Tom, I'm a Texas Hot Dogs (downtown and 58th Street) and Meadows Frozen Custard - http://www.meadowsfrozencustard.com/ - junkie myself, Tom. Click on a location to see the flavor schedule. Today's special flavors at Hollidaysburg are blueberry and pretzels-n-choc. And I don't wanna hear how unhealthy frozen custard is, because I have a friend in Greenwood who practically lives on the stuff. Try to find a store that carries Boar's Head cold cuts, Tom. Their lebanon bologna isn't quite up to the local PA variety, but it's danged good. So's their beef bologna. My husband, from the area around Hazleton, grew up on fried bologna sandwiches. I'm sitting here thinking about ham potpie at Tom & Joe's, near City Hall in Altoona, and laughing. http://www.tomandjoes.com/ Oh, Lord, they have WiFi now at Tom & Joes. Click on News and Events. There are photos linked on that page. And one of today's specials is a hot chicken sandwich with potatoes. Bet we could get gravy on the fries. <grin> For those of you who didn't grow up in Altoona: Tom & Joe's is where you went after the bars and clubs closed at 2 a.m., for an early breakfast. The place was and probably still is always packed, and the waitresses yelled their orders to the cooks from across the restaurant. Nobody minded, either. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "Valerie A. Metzler" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 9:51 AM Subject: Re: PABlair local cookbook I moved to Kentucky when young, and can still remember the confusion we went through before we could "translate" food from North to South ... for example North South Pot Pie Dumplings (though don't ask for ham, they don't do that down here ... just chicken) Meat Pie Pot Pie Drop dumplings Never heard of ... and not inclined to eat them. The south seems to also limit itself to pale pink bologna ... there's nothing similar to Juniata hot ring bologna or lebanon bologna. And hoagies .. I'd kill for an East End hoagie. Tom Butterbaugh