markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Yes, Jimmy! Harold's in Edison, NJ. It's a couple of miles right off i287 in Edison, NJ. Harold's NY Deli - https://haroldsfamousdeli.com/ It's the real deal!!
I worked parttime in "NY style delicatessens " for 50+ years, my 2nd job.

Mark

JimmyTB

I thought started with an H. I could only come up with Howie's and I didn't think that was right. I'll make a note of both of them now.

I guess GAS doesn't only apply to camera gear. I have a granddaughter that lives in Jersey City, maybe next time I visit I can take the long route and get a pizza. Harold's would be much farther out of my way. But who knows, maybe we'll do that on another trip.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

My Mom's entire family was from Jersey City. I was born there - 1937
Be well!
Mark

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Thanks for the thought, Triple G. However, I'm afraid that just having the ingredients will not bring back Mom's pies. As many pieces of pie as I've had in the last 50 years, I've never had ONE that could match Mom's. Mom and Dad got married in 1945 while Dad was still in the military. She was 19. Growing up on the farm her mother had never let her into the kitchen. So, cooking for Dad was her first cooking experience. After Dad got out of the service in '47, they moved to Flint, MI where he was a teacher and coach. They also bought a diner which Mom ran....and baked all the pies. So, the missing ingredient in the best pies ever is my Mom. With her diner experience, her breakfasts were a great way to start the day. I don't say much to her, but my wife just can't get eggs over easy the way my Mom did. They were always perfect.

Triple G

Sweet memories. How the heck did she get out of kitchen duty on the farm?

SteveR Loc: Michigan

I've wondered that myself, but her mother was very territorial about the kitchen. That was her area. My Grandfather took care of the farm (half section) and she put the food on the table. She was quite a lady. She had a chicken coop full of chickens that laid eggs for sale and consumption. However, there was no sentiment. I saw her chop off the head of several chickens when needed dinner. As a young kid I was amazed at seeing a headless chicken fly.

Triple G

Those were the days! Same experiences on our farm.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

I had great memories of the times visiting the farm in Kansas. We lived in Michigan. When I was five, Mom decided to give my a ride on Grandpa's big stallion. She put me on top of him and started leading him by his reins. He had a different idea, though, and started running towards the road. As he ran through the drainage ditch I saw a limb coming at me and bailed. Soft landing, so I wasn't hurt, but it scared my Mom. That was the last ride on the horse!!

I think, too, that when our generation was younger, we tended to listen to our elders. One day, at about the same age, 5, my grandfather showed me the pen where he kept his bull and told me that it would be dangerous to go into the pen where the bull was. He didn't have to tell me twice.

When I was 18 I was visiting and had a 3" reel to reel tape recorder. I took it with me when my uncle and cousin, who lived just up the road, went to help another farmer move a big hog from a pen into a trailer to take it to get market. The hog did not want to go. They whacked him on the side with 2 x 4's, chased it around the pen and did everything else they could to get the hog in the pen, all the while with the hog squealing blood murder. It was one of the funniest things this city boy ever saw. And I got it all on tape.

Triple G

There are a million stories like that from life on the farm.

bittermelon

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Got some of your own? Share 'em!!

Drigby1 Loc: American Fork, UT

We still get a 6 days a week daily newspaper: The Provo Daily Herald.
We also have downstairs The World Book Encyclopedia with several annual update editions. As for the rest of the list -don’t have those.

JustJill Loc: Iowa

Yes! That sounds like my childhood Iowa pizza! Way back when you only had a couple of choices of toppings on your pizza.

Triple G

We had Chef Boyardee and then Pizza Hut in Algona. That should count, too.

JustJill Loc: Iowa

Mine was Pasquale's in Fort Dodge and there was one in Humboldt too!