Good 34º foggy morning. Drizzled on and off yesterday, but hardly enough to
measure.
Snow on the summit this morning...
So..... I was watching this "sandwich" show on one of the Food/Travel networks (here it's Ch 277 on DirecTV) and
they went to Pirmanti Brothers in Pittsburgh PA. Here is their menu....
This place is on my bucket list....
French fries and coleslaw on their Italian bread sandwiches! OMG.
The show also went to an old dear favorite, Philippe's in Los Angeles. My Dad worked at the Terminal Annex Post Office across the street and we ate at Plilippes many times! Awesome French Dipped sandwiches, where the "french dip" started. Mr. Philippe Mathieu opened there in 1908. " One day in 1918, while making a sandwich, Mathieu inadvertently dropped the
sliced french roll into the roasting pan filled with juice still hot from the
oven. The patron, a policeman, said he would take the sandwich anyway and
returned the next day with some friends asking for more dipped sandwiches. And
so was born the "French Dipped Sandwich," so called either because of Mathieu's
French heritage, the French roll the sandwich is made on or because the
officer's name was French. The answer is lost to history."
Something I strongly believe in:
“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.” -Audrey Hepburn
As I said yesterday, if you want to read the historically stuff and famous
birthdays for today then go to the left of the blog, Archives, click on the 2011
arrow, click on the November arrow, click on November 9th.
Yesterday I went to the beauty shop (misnomer name!"beauty" is not
something that goes in and out of there, in regards to us customers! LOL) and
got my hair cut.... very short! Yeah! Had a good "therapy" session with Leah, my
hairdresser. We laughed and had a good talk. Leah, Lisa, and Ruchelle are fun.
Good time! (for you locals, it's The Image Connection, in Rogue River!)
After the 'beautification' I went to the post office and market...
Looking across the parking lot from the market....
I came home and puttered around for a bit. Tim, aka Timinator, came over
and blew the leaves off my roofs and cleaned the rain gutters out and repaired
the gutter on the car port....
Then it was off to Grants Pass to the Mediterranean to meet up with Dee and
Dale. We toasted to Dale's military service, an Army officer and an "honory
Marine". He's now doing some studying with the Coast Guard! Anyway, we had
martinis and Dee had Margaritas. Dinner was good. They split a ribeye dinner and
I had my favorite Moussaka and Chardonnay! I took their picture but they didn't
want me to... so it's not here!
Shift changed and the new waitress/bartender, Erin, came in. Turns out
she's a good friend of Emily, who works with Brian at his State Farm office!
Small world. Super nice and cute girl!
Came home, made a fire in the wood stove, and snuggled in my chair with
Harley on my lap. Today may be a Costco run. Depends on my mood and energy
level.
All I know. Nuff said. TGIF. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
November 9th
National Scrapple Day
Scrapple, also known by the Pennsylvania Dutch name pon
haus, is traditionally a mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with
cornmeal and wheat flour, often buckwheat flour, and spices. The mush is formed
into a semi-solid congealed loaf, and slices of the scrapple are then panfried
before serving. Scraps of meat left over from butchering, not used or sold
elsewhere, were made into scrapple to avoid waste. Scrapple is best known as a
rural American food of the Mid-Atlantic states (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania). Scrapple and pon haus are commonly considered an
ethnic food of the Pennsylvania Dutch, including the Mennonites and Amish.
Scrapple is found in supermarkets throughout the region in both fresh and frozen
refrigerated cases.
7 comments:
It is amazing how fixing up the outside at the beauty parlor tunes up the inside. Must be proof of how everything is connected.
You must be right, L!!! xo
Needed a photo of your new short "do"!
When ever my brother would meet me in l.A. for Moms house business we had to make at least one trip to Phillipes. I could never handle the hot mustard but loved all else and still reasonably priced. I do see it on tv shows and makes me hungry.
I still recall Dad taking us to see the employees at the PO terminal running out into traffic and picking up tax returns on April 15. I guess they would do that till midnight. Really stuck in my memory bank or some reason. Dad worked for IRS so he knew all about how people waited till the last minute!
Scrapple, tasted it a few times. Hash is much better, not so much filler. Guess we all eat what we need to when hungry!!! Also tasted Haggis in Scotland......it was ok too. (But talk about freaky ingredients in that recipe.
Tom just turned on heat for first time since April. Set off smoke alarm and smells a bit like toasty dust, lol. Del
That mustard was Jerry's favo. I'd order it from Philippe's and have it sent here. If you cut it with mayo it won't burn all the way down! LOL xo
Sue, does that mustard rival Chinese mustard for heat? I love anything hot with food. John never used to but now we both join Becky in having hot sauce with every meal. Maybe as we get old ou taste buds need perking up? :)
Love the color of the fall trees there. Beautiful! I see a few here but not many.
I have bought the store kind of scrapple for John but he says it just isn't the same as his mom's home made. I told him don't look at me to make that stuff! lol
I have four recipes for it which I sent you dd girls last time we talked about it.
Have a good day!
XOX Trisha
Good morning ... great view from the market ... don't get much of that out here. I have to tell you, I enjoy reading your blog and I like the fact that you refer anyone who is interested in this day in history to the archive.
JPC
@ T, I would think the Philippe's mustard would be close to Chinese but a slightly different taste. Really good. xo
@ Joan, thanks re the blog. xo
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