what is the difference between corned beef and pastrami? What kind of spices do they use?

Answer 1

wikipedia says that they are similar
but it looks like corned beef is boiled and pastrami is dried /smoked:

Corned beef (Also known as Salt beef in UK and parts of Commonwealth) is beef that is first pickled in brine and then cooked by simmering. Usually, cuts of meat are used that feature long muscle grain, such as the brisket.
The name "corned beef" is due to a coarse salt used in the pickling process. Corn originally meant grain, as in a small particle of something, and referred to the corns of salt.

Pastrami is a popular deli meat made from chiefly red meat. The raw meat is salted (through immersion in a thick brine), then dried, seasoned with various herbs and spices (such as garlic, black pepper, marjoram, basil) and smoked. Aside from the pepper and smoking, it is similar in process and flavor to corned beef. In the United Kingdom and the United States, beef is used and the meat is boiled after the salting stage. Recently, turkey pastrami has been produced in the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastrami

Answer 2

Pastrami is a leaner version and is spicier (they use black pepercorns to marinate this meat). Verses corned beef has more fat, and is usually prepared by boiling the meat. Hope this helps?!

Answer 3

Pastrami is peppered on the outside.

Answer 4

you ever see poeple under the stairs! remember when vinge rahms got hrown into the pastrami pit so his meat would age and be tender... thats the pastrami pit fool. DAMN buck shot..lol...now corned beef is different its spice cured beef from less tender cuts of beef..does not go into the pastrami pit. is dry cured if i am right..they would get a lot of good pastrami off vinge rahmes..lol...