cured it with brown sugar and kosher salt, dry cure, and then dried it, then smoked it with hickory chips.