Tagged... again

This is, once again, the tag game.

Since JL tagged me, I will now write 6 more weird/strange habits/things about myself.

I think I'll continue the trend of earlier -- and since most people find those items the strangest, anyway -- we will do this entirely about my eating habits.

1. I don't eat meat off the bones. That means no wings, no ribs, no fried chicken. I'll eat just about anything boneless, though.

2. Mac and Cheese... Kraft Dinner (or its generic friends). I don't do the Velveta with the cheese goo. And I don't do baked... or even the stuff from HoJo's that everybody raves about. Just the stuff with the good old powdered orange cheese.

3. Miracle Whip. I think I may be the only person on the planet who actually prefers it to mayo. I just think it might be the egg thing (see earlier Tagged blog). Who knows? I'll eat my tuna made with mayo... but I prefer Miracle Whip, and won't put mayo on just a regular sandwich at all.

4. I only like the vegetables that little kids hate. Broccolli, Brussels Sprouts, Spinach. Mmm... But, I don't like lettuce and tomato.

5. I rarely eat cooked seafood... but I love Sashimi. Give me a plate of raw fish any day of the week... but only on the rarest of occasions do I have any sort of cooked seafood, and even then its limited to lobster, calamari, and really good British style Fish & Chips. On a related note... not worthy of its own line... Sashimi yes, Sushi no. I love the raw fish... but leave out the rice and other crap that makes it more palatable to others.

6. OK, this isn't weird, just ethnic... but I never met a potatoe I didn't like. Mmm.. spuds. Mash 'em, bake 'em, boil 'em, croquettes, fries, JoJos, hash browns, julienned, whatever. I love potatoes (and yes, Dan Quayle, there is an "e" in that word!)

Since this is my second time through, I will tag nobody. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Bobby O

Archived MySpace blog
Category: Food and Restaurants

I fear I may be eating a sandwich named after a Bruin.

Yeah, OK, I'm odd. I'm odd for thinking about it, and even odder for caring. But you're reading it now, so here's the deal.

TJ's Deli, formerly TJ's Breakaway, and/or Breakaway Deli, makes a sandwich called the "Bobby O". Pastrami, Corned Beef, Russian Dressing, and Cole Slaw. I get mine on Rye. It's kinda their take on the Reuben.

But anyway... way back when, when New Haven was still a hockey town, and the legacy of the Blades, the Nighthawks, and... dare I say... the Beast were still part of the fabric of this burgh, Breakaway Deli celebrated this fact. Hockey memorabilia everywhere. Now, post even the New Haven Knights, in the shadow of a dismantling New Haven Coliseum, TJ's pays its allegiance to the Red Sox, the Patriots, and Nascar. But some of the sandwich names remain... Bobby O, and of course, The Beast.

Bobby Orr played during the hay-day of hockey. His number 4 hangs from the rafters at the Banknorth Garden in Boston.

Why is this important? Its not. The Boston Bruins, and their history, mean nothing to me. That's my point. Why am I eating a sandwich named after a Boston Bruin?

OK, OCD much? Why do I care? I'm just odd that way. I'd probably order the Guy LaFleur even if it was made with head Cheese on Pumpernickel. I'm like that. I consume with a bias that makes no rational sense. I'm always excited to purchase Irish- and Canadian-made products, and somehow I'm upset to eat a really good sandwich that's likely named after an ex-Bruin.

I need some serious help I think.

Or, I need Tom to make a tasty sandwich named after Kenny Dryden.

Pizza City, USA

Archived MySpace blog
Current mood: full

*Disclaimer: for the purposes of this blog, "pizza" actually means pizza*

So for lunch today I'm having pizza. Bacon and Mozz from Amato's. Garlic bread with Mozz. Foxon Park Kola. And I'm thinking, if I ever left this area, I'd really miss the Pizza.

Say what you will about pizza from your hometown, but for me, New Haven pizza is the best. New York style, big and floppy, is a decent 2nd place, but nothing beats New Haven.

Its a great place to be if you love pizza. Pepe's, Sally's, Modern, Bar, Abate's, Amato's, Tolli's, the list goes on and on.

I've lived in Boston, and I've lived in Montreal, and one of the things I really missed was pizza. I'd miss it so much I'd order pizza there, and not surprisingly, I'd be utterly disgusted.

So, now is the group participation part. Drop a comment, and answer next few questions about pizza (yes, about actual pizza, Firecracker). And since most of the people who read my blog are from, or live, down here in Southern CT, I'm gonna keep some of it regional. Oh, and remove my answers. I want to hear yours, not just mine again. Here goes:

1.) Best pizza topping(s): Bacon and Onion (sometimes known as the Irish Pie)

2.) Define "plain": Sauce, no cheese, sometimes a bit of oregano or basil

3.) Most ridiculous pizza topping: Probably the Everything + Smoked Meat + Meat Sauce from the place down the street from my grandfather in Montreal. One slice made me full for days.

4.) Worst Pizza you've ever had: Possibly T-Anthony's in Boston. Yet we still went there all the time

5.) Best city to get pizza: New Haven, CT

6.) Best Pizzaria: Modern Apizza, State Street, New Haven

7.) Best Delivery that serves your home: Pizza di Roma, West Haven

8.) Pepe's or Sally's: Pepe's

9.) If not Pepe's or Sally's, best place to get "New Haven Pizza": Modern, or Bar

10.) Donal Logue's unfinished thoughts about pizza: (for those of you who watch I love the 90's)

Currently listening :
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
By My Chemical Romance
Release date: 08 June, 2004