Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Soon Thursdays Gathering

I like Thanksgiving because it is just about family… no pressure on gifts… just being with family and friends. It can’t get much better than that in my opinion. *** Here it is Tuesday already. The day begins with allowing the bread to rise before I transform it in to a favorite food of our children. Pepperoni Rolls. Today’s weather is to be in the high 60’s so the bread will quickly rise. We will be making these little gems to be eaten just out of the oven and more to send back with the children.
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What better thing can there be but having fresh baked bread from the oven? The smells that permeate the home is fabulous. *** The term "pepperoni roll" is also used in some parts of the U.S. to refer to a stromboli made with pepperoni.
************* The great thing about the Pepperoni Roll is that they DO NOT have to be refrigerated and can be enjoyed anywhere you go! They are great for camping, school lunches for the kids, a day at the beach, traveling, or tailgating to name a few.

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The pepperoni roll is a snack popular in West Virginia and some nearby regions of the Appalachian Mountains. Ubiquitous in West Virginia (particularly in convenience stores), but traditionally little known elsewhere, it is arguably the food most closely associated with the state (a competitor for this distinction is the ramp). Fairmont, West Virginia, claims the title of ‘Pepperoni Roll Capital of the World.'
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A popular legend holds that the pepperoni roll was invented in the 1920s by Giuseppe Argiro, owner of the Country Club Bakery in Fairmont. Some historians have disputed this claim. However, it seems highly likely that the dish originated among the coal miners of north-central West Virginia in the first half of the twentieth century. The pepperoni roll bears a resemblance to the pasty and sausage roll, which originated in the mining communities of Great Britain, as well as to the Italian calzone. All these foods allow a miner on a break from a tiring and dirty job to eat a full meal with a minimum of fuss. Pepperoni and other Italian foods became popular in north-central West Virginia in the early 20th century, when the booming mines and railroads attracted many immigrants from Italy.

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Recipies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not “NESSIE”, but for sure an interesting view of a fallen tree!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like the looks of that sandwich or roll and meat. Looks good to me.

Tom said...

Jane and I eat these, and we both bake bread and stuff now and then.. I lpve hot flat muffins ( Thats out flat bread baked in the bottom of the oven) with butter and garlic sausage.. or pepperoni.

Nessy the log look great. I like how you see other things in what you look at 'D'

Kerri Farley said...

I have such wonderful memories childhood and eating my Mom's homemade bread and rolls.
Thanks for bringing back such great memories!

DeeMom said...

Hi there Abraham, check out the recipe site…good meals for a hunter, travels well

AH “O” I also to a sausage one, super for my eldest son the hunter. I also do a great hiking/hunting treat that needs no refrigeration IF it is Cold enuff. The long pretzel rods wrapped in bacon and then microwave them…. Quite filling. And GOOD!

As for seeing things in nature, like faces etc, I have always but then I am just silly MOI the “D”…;)


AH Kerri, glad it brought good memories…when I bake etc it for sure brings back memories of when our 4 were small and how they devoured the fresh bread or cookies.