Comments on: THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/2009/10/12/the-old-neighborhood/ A chat about food and cooking Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:57:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: chris http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/2009/10/12/the-old-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-11 chris Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:08:02 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/?p=42#comment-11 Hi Denise,
You won’t be sorry. I just thawed out one of the rings of thin sausage on Sunday and cooked it on the grill. Unbelieveable! The provolone cheese oozes out as you cut the sausage and the parsley gives it a wonderfully fresh flavor. It brought me right back to my youth. The only thin I was missing was one of my mother’s delicious soft rolls. LEt me know when you are going and I can give you directions to Bay Ridge.

]]> By: Denise http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/2009/10/12/the-old-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Denise Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:32:35 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/?p=42#comment-10 When travelling, i make it a point to find the best markets in other cities. I will be going to this neighborhood on my next trip to NY. looks awesome!

]]> By: chris http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/2009/10/12/the-old-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-9 chris Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:35:35 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/?p=42#comment-9 Let’s start talking Home show. It makes the Winter go much quicker when I can plan for something in the Spring. I want to do a Brooklyn Pork Day at the Home show! We can bring in Ernie Ricci and do sausages and sausage rolls. Maybe we theme the whole show WHAT PITTSBURGH EATS and do a day for tailgating, a day for desserts (lady locks, burnt almond torte, etc.), a day for sandwiches (Primanti Style, Devonshires), a day for Eastern European Specialties like pierogi and burek. We can republish our cookbook WHAT PITTSBURGH EATS with a new cover and sell it at the show. Let’s brainstorm.

]]> By: chris http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/2009/10/12/the-old-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-8 chris Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:14:23 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/?p=42#comment-8 How could not include a picture of the pig’s feet!?! They’ve still got them along with the tripe and pig’s liver wrapped in cawl fat. I’ll get better at this blog thing.

]]> By: Sharon Fennimore http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/2009/10/12/the-old-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Sharon Fennimore Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:23:10 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/?p=42#comment-7 These pictures are so great! The only thing is that you left out were pictures of the pig feet that used to grace the front of the glass cases (just at the eye level of a, say, 8 year old girl) at Faicco’s. That and the tripe used to amaze me, repulse me, and inspire me to imagine that maybe being a vegetarian was a good idea. Alas, that sausage was SO GOOD that I was never able to keep my dietary vows, but I can still close my eyes and see those pigs feet behind the glass like it was yesterday.

]]> By: Betsy Benson http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/2009/10/12/the-old-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Betsy Benson Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:42:46 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/?p=42#comment-6 Hi, Chris! I really enjoyed reading this. I’m thinking a Brooklyn/pork theme for a day at the Home Show???? Betsy

]]> By: Pauline http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/2009/10/12/the-old-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Pauline Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:49:18 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/tv/cooks/chrischat/?p=42#comment-5 Hi Bro,

I’ve never been so tempted to move back to the old neighborhood as I am right now, reading your account of your recent travels there. I can’t get food like that here in Raleigh, but I’m determined to cook more of it whenever possible, so that my grandchildren will understand what our family kitchen was really like and how lucky we were to eat at that table.

Pauline

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