Hello Speakies:
I started this blog from my wife’s suggestion, but find myself enjoying writing about different subjects. Some are serious most of them just funny tidbits of my human nature. Last night Rosemary and I were watching the Travel Channel. They broadcasted three shows about hotdogs, hamburgers and places to eat. We both grew up in Trenton, NJ, the home of the finest food around as far as I’m concerned. For hotdogs we had the “Casino”, a small hole in the wall place who gave you hotdogs on an Italian roll with peppers, onions and fried potatoes.
Pizza we call it Tomato Pie and there were several great places like DeLorenzo’s, Papa’s and one of my favorites growing up was Sam’s LaRoma. Pies are made with less cheese, more sauce and a crispy crust. You’d pick up a slice, crack it in half and watch the oil drip down. That’s a pie. We liked Nino’s Pizza on Chambers St. for their Sicilian pizza or a great cheese steak with peppers and onions and a side order of fries, wrapped in paper. Always greeted with that same phrase, “Watta You Want Boss.”
For a great burger you went to Rossi’s Bar and Grill or Ernie’s Tavern near Rt. 130. Rossi’s is a great neighborhood bar and grill and has seen it’s share of great major league players like “Joltin” Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and boxer Jersey Joe Walcott.
In a section called “Chambersburg” there must have been at least 20 Italian restaurants in it's prime all equal in fine cuisine. Mom and Pop bakeries, deli’s and the like filled the Burg. I guess what I’m trying to say is I have to stop watching the Travel Station and start my own Cheese Pork Roll Stand or maybe just hope Moms and Pops start opening up businesses again.
So if you are ever heading to the Trenton, NJ area, try the food out and if you pass me on the way home, bring some back.
St. Augustine, Florida
May 24, 2013
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Hi Joe:)
I am eating a Canoli from Italian
Peoples Bakery as I type this..
wait let me email you one....
sent!!..
Jersey may have great food but you
Flordia folks must find it kinda
sweet when we have a blizzard up here.. " Oh look Honey a northeast blizzard wow that looks
awful...can you fire up the grill
in the yard for todays cookout"
:)
Yes Mack, but you guys up there may say, I don't think that hurricane will hit us. We just miss the good food, I did find a good pizza place here, guys are from Jersey and make a pie with a thin cracking crust, less cheese and it drips oil. Have another canoli on me. Talk to you soon.
Hi Joe: You guys are taking about Canolis. My brother Lou had an Italian bakery in Ft. Lauderdale for about 10 years and he had a New York baker there that made Italian bread and Canolis that were the toast of the town. Today the bakery was enlarged to one of the most popular Italian restuarants in the area called Lucarella's. Bona Apitite! That's not spelled right
Hello Ralph, thanks for joining in, nice to have someone new. Next time in the area, going to check it out. Italian bread and rolls are very hard to find here. My wife makes a cheesesteak using french bread cut in half, it has the texture of a good Italian hard roll. Best pastries down here are found at a Publix. Very hard to find a good bakery.
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