Long Island Foods (Massapequa, East Massapequa, Ridge: shopping center, oven, park)

[Jdawg8181]

Originally Posted by AlexisT

Well, LI and NYC don't have the same water, so there might be something to that. However, you could have the best water in the world and you can't make a decent bagel if it's not made properly. Outside the NY area, they're much too fluffy and bready, not dense and chewy.

The pizza in Italy is amazing...and that's b/c it's Italy...but their water doesn't taste as good as ours...their pizza is good b/c they make it right!!

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by KENNY GUIDO

ginos has the best regular slices in massapequa. as for sicilian (or the squares are theyre referred to nyc) its gotta be L&B SPUMMONNI GARDENS in bensonhurst.

Is Pappalardo Pizza Cove still around? I used to love their pizza.

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by Jdawg8181

The pizza in Italy is amazing...and that's b/c it's Italy...but their water doesn't taste as good as ours...their pizza is good b/c they make it right!!

Pizza originated in Israel, when Roman soldiers were given matzoh with oil and seasoning during Pesach (Passover).

It took about 1,500 years for the tomato, "discovered" by the Spanish Conquistadors to make its way from the South American Andes Mountains to Italy via Spain and France, to be added.

[KENNY GUIDO]

Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

One has a letter of kosher certification posted on the premises and the other does not.

but you cant taste the difference! a bagel's a bagel.

[Elke Mariotti]

Originally Posted by Jdawg8181

The pizza in Italy is amazing...and that's b/c it's Italy...but their water doesn't taste as good as ours...their pizza is good b/c they make it right!!

Your experience was obviously VERY different from mine! Years ago, when traveling through Italy, we stopped at a little place in Naples and asked for pizza... Good thing they brought us a bottle of Chianti long before the pizza came
It was (and remains) the worst pizza ever!!! But with a bottle of wine shared between two, we just laughed and laughed...

[AlexisT]

I went to Rome last year, and the pizza (both Roman and Neapolitan style) was delicious. I could go back to Italy just to eat.

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by KENNY GUIDO

but you cant taste the difference! a bagel's a bagel.

Not if it's baked and sold in a store that also sells pork products and seafood.

[KENNY GUIDO]

but if you bought it home in a bag you would know the difference, right?


another long island food is BEN N JERRY'S ice cream!

[totallyfrazzled]

Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

Not if it's baked and sold in a store that also sells pork products and seafood.

Walter, just curious: Do places like Ben's Kosher Deli not sell anything that contains pork or seafood? For example do they not sell tuna salad (which is a deli staple)? Or do they only have to have completely different containers, utensils, etc for the pork and seafood items than for everything else?

I don't really know much about the kosher laws other than certain foods cannot be mixed with or touch certain others.

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by totallyfrazzled

Walter, just curious: Do places like Ben's Kosher Deli not sell anything that contains pork or seafood?

That's correct, a kosher delicatessen is prohibited form selling anything that contains pork or seafood.

Originally Posted by totallyfrazzled

For example do they not sell tuna salad (which is a deli staple)?

Tuna is not seafood, it is fish and while German or Italian delis may sell tuna fish, as a general rule, kosher delicatessens do not. Only fish that have scales and gills are kosher; shellfish and other seafood, such as octopus, are not kosher.

Originally Posted by totallyfrazzled

Or do they only have to have completely different containers, utensils, etc for the pork and seafood items than for everything else?

Even if kept in separate containers, pork and seafood are not allowed on the premises of a kosher delicatessen.

Originally Posted by totallyfrazzled

I don't really know much about the kosher laws other than certain foods cannot be mixed with or touch certain others.

Judaism 101: Kashrut: Jewish Dietary Laws explains a lot about the ins-and-outs of kosher.