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That's why you need to move to New York City...
best pizza in the whole wide world!
Sweet dreams Trenchy!
No, it's Audrey!She isn't usually?
Those are the places which I fondly recall but no longer exist.In Pasadena, California, there is a small diner called Pie 'N Burger--literally a dining counter and maybe five or six small tables. They've been in business in the same location since 1963, but every time I've eaten there I've had the feeling that they could just as easily have operated the same as they do now if they had been there since the 1930s. Viewing their menu you can see they serve relatively simple meals that, for the most part, wouldn't have been out of place in the "Golden Era". Nothing fancy, but the fresh products they use elevate the quality of the meals to above average, and you get a plate full of food for your money.
There is a restaurant in my home town of Whittier, California, called "Jack's" which has been in business since 1933, but not in the same location. They've moved and expanded (both the restaurant and the menu) over the years and have lost that "diner" feeling along the way, but it's one of those places that all of the "locals" are familiar with.Those are the places which I fondly recall but no longer exist.
Pizza used to be called "pizza pie" and our token New Yorker here at work still uses the term "pie." Actually she's from Brooklyn but that's close enough.
My father used the expression "cold cuts" to describe what was served on Sunday afternoons in the army, same as was still served twenty years later when I was in the army. Twenty years doesn't sound like a very long time now. Once we had an outdoor event on organization day when I was in the army, the food served on tables under a tent. It was a warm day where we were and the next day, half the unit got sick. I happened to be on a bus at the time, too, on he way back from visiting Schloss Neuschwanstein. and in the half that got sick. I've never heard anyone use the expression otherwise.
I do a fair amount of cooking at home. Something I make is French toast using Italian bread. It doesn't look like French toast but again, it's close enough. I'm the only one that eats bread at home anyway in any shape.
A popular egg-bread combination in New England in the Era was a "Trilby," a sandwich consisting of an egg fried hard and a slice of onion, doused in ketchup, salt and pepper, and served on a split bulkie roll. I can't eat the version with the onion on it, but it's just as good with the onion omitted. Egg, bread, and a lot of ketchup are the fundamental ingredients. Some versions also add a slice of ham.
A bulkie roll, by the way, is not the same as a kaiser roll, although they're often used interchangeably. A bulkie roll, which you can only get in New England, is much softer than a kaiser roll, with a soft crust not unlike that on a loaf of commercial white bread. It's a fundamental ingredient in many New England specialities, including the round version of the Maine Italian Sandwich. When I was little it was also used to represent the Body of Christ during Communion, with the minister tearing off little bits of a bulkie roll and giving it to you as you filed past to sip from the little glasses of Welch's Grape Juice.
Phil Rizzuto -- a Brooklyn Italian born in 1917 -- on his Yankee broadcasts frequently referred to his fondness for "pizza pie." The noted linguist Red Barber once pedantically corrected him on the air, pointing out that "pizza" is Italian for "pie," and thus "pizza pie" is a redundancy, but the Scooter didn't know what he was talking about.
Phil Rizzuto -- a Brooklyn Italian born in 1917 -- on his Yankee broadcasts frequently referred to his fondness for "pizza pie." The noted linguist Red Barber once pedantically corrected him on the air, pointing out that "pizza" is Italian for "pie," and thus "pizza pie" is a redundancy, but the Scooter didn't know what he was talking about.
Not Chicago deep-dish thick, but thicker than that which became popular in the Northeast after the war.
Where I come from, calling it a "pizza pie," or even as a "pie," is verboten. Like putting ketchup/ catsup on a hot dog: if you're under five they might let you get away with it. Maybe.
Bear in mind that deep dish is NOT a traditional Chicago style, despite the stereotype. The guy who originally peddled it here was a transplanted Texan. Not that I don't enjoy it on occasion.. but we have a thin crust here that's been around for a longer time.
I already started....
I'm mixing the meat with bread
crumbs and also what ever I can
find in the pantry.
Polo just keeps smacking his lips
waiting in anticipation.
lips ???