Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Nov 26, 2023 11:33:50 GMT
I still enjoy Facebook for some of the groups they have there. Despite all the (mostly valid) criticisms of Zuckerberg, and all the paranoid shit about data mining, fake accounts and security issues, these groups are actually a great thing. All perversions catered for, so to speak.
I just joined a group called 'Save the Deli'. A post popped up in my feed that attracted me - a picture of Katz's deli in 1979.
And the comments that followed were genuinely funny and warm and interesting. You don't get that with 'Psychedelic Rock Groups of the 1960s'!
A Pastrami Sandwich was a little over $5.00, tip the carver $1.00 for "a little something for the dog" and come home with another meal
Ticket Upon Entry, Show it to Leave
“2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits, a dollar, all for (fill in your HS name) stand up and holler”! Remember that cheer?
I remember the tickets on entering. One time a waiter with towel over his arm who seemed to be 100 years old, shuffled up to us on entering and said with a heavy Yiddish accent "Sit at my table, I have a deal with cutter number 3 and he puts an extra slice of meat in all my sandwiches". Made the day.
My grandfather worked at Katz’s from 1929 till 1973
One of these days I'll make it there.
The deli was never a big part of my life growing up, although some existed locally. When we went to London it was exciting to see these halls with sliced meats and big old scales, and fancy salads in bowls, but they were sort of overwhelming too. So I never asked for anything, even as a young adult.
I don't see them anywhere these days - not even in the bigger cities in the UK. Certainly not the way Katz's is. I hesitate to get into that old 'things aren't as good as they once were' discussion, but in the case of sandwich/deli options, it's definitely true.
I don't even think you can make a good sandwich in the UK - not from supermarket bits and pieces, anyway. We don't have good bread, and the sliced hams and cheeses are pre-packaged and sold in plastic sleeves in the fridges and not behind a manned counter (not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but there's none of the sense of occasion you get when someone's creating something for you).
I like going to places like this when I'm abroad - some cities have more of these options. Rogacki in Berlin is great - it's been there for almost one hundred years (although to be honest I wouldn't touch half of the stuff they show under glass) - but you can stand at tables and dig in to good potato salad and fried fish, and take a sandwich with you for later. I really enjoy the idea of eating without too much fuss, from places who know what they're doing - and have done so for decades.
I just joined a group called 'Save the Deli'. A post popped up in my feed that attracted me - a picture of Katz's deli in 1979.
And the comments that followed were genuinely funny and warm and interesting. You don't get that with 'Psychedelic Rock Groups of the 1960s'!
A Pastrami Sandwich was a little over $5.00, tip the carver $1.00 for "a little something for the dog" and come home with another meal
Ticket Upon Entry, Show it to Leave
“2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits, a dollar, all for (fill in your HS name) stand up and holler”! Remember that cheer?
I remember the tickets on entering. One time a waiter with towel over his arm who seemed to be 100 years old, shuffled up to us on entering and said with a heavy Yiddish accent "Sit at my table, I have a deal with cutter number 3 and he puts an extra slice of meat in all my sandwiches". Made the day.
My grandfather worked at Katz’s from 1929 till 1973
One of these days I'll make it there.
The deli was never a big part of my life growing up, although some existed locally. When we went to London it was exciting to see these halls with sliced meats and big old scales, and fancy salads in bowls, but they were sort of overwhelming too. So I never asked for anything, even as a young adult.
I don't see them anywhere these days - not even in the bigger cities in the UK. Certainly not the way Katz's is. I hesitate to get into that old 'things aren't as good as they once were' discussion, but in the case of sandwich/deli options, it's definitely true.
I don't even think you can make a good sandwich in the UK - not from supermarket bits and pieces, anyway. We don't have good bread, and the sliced hams and cheeses are pre-packaged and sold in plastic sleeves in the fridges and not behind a manned counter (not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but there's none of the sense of occasion you get when someone's creating something for you).
I like going to places like this when I'm abroad - some cities have more of these options. Rogacki in Berlin is great - it's been there for almost one hundred years (although to be honest I wouldn't touch half of the stuff they show under glass) - but you can stand at tables and dig in to good potato salad and fried fish, and take a sandwich with you for later. I really enjoy the idea of eating without too much fuss, from places who know what they're doing - and have done so for decades.
