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Picked up eye of round roast from Costco to make pastrami thinking it would be nice for sandwich style slices (I did a chuck roast previously and the pieces were just so small). Original goal was to leave in brine for 10 days but I messed up my timing and had to go out of town for a little over a week, so it sat in the brine in the fridge for 20 days. Is the discoloration normal? Currently in a water bath to desalinate, forgot to take a picture before adding water!

Edit to add: it passed the smell test so I’m feeling good about it but wanted to post here and get some expert thoughts.