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Arri London

J S wrote:
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> Group: rec.food.cooking Date: Thu, Oct 4, 2007, 11:13pm From:
> (Nancy Young)
> <<<Arri, I took a beating when I described Italian hot dogs.
> Poor people don't know what they're missing.
> nancy >>>
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> Im Italian who grew up in Newarl,NJ in the 40,s-50,s.,when South Orange
> Ave-Westside Park was the Italian section.
> The ingredients and quality of food was much better back then.This was
> during the war when I was very little.Eggs tasted like eggs,chickens
> were tastier.Most of our families had little gardens in the yards
> growing tomatoes,herbs and various vegetables..Whole days were spent
> making spaghetti sauces,raised our own chickens.When my great
> grandparents came over from Genoa they opened a chicken market in
> Belleville Nj.Italian hotdogs were something my mother and grandmother
> used to make all the time.or we,d buy them at the St Roccos Catholic
> feasts of the Saints once a year.,or Coney Island and Seaside
> heights.The ones made today just not the same somehow.Ive heard all the
> eeews and whats also...dont know what they,re missing.
>
> ITALIAN HOTDOGS
> Family recipe
>
> 1 pkg GOOD beef hotdogs
> 4 or 5 lg potatoes cubed or sliced in strips
> 3 green peppers-cut in strips
> 1 med onion-cut in strips
> 3 cloves garlic-minced
> Olive Oil
> salt-pepper to taste
> 2 loaves of any round italiian flat bread
>
> In large heavy skillet over med heat,add olive oil and garlic
> till slightly browned.Remove garlic to the side.
> Add potatoes and saute till slightly browned amd softend--add onions and
> peppers.Lower heat and cook (stirring and watching till done.Remove all
> to a bowl
> and set aside
> Add hotdogs to oil and raise to med.More oil can be added now if needed.
> They can be added whole,coined,or split down the middle,whatever your
> preference(whole is better).Fry till theyre the way you like them,Some
> prefer slightly browned-some like almost blackened-your choice.
> Put garlic.onions,peppers back into skillet with hotdogs,toss
> lightly.till all ingredients are heated thru.Cover and renove from heat
> and let lavors meld.
> Slice the round bread in halves if small,in quarters if large.If they
> are cut in half rounds make a pocket in the bread.
> Add a layer of potatoes,peppers,onions,garlic,then hotdog slices,then
> repeat with onion,garlic pepers ,potatoes.Drizzle a little hot oil from
> the pan.It will NOT be greasy.The flavor combo is to die for.
> The breads originally used for this was from a bakery in NJ called
> Celantanos,which also sold pasta.It was called "pizza bread"(no not
> pita),was about 2 inches thick, round with a hole in the center.
> Have had 'modern' fancy versions of this,but it not at all like the
> originals.
> Cheers,Smitty

Hey nice recipe. It's the potatoes that make them special LOL. I've made
my own when the craving was upon me, but never had the 'pizza bread'. Is
that the same Celantano's that used to make frozen ravioli?

We lived off of South Orange Ave but we aren't Italian. There was a good
Italian deli and a couple of good bakeries; that was in the late
70s--early 80s.