What was the name of that Bar that had Felix the Cat
painted on its side? It was on Anderson Street near
Genesee Street. There were 2 Redheaded Ladies who
worked at Independence Mall for what seemed like
forever. One was in Murphy's and one in Thift Drugs.
What were their names?
My Grandma used a few words for things we never used.
She said "Dutch Cleanser" for Ajax or Comet.
She said "Prepared Ham". When we were being noisy
she said we were "Coxy's Army". Anyone remember
folks using these phrases?
I notice some folks on the various websites call
Pork Roll "Taylor Ham" or go inbetween and call it
"Taylor Ham-Pork Roll". In my Burg day it was
Pork Roll only. Taylor Ham = UNKNOWN. Maybe some
folks in the Burg called it Taylor Ham but I
never heard that used until I saw it called that on
the internet. Unless it was called Taylor Ham before
my Burg day. Pork Roll slightly burnt with cheese is
brilliant :)
3 years ago
20 comments:
Yep, it was and still is, just pork roll. I know once I had to find it around here, there is a name on the box..lol..However, I still call it just pork roll..Yummy fried up with white cheese on a hard roll...
The only bar at Anderson and Genessee that I can recall was once called the "Steven Lewis Tavern". A nice bar, really. Steve was a fishing buddy of my Dad's, which were a real cast of characters -- including Ernie Nicolai, the owner of the Fulton Meat Market, and Steve "Spike" Thomas, the owner of the Deli/Smokehouse that was at Genessee and Hudson (changed to a beauty supply store).
While at sea, they drank beer and taught me a part of the Hungarian language -- all the profanity, that I can recite to this day.
Pork roll. I have to order some.
Three slices on my sandwich, please. The more curled up it is, the better. With Gulden's mustard.
Amen Rosemary :)
SJ: Again you are correct.
Steve Lewis Tavern 1122 Anderson
Street:)
felix's was called cent'anni'up north north jersey and parts unknown they call it taylor ham,in trenton its just pork roll
Have to agree with that pretty lady Rosemary. It's just Pork Roll, I like mine on a hard roll, white american cheese and mustard.
I've been away for a while.
Do I order Taylor's or Case's?
Bill - Here is Florida it's Taylor
Pork roll Taylor, Trenton, cloverdel.BJ'S wholesale sells it here in Orlando in the big roll. We get one split it up amoung the kid's.......Bill Barber
Bill Barbar, are you in Orlando? I use to belong to BJs and yes, I would buy it there. They use to cut it up for me with their slicer and then one day they said they couldn't..duh..I go to Publix and buy a few boxes at a time. They sell the 4 in a box or 8. The eight is very thin. You actually need 2 of the 4 if you have the right roll to go with it.
I remember the phrase "Coxy's Army". I can't remember what my Mom was referring to, but I do remember it.
Thank You MaryAnn:)
I just remembered that Grandma
also use a phrase "the dickens"
as in "its cold as the dickens"
or "its raining like the dickens"
Felix Mucciolli owned Cent'anni, which was the former Steven Lewis's Bar on the corner of Anderson and Genesee...I grew up around the corner.
My dad called it "Prepared Ham", Mom and I would look at each him like he was crazy. When we go down to Wildwood, our S Philly friends as us they only want "Trenton" Pork Roll. Keep telling them there is no other kind.
My mom used to hollar at my friends and I when we made too much noise in the house she always said, "you sound like Coxy's Army".
Mom never said "go get the laundry off the clothes line", it was "go pick in the laundry".
In our house, it was never the "refrigerator", it was always the "icebox".
Also, it was never the ACME, it was the AC-A-ME...great Trenton- only phrases.
YES Barb
I remember ACA ME :)
WE USED TO CALL PORK ROLL PREPARED HAM
THE BAR WAS CALLED COUNT FELIX, THE COUNT PLAYED PIANO, AND WAS TOTALLY WACKY... SUPPOSEDLY THERE WAS A STATUE OF MICHAELANGELO'S DAVID IN THE LADIES ROOM, THE FIG LEAF COVERING HIS PRIVATES WERE HINGED, AND IF A LADY LIFTED IT TO LOOK UNDER A BELL WOULD RING IN THE BAR AND EVERYONE KNEW WHAT SHE HAD DONE... IT WAS A FUN PLACE
I remember the term "Coxey's Army" as well. Didn't know it went back as far as this but it was from Depression of the 1890s. It was an insurrection of the unemployed.
http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/depression.html
Get ready for round three, I guess.
OK everyone, lets start on Scrapple. The breakfast food of champions.
Scrapple slightly burnt and peppery
is brilliant :)
Scrapple...dredged with flour, seasoned salt, plenty of black pepper and slightly burned at the edges.
We always called it prepared ham. I remember Cases( my grandpa worked there), but Cloverleaf was the best. You all are right, nothing better than prepared ham slightly burnt, cheese and hard roll. Also, Felix's bar was fun, the owner was a riot.
Bob Reck
I remember pork roll and didn't know how local it was until I moved away. It was fried with melted cheese and placed in a proper hard roll only.
Our grandmother, who was from Philadelphia (not Philly), tried scrapple on us one time. Once was enough though, especially after she gave a highly unsatisfactory explanation of what's in it.
Come to think of it, I don't want to read the list of ingredients of pork roll either. :)
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