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How Much Is A Slice Of Pizza?
Deacon wrote:
> > > The cafeteria at work sells fresh made pizza by the slice (1/6 of a > pie) > > $1.80 for cheese > $2.30 for cheese and pepperoni > $3.10 for "gourmet" (extra toppings based on the cooks whim > > Around the corner, the local "pizza joint" sells by the slice for > $2.99 Thank you and all the others who answered. Unless I have access to sources that sell slices of pizza at 1958 prices, the $2.90 I paid for my slice of cheese and fresh mushrooms is what today's going price is. Next time, I will not be surprised and will not whine about it. Margaret |
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On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 06:12:59 -0500, Margaret Suran >
wrote: >Harry Demidavicius wrote: <snip> >> Why don't you make your own crust, Margaret? >> >> Harry > >I have never tried it. I have the tiniest kitchen you can imagine, with >no work space at all and I could never make pizza that is as good as the >one I can get in several places near me. Have you seen the average >kitchen in the newer ( built in the past forty years) buildings in >Manhattan? Some apartments have no kitchen at all, just a small alcove >with a double burner and the kind of refrigerator you give your kid to >take along to college. That's why the take-out restaurants and food >shops are doing so well. Some of my neighbors NEVER cook. One of my out-of-town foodie friends once looked at the take-out spread at Zabar's and said "Why would *anyone* cook???" The options in Manhattan are incredible. >Another consideration is, that Barbara and I will not cook anything >except for a pot of coffee every morning. Apart from that, we will go >out to eat or buy stuff to eat at home. We won't have time to do >anything, we have to go to too many restaurants and see too many >things. Cooking is no fun, when there is space for only one person in >the kitchen. ( Just for the record, Margaret does miracles in her little kitchen :> But pizza is tough, especially as it's a lot of work if you just want one slice. My kitchen is about the same size as Margaret's, perhaps a foot or so more counterspace. One step in any direction gets you everyplace. I use the dining room table when I need to spread out or when empty the oven when I need to use it. Cold, it's where I store baking pans and other stuff. :> Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself! |
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"Margaret Suran" > wrote in message ... > Deacon wrote: > > > > > > The cafeteria at work sells fresh made pizza by the slice (1/6 of a > > pie) > > > > $1.80 for cheese > > $2.30 for cheese and pepperoni > > $3.10 for "gourmet" (extra toppings based on the cooks whim > > > > Around the corner, the local "pizza joint" sells by the slice for > > $2.99 > > Thank you and all the others who answered. > > Unless I have access to sources that sell slices of pizza at 1958 > prices, the $2.90 I paid for my slice of cheese and fresh mushrooms is > what today's going price is. Next time, I will not be surprised and > will not whine about it. > > Margaret In the short timespan of this thread, the place has booted up the price to $3.25. ;-O Jack Inflation |
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I don't know... I can't *Imagine* paying close to 3.00$ (I presume you are all talking US dollars here) for a slice of pizza...That sounds crazy! I can get at *least* two quite decent slices for that. Unless we are talking top of the line gourmet stuff, it sounds like gouging to me. And the local gourmet pizza place here tops out at I think 3.00$ CAN/slice. john > > Unless I have access to sources that sell slices of pizza at 1958 >prices, the $2.90 I paid for my slice of cheese and fresh mushrooms is >what today's going price is. Next time, I will not be surprised and >will not whine about it. > >Margaret |
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Margaret Suran > wrote:
> I went to an independent Pizza place, not to a fast food chain > restaurant, what we used to call a "Pizza Parlor". The slice was > delicious, fresh mushrooms, good cheeses, crispy crust, everything the > way it should be. > Please, let me know. Thank you, Margaret Here in Philly, a plain pizza slice goes for around $2.00, although some places charge as little as $1.25 and the pizza isn't bad. A slice with a topping (such as mushrooms) would typically run another quarter or two, except for those square Sicialian slices which are usually a dollar more per slice. In my favorite vacation haunt, Wildwood, I have never paid more than $1.50 for a slice of Neopolitan style mushroom pizza. I prefer my pizza with mushrooms so I usually pay a higher price than my friends who get plain slices. |
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In article >, Margaret Suran >
wrote: > Harry Demidavicius wrote: > > Why don't you make your own crust, Margaret? > > > > Harry > > I have never tried it. I have the tiniest kitchen you can imagine, That's pretty much true. >with no work space at all But three steps away you have a lovely dining room table -- and it never has any junk on it like mine does! > Another consideration is, that Barbara and I will not cook anything > except for a pot of coffee every morning. Apart from that, we will go > out to eat or buy stuff to eat at home. We won't have time to do > anything, we have to go to too many restaurants and see too many > things. Ohboyoboyoboyoboy. >Cooking is no fun, when there is space for only one person in > the kitchen. ( HAH!! > Why don't you come down on December 6th, to see for yourself? Yeah, Harry! You'd love Marcel, too. And you and Margaret could tipple together. > Margaret -- -Barb (www.jamlady.eboard.com updated 10-16-03; check the PickleHats tab, too.) |
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in article , Frogleg at
wrote on 11/1/03 6:11 AM: > On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:04:19 -0500, Margaret Suran > > wrote: > >> I went into a small Pizzeria from which I have ordered whole pizza pies, >> but never a slice. I asked for a slice with mushrooms, which was just >> coming out of the oven. >> >> I don't know what I expected, but I have to admit that I was stunned >> when I was told that the slice cost $2.90. To me, it seems like a lot, >> but is it? What do you pay in other parts of the country/world? > > Too many variables to include -- your location, the quality, the price > of an equivalent 'snack', etc. A slightly more relevent comparison > would be to quote the price of the *whole* same-size pie and the > number of slices extracted for individual sale. If an entire pizza ia > $6 and a 1/6th slice was almost $3, it's pretty pricey. If the whole > is priced at $15, $3 seems reasonable. That's only $3 "profit" over > whole pie, and the overhead of 6 separate transactions (*if* they can > sell all the slices) is probably more. > > The price of pizza is a scandal, anyhow. :-) remember that a NYC pizza pie measures about 20 inches across. They typically cut the pie into 8 slices. |
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On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:25:15 -0500, "John Misrahi"
> wrote: > >I don't know... I can't *Imagine* paying close to 3.00$ (I presume you are >all talking US dollars here) for a slice of pizza...That sounds crazy! I can >get at *least* two quite decent slices for that. Unless we are talking top >of the line gourmet stuff, it sounds like gouging to me. And the local >gourmet pizza place here tops out at I think 3.00$ CAN/slice. I think $2.90 (US) is reasonable, depending on the size of course. A slice of pizza and a beverage in my neck of the woods is enough for lunch (even dinner), putting the whole meal at under $5.00. There's no way I could eat two of those slices; sometimes even one is too much (but I eat it anyway!). Aside from the raw ingredients, I factor in what it would take for me to make the same item in terms of effort. The ability to walk in, look at the various types and select the one of my choice ad hoc counts for something too in figuring in what I'd pay. Quality also makes a difference, but if I didn't really like the pizza, I wouldn't go there anyway. Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself! |
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In article >, "John Misrahi"
> writes: >I don't know... I can't *Imagine* paying close to 3.00$ (I presume you are >all talking US dollars here) for a slice of pizza...That sounds crazy! I can >get at *least* two quite decent slices for that. Unless we are talking top >of the line gourmet stuff, it sounds like gouging to me. And the local >gourmet pizza place here tops out at I think 3.00$ CAN/slice. Margaret lives in Manhatten, NY... not the typical US of A location, not typical US prices, that's for sure. Most things in Manhattan, NY cost about twice that of most anywhere else in the US, so it's patently unfair to use Manhattan, NY prices as a comparison for anything, especially foods, mosty especially restaurant food, even lowly pizzeria restaurants charge double. Knowing Margaret lives in Manhatten, NY makes her question rhetorical... I assume she meant it as a spoof, if not, well... ---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- Sheldon ```````````` "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." |
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PENMART01 wrote:
> > Knowing Margaret lives in Manhatten, NY makes her question rhetorical... I > assume she meant it as a spoof, if not, well... > Sheldon > ```````````` No, it was not a spoof, nor was I trying to be facetious. I had not bought a slice of Pizza for many years, always having a whole pie delivered when I had need for one, or have my friend, Marcel, bring a small, thin crust pizza from the pizzeria where I bought the slice, when we felt like having some for dinner. A large mushroom pizza is $14.35 (plus a tip for the guy who brings it) from the restaurant (Little Vincent, Second Avenue and 73rd Street) near where I live, not the one mentioned in the paragraph above. However, on Mondays or Thursdays, you get a second pie, same size, free of charge and that's when I order it most of the time. Thus, pizza always seemed very inexpensive and no, I do not feel that I am taking advantage of the restaurant. I go there for other meals, too and I only order delivery pizza on the average of once a year, when my daughter asks me to do so. I am convinced now, that the $2.90 I paid for the slice of pizza was fair, especially since the pizza was delicious and the ingredients really good and fresh. My new complaint is the price of veal. I just paid $7.99 a pound for veal stewing meat, from the neck, I believe, at the supermarket, not from the butcher. Breast of veal, bone in, is about three dollars a pound. I guess I am a Quetsch (German spelling). Margaret > |
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Margaret Suran wrote:
> I have never tried it. I have the tiniest kitchen you can imagine, with > no work space at all and I could never make pizza that is as good as the > one I can get in several places near me. There was a thread some time back, what food would you not consider making yourself. If I lived in Manhattan, I'd never even *think* of making pizza. It just wouldn't cross my mind. The best thing about working in Manhattan was that absolutely fabulous food was only a phone call away. Anything you ordered was inevitably great, I don't care if you ordered a tunafish sandwich. It wasn't that expensive, either. You could get any cuisine, delivered for the price of a tip. nancy |
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On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 12:47:48 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote: >Margaret Suran wrote: > >> I have never tried it. I have the tiniest kitchen you can imagine, with >> no work space at all and I could never make pizza that is as good as the >> one I can get in several places near me. > >There was a thread some time back, what food would you not consider >making yourself. If I lived in Manhattan, I'd never even *think* >of making pizza. It just wouldn't cross my mind. The best thing >about working in Manhattan was that absolutely fabulous food was >only a phone call away. Anything you ordered was inevitably >great, I don't care if you ordered a tunafish sandwich. It wasn't >that expensive, either. > >You could get any cuisine, delivered for the price of a tip. That's the thing- you can get just about anything for whatever you're willing to pay in Manhattan- both the cheapest and the most expensive meals. Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself! |
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Nancy Young wrote:
> > Margaret Suran wrote: > > > I have never tried it. I have the tiniest kitchen you can imagine, with > > no work space at all and I could never make pizza that is as good as the > > one I can get in several places near me. > > There was a thread some time back, what food would you not consider > making yourself. If I lived in Manhattan, I'd never even *think* > of making pizza. It just wouldn't cross my mind. The best thing > about working in Manhattan was that absolutely fabulous food was > only a phone call away. Anything you ordered was inevitably > great, I don't care if you ordered a tunafish sandwich. It wasn't > that expensive, either. > > You could get any cuisine, delivered for the price of a tip. > > nancy That's why some apartments are built without real kitchens. When we were looking for an apartment about thirty years ago, we found a beauty on 86th Street, near Second or Third Avenue, 2 large bedrooms, two baths, a large living room and a large dining area. But there was no real kitchen, just a tiny corner in which there was a sink, a tiny refrigerator, the kind you see in a hotel or hospital room and a two burner stove with no oven and a couple of tiny wall cabinets. Had there been a real kitchen besides, this would have been perfect for a wet bar. We asked the agent whether we could see another apartment with a larger kitchen and he said proudly: "Our tenants don't need a larger kitchen, they do not cook". I almost never call in for prepared foods, with the only exceptions being the occasional pizza when Debbie comes to New York and Chinese food. I don't remember the last time we had Chinese food delivered, since I try to avoid sodium as much as possible. When I go to Zabar's, I bring home some stuff, Chicken Kiev for Marcel and perhaps a piece of Osso Bucco for myself, since it is difficult to resist, but I don't do it often and I am grateful that Zabar's is on the other side of Central Park. Unfortunately, Citarella's has an East Side branch, two blocks from where I live. The best Sesame Chicken Fingers........ Margaret When we asked why |
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"Nancy Young" > wrote in message ... > Margaret Suran wrote: > > > I have never tried it. I have the tiniest kitchen you can imagine, with > > no work space at all and I could never make pizza that is as good as the > > one I can get in several places near me. > > There was a thread some time back, what food would you not consider > making yourself. If I lived in Manhattan, I'd never even *think* > of making pizza. It just wouldn't cross my mind. The best thing > about working in Manhattan was that absolutely fabulous food was > only a phone call away. Anything you ordered was inevitably > great, I don't care if you ordered a tunafish sandwich. It wasn't > that expensive, either. > > You could get any cuisine, delivered for the price of a tip. > > nancy how bout the reubens?? ouch, stop! Jack Gas |
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"Jack Schidt®" wrote:
> > "Nancy Young" > wrote in message > > > > You could get any cuisine, delivered for the price of a tip. > > > > nancy > > how bout the reubens?? ouch, stop! > > Jack Gas Jack, how about this "Reuben", from EJ's Luncheonette: NEW EJ's Chicken Reuben. Grilled Chicken Breast, cole slaw, Swiss Cheese and Russian Dressing. Weird and disgusting sounding. |
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Dans un moment de folie, Margaret Suran > écrivit:
> What do you pay in other parts of > the country/world? Depends. Counters (usually only open for lunch) sell pizza by the slice. Other places, sit-down restaurants, will not serve you a single slice AFAIK, but it's been a long time since I've been to a pizza place (and I don't mean Pizza 'otte). Across the street from where I work, a pizza counter will sell you one slice and a soft drink for 3,50$CDN two slices without a drink for 3,50$CDN Doesn't matter if it's straight out of the oven or has been sitting there for ten minutes (unlikely at lunch time). My experience is that comparable restaurant and take-out food is more expensive in real dollars in the US than in Canada. Basically, it isn't a deal, it's what the market will bear and obviously someone at Korporate Hindkwarters thinks we're all a bunch of penny-pinching Scots :-) -- My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. It begins here because for a century-and-a-half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance has come an era of peace in the Pacific. George Bush, 18 Feb 2002, Tokyo |
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On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 12:47:48 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote: > Margaret Suran wrote: > > The best thing > about working in Manhattan was that absolutely fabulous food was > only a phone call away. Anything you ordered was inevitably > great, I don't care if you ordered a tunafish sandwich. It wasn't > that expensive, either. > Manhattanites are sooo spoiled. My SIL used to live right next door to a Greek restaurant and she still had them deliver her food. |
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On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:31:12 GMT, sf > wrote:
>Manhattanites are sooo spoiled. My SIL used to live right >next door to a Greek restaurant and she still had them >deliver her food. I'd think any restaurant owner would love it: She didn't take up table space and whoever delivered it got a tip (I hope.) David |
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"Margaret Suran" > wrote in message ... > "Jack Schidt®" wrote: > > > > "Nancy Young" > wrote in message > > > > > > > You could get any cuisine, delivered for the price of a tip. > > > > > > nancy > > > > how bout the reubens?? ouch, stop! > > > > Jack Gas > > Jack, how about this "Reuben", from EJ's Luncheonette: > > NEW EJ's Chicken Reuben. Grilled Chicken Breast, cole slaw, Swiss > Cheese and Russian Dressing. > > Weird and disgusting sounding. That's a pet peeve, when a new product is introduced and it's kinda similar to an existing one. "Chicken Caesar Salad" is another. Then there's Taco Bell...... Jack Ersatz |
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David Wright wrote:
> > On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:31:12 GMT, sf > wrote: > > >Manhattanites are sooo spoiled. My SIL used to live right > >next door to a Greek restaurant and she still had them > >deliver her food. > > I'd think any restaurant owner would love it: She didn't take up table > space and whoever delivered it got a tip (I hope.) > > David Restaurateurs do not like it and charge a little extra for each dish on the take out menu. They have to, one restaurant manager told me, because if a guest comes into his place, he will order a drink before dinner, perhaps a glass of wine with the meal, or a bottle of fancy mineral water. Instead of eating just the entree, he may order an appetizer or salad, dessert and coffee. The biggest money maker for a restaurant is the bar bill, it has the highest mark up and there is little or no work involved in serving drinks. At least, that is what the manager told me. On a show on the Food TV network, the cost of wine by the glass was discussed. I learned that the first glass of wine poured from a bottle, pays for the cost of the whole bottle. Since there are five glasses of wine to each bottle, the rest is pure profit for the place. Of course, the wine that is sold by the glass is usually nothing really fine, those wines are sold by the bottle, but are inexpensive to medium priced. |
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On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 06:12:59 -0500, Margaret Suran >
wrote: >Harry Demidavicius wrote: >> Why don't you make your own crust, Margaret? >I have never tried it. I have the tiniest kitchen you can imagine, with >no work space at all and I could never make pizza that is as good as the >one I can get in several places near me. Have you seen the average >kitchen in the newer ( built in the past forty years) buildings in >Manhattan? Some apartments have no kitchen at all, just a small alcove >with a double burner and the kind of refrigerator you give your kid to >take along to college. That's why the take-out restaurants and food >shops are doing so well. Some of my neighbors NEVER cook. My first apt. in Cockroach Haven had a "Pullman kitchen" which is to a kitchen what a Murphy bed is to a bedroom. While I realize it is possible to do extraordinary things with minimum of space/equipment, homemade pizza was *not* an option there. In fact, just boiling water was a major achievement. |
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"Jack Schidt®" wrote:
> > "Nancy Young" > wrote in message > > There was a thread some time back, what food would you not consider > > making yourself. If I lived in Manhattan, I'd never even *think* > > of making pizza. It just wouldn't cross my mind. The best thing > > about working in Manhattan was that absolutely fabulous food was > > only a phone call away. Anything you ordered was inevitably > > great, I don't care if you ordered a tunafish sandwich. It wasn't > > that expensive, either. > > > > You could get any cuisine, delivered for the price of a tip. > how bout the reubens?? ouch, stop! > > Jack Gas UGH! nancy grippers |
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On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 23:59:10 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote: >In article >, wrote: > >> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:30:50 -0600, Melba's Jammin' >> > wrote: > >> >(Sausage and mushroom would be nice.) Do they have TaB? "-) >> >> TaB - oh, right that's" melba-speak" for make it a double this time, >> eh? ;0) > >Dammit, Boss, when you gonna quit rattin' me out? Was I drinking at the >June 2000 Calgary Soiree? I don't remember that I was. You were a perfect "Cooker-inner" and a house guest, Barb as you are everywhere. and I was to busy to monitor how many TaBs were carted off :0) >> Why don't you make your own crust, Margaret? > >Cuz she eats like a bird! That's my guess. What sized bird? Harry |
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Margaret Suran wrote:
> > I'd think any restaurant owner would love it: She didn't take up table > > space and whoever delivered it got a tip (I hope.) > > > > David > Restaurateurs do not like it and charge a little extra for each dish on > the take out menu. Oh, I'm talking about delis and other types of take out joints for the most part. There is no place to sit but on the floor and I think they would throw you out if you tried that. Here's your great food, you go now! nancy |
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On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 21:17:54 -0500, Margaret Suran >
wrote: >sf wrote: >> >> On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 15:12:44 -0500, Margaret Suran >> > wrote: >> >> > >> > My favorite >> > Italian restaurant has Italian owners, but the chefs, the waiters and >> > the busboys are from such places as Ecuador, Hungary, Slovakia, Russia >> > and the good old USA, but not with Italian roots. >> > >> I remember eating in a favorite restaurant years ago on >> Fisherman's Wharf - the waiters were Italian and I never >> considered that the kitchen would be staffed by anyone other >> than Italians. For some reason, I got a glimse of the >> kitchen and everyone I saw was Chinese! Now that I think >> about it, I shouldn't have been so surprised because >> Chinatown is just a few blocks away. > >n the 1960's or 70's there was a wonderful French restaurant just North >of NYC, in Westchester County. My family and I went there for special >occasions. It was the French in-place at that time, at least for the >people who lived at the norhtern tip of the city. > >We get to know the owner quite well. He as not French, he was German. >For a while we thought he might be from Alsace Lorraine or from the >Grench part of Switzerland, but he was a German who had come to the USA >long before WW II. > >All his waiters were either Jewish or German and the busboys were >Chinese. > >Nobody cared, we all "knew" that the establishment had a wonderful >French chef. > >Then we went there to celebrate my cousin's birthday or anniversary. >The chef had outdone himself and my cousin wanted to meet him and thank >him for the wonderful meal he had prepared for us. The owner was happy >to introduce him to us. He went into the kitchen and within minutes he >came out with a broadly smiling.......Chinese man, attired in the >typical chef's white apron and sporting a chef's hat. ) > >I wish I could remember the name of the restaurant. One of my clients, a chef/owner of an excellent Italian restaurant in town, where most every body on staff was Italian used to take fiendish glee in introducing his very Chinese sous-chef to his diners. The guy finally left there to open his own [Italian] place. Harry |
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On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 06:12:59 -0500, Margaret Suran >
wrote: >Harry Demidavicius wrote: >> > >> >> Melba's Jammin' wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > We're going there when I come in 34 days, Margaret. I'm thinking >> >> > that's at least a $3 ticket here -- and probably not as tasty. > >> >> It's the Piazza Pizza at 2nd Avenue and 86th Street. Marcel will > >> bring >> >> home a thin crust pizza for us. That's really special. Or we can go >> >> there, but we can't get wine or beer or Manhattans. It's your call. >> > >> >(Sausage and mushroom would be nice.) Do they have TaB? "-) >> >> TaB - oh, right that's" melba-speak" for make it a double this time, >> eh? ;0) >> >> Why don't you make your own crust, Margaret? >> >> Harry > >I have never tried it. I have the tiniest kitchen you can imagine, with >no work space at all and I could never make pizza that is as good as the >one I can get in several places near me. Have you seen the average >kitchen in the newer ( built in the past forty years) buildings in >Manhattan? Some apartments have no kitchen at all, just a small alcove >with a double burner and the kind of refrigerator you give your kid to >take along to college. That's why the take-out restaurants and food >shops are doing so well. Some of my neighbors NEVER cook. > >Another consideration is, that Barbara and I will not cook anything >except for a pot of coffee every morning. Apart from that, we will go >out to eat or buy stuff to eat at home. We won't have time to do >anything, we have to go to too many restaurants and see too many >things. Cooking is no fun, when there is space for only one person in >the kitchen. ( > >Why don't you come down on December 6th, to see for yourself? > >Margaret Samantha & I promise to come down , Margaret; but not on the 6th. Our next Journey-to-America this Winter will be to help enjoy and celebrate American Thanksgiving with Alan & Kaari & their family. Do say "Hi" to Barb & Fred & the others on our behalf and we will toast you back. [All bets are off if/when we win the Lotto, eh ;0) Harry |
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Margaret Suran > wrote in message >...
$2/slice (cheese+(sausage or perpperoni)) at the pizerria across the street from my last apartment, about $.20 less for cheese only. Oddly, you can't order a slice of cheese+sausage+pepperoni, even though the cheese+pepperoni is just a slice of cheese pizza with some pepperoni added for the re-heating. I suspect the arithmetic is simply too difficult. Or else, they aren't insured for it. About $2.50/slice at the cafeteria at work (or ~$3/slice for the special flavor of the day). Actually, this isn't bad for cafeteria pizza. Last week, special flavors included roast veggies (eggplant, red peppers, etc) one day, chicken fajitas another. $2/slice at the Italian owned and operated place -- named duluoz or something like that) -- near my old job, at UIC, for a slice (cheese, or pepperoni, or sausage, or when available, spinach) that I could barely finish. Only problem with this joint was that I craved water a couple hours later. $5/pie (cheese or pepperoni) and no waiting time at the neighborhood chain place (piza hut, or little caesars, I forget which one). > > n the 1960's or 70's there was a wonderful French restaurant just North > of NYC, in Westchester County. My family and I went there for special > occasions. It was the French in-place at that time, at least for the > people who lived at the norhtern tip of the city. > > We get to know the owner quite well. He as not French, he was German. > For a while we thought he might be from Alsace Lorraine or from the > Grench part of Switzerland, but he was a German who had come to the USA > long before WW II. > > All his waiters were either Jewish or German and the busboys were > Chinese. About 25 years ago, I worked as a busboy in two Kosher hotels in the Catskills, one one summer, the other one one Sukkoth. The cooking staff was all Chinese. They kept fly swatters at their workstations, IIRC. We were seriously scared of them -- they had knives, and always sounded angry. I think the dish washers were African American, but I don't remember that as well. -bwg I aint gonna work on Maggie's farm no more. |
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How Much Is A Slice Of Pizza?
Margaret Suran > wrote in message >...
> My new complaint is the price of veal. I just paid $7.99 a pound for > veal stewing meat, from the neck, I believe, at the supermarket, not > from the butcher. Breast of veal, bone in, is about three dollars a > pound. > Four years ago I got bone in breast of veal at a Chicago Jewels (a large area chain owned, I believe, by Albertsons) for $1.79, I think. I considered it a steal. I rarely shop at the chains anymore, except for things I have a hard time finding at my local grocers, like Kosher salt. I can, at times, find stewing veal for about $1.79/lb at the neighborhood ethnic butchers (usually Bosnian or Middle Eastern). I can occasionally find veal suiatble for cutting into schnitzel for a similar price, though that is very occasional. This is pink veal, not white milk-fed stuff. > I guess I am a Quetsch (German spelling). > Kvetsch on (Yiddish transliterated spelling). > Margaret > -bwg |
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How Much Is A Slice Of Pizza?
Fresca and Tab??? My mom used to drink those all the time...I even
(somewhere) have her Tab glasses! they were shaped hourglass like and said "tab" on them. they gotta be collector's items if you find the right person to buy them...and I still drink Fresca every now and then. and on the price of a slice of Pizza...there is this gas station (i know....sounds bad already) at the corner of FM 725 and SH 78 in Lake McQueeny, TX, between Seguin and Marion, That has this pizza by the slice place inside. The pizza is actually good, I think, and the sell it for $2.09 a slice, or two for $3.99. I like it, the crust is really fluffy. I have only been there and gotten it fresh, so I don't know how it would be ifyou went in and got the slices that had been sitting under the heat lamp for a couple hours. I think they are only open till like 1pm for lunch. I just had some today, it was good. the ultra supreme with all the toppings but anchovies costs the same as the just plain cheese and sauce one so that's a bonus. -- Paula Drennan In Memory of, Tenzing the Kitty, May 4 - August 1, 2003 He lost his short battle for life, and is now in peace. : > I don't think we have TaB here anymore. I know we did when I was young : > - maybe the 70s - because we used to have it in the fridge.Mum used to : > drink that and a lemon flavoured one - Fresca, maybe or something like : > that. : > : : Tresca? I seem to remember drinking that way back in the dark ages :-) |
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In article >, "Paula
Drennan" > wrote: > Fresca and Tab??? My mom used to drink those all the time...I even > (somewhere) have her Tab glasses! they were shaped hourglass like and > said "tab" on them. they gotta be collector's items if you find the > right person to buy them... I found them at an antique shop -- bought one for $3 or so. And that's TaB, if'n you please. -) -- -Barb (www.jamlady.eboard.com updated 10-16-03; check the PickleHats tab, too.) |
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Margaret Suran saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told us
all about it on Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:04:19 -0500: >I don't know what I expected, but I have to admit that I was stunned >when I was told that the slice cost $2.90. To me, it seems like a lot, >but is it? What do you pay in other parts of the country/world? > >I went to an independent Pizza place, not to a fast food chain >restaurant, what we used to call a "Pizza Parlor". The slice was >delicious, fresh mushrooms, good cheeses, crispy crust, everything the >way it should be. > I dunno about that. But I was stunned when I went to a pizza shop in Toronto and I did NOT want 'by the slice' - they looked at me like an alien for trying to order a single small pizza rather than their super-duper-giant-everydayspecial-two-for-twenty-bucks deal, and then charged me $14 for it! Fortunately, my mother (the pizza-eater) said it was delicious... (huggles) ~Karen AKA Kajikit Nobody outstubborns a cat... Visit my webpage: http://www.kajikitscorner.com Allergyfree Eating Recipe Swap: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Allergyfree_Eating Ample Aussies Mailing List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ampleaussies/ |
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Margaret Suran saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told us
all about it on Sun, 02 Nov 2003 14:54:30 -0500: >David Wright wrote: >> I'd think any restaurant owner would love it: She didn't take up table >> space and whoever delivered it got a tip (I hope.) >> >> David > >Restaurateurs do not like it and charge a little extra for each dish on >the take out menu. They have to, one restaurant manager told me, >because if a guest comes into his place, he will order a drink before >dinner, perhaps a glass of wine with the meal, or a bottle of fancy >mineral water. Instead of eating just the entree, he may order an >appetizer or salad, dessert and coffee. Restauranteurs must HATE my family then. We only ever have one drink, one glass of wine, and if we're still thirsty we ask for tapwater. It's too expensive to buy drinks... (huggles) ~Karen AKA Kajikit Nobody outstubborns a cat... Visit my webpage: http://www.kajikitscorner.com Allergyfree Eating Recipe Swap: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Allergyfree_Eating Ample Aussies Mailing List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ampleaussies/ |
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Dan Abel > wrote:
> It's US$1.79 here on campus. I find it a good deal. In fact, I had a > slice for lunch yesterday. The guy put two slices on the plate, but > before I could say anything he pointed at them and said that they were too > small, so he was giving me two for the price of one. That situation happens to me too every once in a while. I rarely buy pizza by the slice though. For me, pizza is a social food so I almost always split a whole pie, or two, with friends when I am in the mood to eat pizza. Come to think of it, I am in that mood now, but I already ate my lunch today. Maybe tomorrow. |
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Kajikit > wrote:
> > Restauranteurs must HATE my family then. We only ever have one drink, > one glass of wine, Do you each have a straw or do you just pass the glass around? ;-) |
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> Margaret Suran saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told us
> all about it on Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:04:19 -0500: > >>I don't know what I expected, but I have to admit that I was stunned >>when I was told that the slice cost $2.90. To me, it seems like a lot, >>but is it? What do you pay in other parts of the country/world? >> In Seattle, at one local pizza place I go to a slice of plain cheese is $1.75, with additional toppings at 55 cents. At another, I don't remember exactly, but it seems to me that the prices ranged from around $1.75 to $3.50, depending on what was on the slice in question. -p -- Pat Hirayama |
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in forest hills, ny, where rare is a plain slice for under $2.00, 'the family
restaurant' on queens blvd. - a great italian restaurant by any standard - makes arguably the best, most consitent pizza in the area and holds their slice price to $1.50. |
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OhJeeez wrote:
> in forest hills, ny, where rare is a plain slice for under $2.00, 'the family > restaurant' on queens blvd. - a great italian restaurant by any standard - > makes arguably the best, most consitent pizza in the area and holds their slice > price to $1.50. Ah -- Forest Hills. Our favorite place there used to be Mike's Pizzieria (not even sure if that was the official name) near Fleet St, across from King Kullen. But that was so many years ago! April in San Antonio and missing NYC pizza!! |
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<< OhJeeez wrote: > in forest hills, ny, where rare is a plain slice for under $2.00, 'the family > restaurant' on queens blvd. - a great italian restaurant by any standard - > makes arguably the best, most consitent pizza in the area and holds their slice > price to $1.50. Ah -- Forest Hills. Our favorite place there used to be Mike's Pizzieria (not even sure if that was the official name) near Fleet St, across from King Kullen. But that was so many years ago! April in San Antonio and missing NYC pizza!!>> .... i moved on to florida and maintain you can't touch nyc for the best pizza, period. |
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