Category: Deli
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Jungle Jims Dry Salami Review
When I did my post last week about my first visit to the magical food kingdom of Jungle Jims, I didn’t talk about specific products, wanting to give them their own space and time. Like their packaged (house brand) dry salami. Now if you love salami of all types as much as I do, Jungle […]
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Jungle Jims Grocery Review – Cincinnati, OH Area
Another place that’s been on my bucket list for years, Jungle Jims opened in 1971 and has been described as a “theme park of foods.” That’s an understatement, in my opinion. Clocking in with square footage about two times a WalMart, Jungle Jims specializes in a great depth of product choices, and foods from all […]
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Lake Geneva Country Meats Review, Lake Geneva Wisconsin
I have been known to take road trips in search of small producers of processed pork products, especially hams. Jumping off the interstates, traveling back roads, stopping in diners to inquire about local products. Never disappointed. The other day, I had been to a “pick your own” tomato farm, had a bushel of the beautiful red fruit, stopped at […]
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Jersey Mikes Subs Review – Nationwide Chain
So I saw this “pseudo-documentary” the other night, and one segment was on the founding of Jersey Mike’s Subs. After reading a bit on Wikipedia, one or the other took a little poetic license. No matter. The shop started in Point Pleasant, NJ, a seaside down equidistant between Manhattan and Philly. After 3 owners, long […]
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Dodges Southern Style Chicken Review
I’ve written a lot about what I (and apparently others) call “gas station chicken.” Across the deep south, you’ll run into these fairly often. Some call them “fry delis,” and the independent ones often have a melange of offerings, fried chicken, tenders, egg rolls, corn dogs, catfish nuggets, potatoes. There are franchised operations, like Chesters, […]
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Malincho Euro Market & Deli Review, Des Plaines, IL
Hit another ethno-centric market this weekend; Malincho promises a full selection of Bulgarian meats, cheese, canned and boxed groceries. They didn’t disappoint, although the store was considerably smaller than I imagined it would be, having based my impression via their online presence. They have a good selection, but if you don’t speak or read Bulgarian, […]
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Felicias Meat Market and Deli Review, Schaumburg, IL
Some weeks ago, I wrote about an Italian deli I stumbled on in suburban Chicago. Nottoli’s has a great selection of house-made sausages, pastas and an ample selection of imported Italian canned and box goods. This week I hit Felicia’s, an Italian-centric meat market and deli in Schaumburg. Felicia’s is smaller in size than Nottoli’s, […]
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Morris Liquors and Deli Review, Louisville, KY
I love country style cured ham. Dry aged for months and months, salty, flavorful, still tastes like an animal instead of some heavily processed, brine injected, flavored pink stuff. I quizzed Chowhound folks ahead of time to see where I might score some good Kentucky Country Ham in Louisville, and got lots of great suggestions […]
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“My Mother Gave Me A Nickle…” Oh Snap Pickles Review
“to buy a pickle…” so goes an old ditty my dad used to break into spontaneously on occasion. I love most pickles, really love them. I love kosher dills, half sours, hamburger dills….most anything but sweet relish and bread and butter. IxNay on those. I’m not quite old enough to remember pickle “barrels” but […]
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StoneRidge Meat Snack Sticks Review
An affinity for all things butchered and old world sausage making brought together the principals that started StoneRidge Meat and Country Market, now known as StoneRidge Piggly Wiggly. Located in mid-Wisconsin, thirty minutes west of the Fox River Valley, the market serves grocery shoppers and sausage aficionados from a wide radius. Why sausage lovers? StoneRidge […]