[Arcenal813]

Originally Posted by Joey Falcon

So NY pizza isn't even made with real cheese.

Uh, what???

And no, a bagel is not just "a bagel." Try a Montreal-style bagel, for example. The process to make it is completely different than a traditional, everyday bagel, and as such, tastes and feels different.

[Spring Hillian]

Originally Posted by Joey Falcon

So NY pizza isn't even made with real cheese.

Lots of places around the country use commercial pizza cheese. Its real cheese but a blend of various cheeses and certainly added vegetable oils to make it easier to get out of the bucket. Little Cesar's is not even commercial pizza cheese, its their own concoction.

What is the best pizza cheese? Without a doubt Mozzarella.

[Jo48]

Oh, it goes beyond pizza and bagels. Is it better on the East Coast of Florida for Latkes, Kugel, Pastrimi, Corned Beef, etc.? Certainly, not on the West Coast of Florida.

VEAL is another. No, Chicken Parm or Pork Snitzel is not authentic either. It is not up North, and certainly not in Italy or Germany. What does Florida have against veal dishes? Expensive and not easy to cook like either chicken or pork? We have had to search high and wide to get either Italian or German dishes made with veal, and it has been a major disappointment. Expensive, and like rubber. IF I can find veal, I make it myself rather than go to a restaurant.

No, it is not only bagels and pizza. No, it is not just "New York" either, but the countries where the dishes originated.

[Joey Falcon]

Originally Posted by Jo48

Oh, it goes beyond pizza and bagels. Is it better on the East Coast of Florida for Latkes, Kugel, Pastrimi, Corned Beef, etc.? Certainly, not on the West Coast of Florida.

VEAL is another. No, Chicken Parm or Pork Snitzel is not authentic either. It is not up North, and certainly not in Italy or Germany. What does Florida have against veal dishes? Expensive and not easy to cook like either chicken or pork? We have had to search high and wide to get either Italian or German dishes made with veal, and it has been a major disappointment. Expensive, and like rubber. IF I can find veal, I make it myself rather than go to a restaurant.

No, it is not only bagels and pizza. No, it is not just "New York" either, but the countries where the dishes originated.

OK. I'll add "no veal" to the list of NY complaints about Florida.

[Travelassie]

Originally Posted by PeteU

Apparently there's some sort of magical water in New York that the rest of the nation isn't privy to, and it makes all the difference.

Water straight from the East River?

I'm kidding, I wouldn't know the difference if my life depended on it.

[justNancy]

Originally Posted by retired11

They call this strange new land Flourida......Northerners, who talk right, call it Florida......It is hot and muggy and it rains all summer long. It has snakes, lizards and insane prices at the supermarket. Little did men know when they first landed on these shores looking for the seven cities of gold that they were only myths shrouded in the mists of time. But they searched and searched and found..................................not even a decent bagel!

Did the Marines have Bagels on Iwo Jima.......NO....... Did Custer have them at the Little Bighorn (or Greasy Grass Creek for you history buffs).....NO.......Did Neil Armstrong have them on the moon....NO.......Does Florida have them??????? NO

Somewhere in this Land of Oz otherwise known as Flourida as the Floridians say is the Emerald City. In that place lies a bagel with cream cheese. It must be found. It must exist. But...where?

Move to Delray Beach.

Originally Posted by Joey Falcon

OK. I'll add "no veal" to the list of NY complaints about Florida.

Thank goodness. It should be banned.

[Spring Hillian]

Veal is animal abuse.

[gypsychic]

Originally Posted by Spring Hillian

Veal is animal abuse.

[Jo48]

Originally Posted by Travelassie

Water straight from the East River?

I'm kidding, I wouldn't know the difference if my life depended on it.

What mountain minerals in water does Florida have? Lot of chlorine and fluoride in the water, maybe. Natural minerals? None.

[MAniacTHW]

Originally Posted by Jo48

What mountain minerals in water does Florida have? Lot of chlorine and fluoride in the water, maybe. Natural minerals? None.

Define "lots."