I found the same thing when I lived in Northern California - you just couldn't find a good home-type sandwich or pizza without a lot of effort. In fact, the absolutely worst pizza I ever had was from a place directly across the street from the main entrance to the San Francisco Zoo. It was covered with about a full bottle of Olive Oil, and the whole thing tasted like it was made of cardboard and unidentifiable ingredients - all soaked in various vehicle fluids.
Very similar situation in many other more-populated areas I've lived in or visited on the western side of the US and Texas. The ONLY way to get a good sandwich or pizza there was to find a small hole-in-the-wall and not obvious place (the Hub was somewhat like that in Tyrone- although it was on a main street, it was the "dead-end, turn-around" part of the road). One night while doing temporaty duties in either Phoenix or Tucson, I just happened to stop in some small, barely-marked place on a side street that had a sign stating "real Italian pizza and sandwiches" in the window and seemed quite busy. It was fantastic, just like being back home. The reason? I asked the folks - they were true Italian, by way of Pittsburgh. It seems like a lot of those same folks move into those western places, then "modify" their recipes and ingredients to local cultures. The ones who don't seem to have a real following, the ones who don't wonder why they went out of business.
That's one advantage of living in a tourist destination that features over 2,000 restaurants within a short drive from our house. Plenty of "transplanted" food providers that stay with their native menus, or combine that with local favorites for a variety of selection. We have 2 places here that provide pizza and one who has subs extremely close to Mario's, one place that has pizza practically identical to Gizelle's (a popular place of days past in Portage and Wilmore), and a chain here that has sliced/sheet pizza just like Pal-Mino's in Altoona . But still haven't found anywhere with subs like East End, or hot dogs like Texas/Austins...
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What, you didn't just program your VCR to RECORD it like the rest of us in Tyrone did?djbigdawg1 wrote: AND you had to be back home before 6 or 7pm because Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and Hee Haw was on then (and my dad did NOT wanna miss falling asleep to them........he says he watched every one......LOL)
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Good points. And, yeah, I was thinking of Palmino's Pizza, too.
Yes, urban areas can offer some culinary advantages. For example, I will probably have some killer Korean or Japanese for lunch today (maybe Thai). Unless Blair County has changed significantly since my last visit, the Asian food there doesn't come close to authentic.
Now, if you are talking scrapple, well that is a different story ....
And I would trade Korean BBQ for an East End sandwich today, no doubt ...
Good points. And, yeah, I was thinking of Palmino's Pizza, too.
Yes, urban areas can offer some culinary advantages. For example, I will probably have some killer Korean or Japanese for lunch today (maybe Thai). Unless Blair County has changed significantly since my last visit, the Asian food there doesn't come close to authentic.
Now, if you are talking scrapple, well that is a different story ....
And I would trade Korean BBQ for an East End sandwich today, no doubt ...
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Surprised
I came here just to read a little about Tyrone in the Paper.
I was surprised to find people actually congregated to talk over old memories.
But, I haven't found too many from my generation--the very late fifties and sixties.
I graduated in 1968 so I'm curious as to how many here might be from that era...and still remember any of it...
Take care and I'll be back to read some more.
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I was surprised to find people actually congregated to talk over old memories.
But, I haven't found too many from my generation--the very late fifties and sixties.
I graduated in 1968 so I'm curious as to how many here might be from that era...and still remember any of it...
Take care and I'll be back to read some more.
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kbowden raises an interesting issue on scrapple - what condiment to put on it. I thought it was a practical joke the first time a waitress (in Tyrone, I believe) served up some scrapple and brought maple syrup with it. What was the syrup for? I had been raised to put ketchup on it! Found out later that my pappy and his offspring were about the only ones who didn't use maple syrup on their scrapple ...
My brother lives in the Carlisle area and once a year or so the local fire company makes scrapple and sells it for fundraising. A street or two are blocked off for the overnight affair. My brother reports a dad with for or five kids in tow showing up with a loaf of bread, plunking down $$ for the fresh (and unfried) scrapple, whipping out a pocket knife, and proceeding to pare off hunks of scrapple and making sandwiches to feed his kids. Haven't tried that - "raw" scrapple or the kid thing.
My brother lives in the Carlisle area and once a year or so the local fire company makes scrapple and sells it for fundraising. A street or two are blocked off for the overnight affair. My brother reports a dad with for or five kids in tow showing up with a loaf of bread, plunking down $$ for the fresh (and unfried) scrapple, whipping out a pocket knife, and proceeding to pare off hunks of scrapple and making sandwiches to feed his kids. Haven't tried that - "raw" scrapple or the kid thing.
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When we lived in Hanover (just south of Carlisle), we often went to several such events in Carlisle. The scrapple one was influenced by the Mennonite and Amish population in that area. In fact, if you want to have another EXCELLENT hoagie/sub in Pennsylvania, there used to be (and probably still is) a Farmers Market along Rt34 in Carlisle just north of the Army War College, fairgrounds and Turnpike interchange, that features some Amish and Mennonite delis. Their subs are fantastic; all the meats, cheeses, vegetables, and rolls are their own farm-raised and home-made ingredients , including a salad dressing that looks like creamy Italian but is a local-recipe country style.NotFromTyrone wrote:My brother lives in the Carlisle area and once a year or so the local fire company makes scrapple and sells it for fundraising. A street or two are blocked off for the overnight affair. My brother reports a dad with for or five kids in tow showing up with a loaf of bread, plunking down $$ for the fresh (and unfried) scrapple, whipping out a pocket knife, and proceeding to pare off hunks of scrapple and making sandwiches to feed his kids. Haven't tried that - "raw" scrapple or the kid thing.
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VCR??????? back then?!?!?!?!
the VCR that we had was as big as the top of our floor model TV. oh we couldn't tape the shows, we had to be back for them. at that time, we wiser boys were ot allowed touching the VCR. that was dad and mom's toy that didn't really know how to use it. once they did, the only shows that were taped was young and the restless, days of our lives (well mostly days) and anything dad wanted to watch again to fall asleep to.......LOL
anyways, does anyone remember the "Burger Hut" near the Buckhorn? how about the restaurant near Galitzen State Park? better yet, anyone remember Ciscos??
the VCR that we had was as big as the top of our floor model TV. oh we couldn't tape the shows, we had to be back for them. at that time, we wiser boys were ot allowed touching the VCR. that was dad and mom's toy that didn't really know how to use it. once they did, the only shows that were taped was young and the restless, days of our lives (well mostly days) and anything dad wanted to watch again to fall asleep to.......LOL
anyways, does anyone remember the "Burger Hut" near the Buckhorn? how about the restaurant near Galitzen State Park? better yet, anyone remember Ciscos??
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