Regarding the past with Delis

Today seems to be a day in which I received an email about Jewish food. My thinking stimulated a response!

How true it all is. I can remember, even when we lived in
Toms River, going to NYC to have deli there since there was not very much in TR. When I lived in Rochester NY we used to go to Cohen's Deli and it was such a joy! A corned beef sandwich which was too big to hold on to. Pickles in the barrel! Oy, I salivate just thinking about them!

Then years later, we moved and raised a family in St. Paul, Minnesota. We had come back to Yiddish land. Many delis to choose from in both St. Paul and Minneapolis. Years have passed, when we visit now, there are a few of the Delis left, but oh so few. One that I know of in St. Paul and a couple in Minneapolis. Indeed our heritage is dwindling.

When I lived in Houston, Katz came to town and there were a couple more which we indulged in. They are still there and in Houston Judaism flourishes. We lived in an area where they were over 13 synagogues in a 3 mile radius! Even a Jewish Community Center.

Now we live in Kingman. There is one place where you can still get a pastrami sandwich! It is tremendous! Homemade by a transplanted Yid who also makes home rolls on which he serves this colossal delicacy. You also get a can of soda and a bag of chips for the handsome price of $5.00! McDonald's eat your heart out!

We also can go to Las Vegas and there are several places where you can gourmet deli food. All you have to do is put them in your GPS and get directed to their doorsteps. One store (Smith's) is a part of the Kroger group, and they have a section in the store which is the largest Kosher store I have ever seen. It beats the heck out of those in your area since it also has a meat market par excellence.

Enough reminiscing, now on to bigger and better things since I cannot eat much of the Yiddish food anymore!

Testing the waters!

Testing the waters for blogger!  This is a test to see how to get this working and writing a regular blog.

Sometimes we have thoughts that are relevant to the way things are working in this world and those thoughts should be shared. 

This is the purpose of this blog to see the way it will work out.

Happy Holidays!!!

Holiday time is here. The Carlson School of Management was surprised when 300 students from different areas of the University of Minnesota joined together and presented a message of joy.

http://www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/holiday11/


Go to the link and have a few minutes of fun.

Clark

Elysiana by Chris Knopf - Clark's Eye on Books

Elysiana by Chris Knopf - Clark's Eye on Books

A book review which is going to give you a teaser to want to read this book when it comes out in May 2010. It is fun to get on the bandwagon before it starts.

There are some books which are classics and then there are some which become classics. This is one of those that will become a classic because the writer is excellent and has a good track record.

The Shipwreck of a Nation by H. Peter Nennhaus

The Shipwreck of a Nation by H. Peter Nennhaus

Visit this book review. It will enlighten you and give some information that is not like all the other media. What is happening is that a young boy is feed a bunch of BS by the propaganda people under Hitler and this has interspersed itself into his belief system. He really believes a lot of things that he has been told. They are not true, and yet, he tries to persuade others to believe in this.

Riches Among the Ruins by Robert P Smith with Peter Zheutlin

Riches Among the Ruins by Robert P Smith with Peter Zheutlin

Clark's Eye on Books - Clark I reviews books and sometimes writes them!

Clark's Eye on Books - Clark I reviews books and sometimes writes them!

There are great book reviews on this site of new books, check them out.