On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 07:41:05 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
wrote:

>On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:32:50 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>On 2020-11-11 8:27 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>> Sounds like a plan.
>>>
>>> I do hope it turns out better than what happened when I was a teenager
>>> and my mother didn't feel like cooking Thanksgiving dinner.Â* She saw an
>>> ad in the Sunday paper: Let Kroger Do It For You.Â* Ads on TV, too.
>>> Turkey and all the fixin's.Â* IIRC it sure looked tasty!Â* So she ordered
>>> ahead, to be picked up on Thanksgiving day.Â* The assumption was, of
>>> course, it would be a fully cooked meal.Â* My brother and I went with her
>>> to pick it up.Â* Carrying the box to the car my brother said, "This box
>>> is very cold."Â* We opened up the box in the trunk and everything in it
>>> was frozen solid.Â* The turkey, side dishes, everything.Â* Mom was not a
>>> happy camper!Â* She marched that box right back in and demanded her money
>>> back.
>>>
>>> We went to another store.Â* We had steaks and baked potatoes for
>>> Thanksgiving dinner that year.
>>
>>That's an amazing story. When I was a kid stores were closed on Sundays
>>and holidays.
>
>Chinese restaurants don't close on other people's holidays.... in NYC
>on the Jewish high holy days is when they do their best business...
>that's when they sell tons of shrimp and pork.

But do those Chinese cook kosher? Chinese will eat anything they can
catch.

Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 07:41:05 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:32:50 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2020-11-11 8:27 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> Sounds like a plan.
>>>>
>>>> I do hope it turns out better than what happened when I was a teenager
>>>> and my mother didn't feel like cooking Thanksgiving dinner.Â* She saw an
>>>> ad in the Sunday paper: Let Kroger Do It For You.Â* Ads on TV, too.
>>>> Turkey and all the fixin's.Â* IIRC it sure looked tasty!Â* So she ordered
>>>> ahead, to be picked up on Thanksgiving day.Â* The assumption was, of
>>>> course, it would be a fully cooked meal.Â* My brother and I went with her
>>>> to pick it up.Â* Carrying the box to the car my brother said, "This box
>>>> is very cold."Â* We opened up the box in the trunk and everything in it
>>>> was frozen solid.Â* The turkey, side dishes, everything.Â* Mom was not a
>>>> happy camper!Â* She marched that box right back in and demanded her money
>>>> back.
>>>>
>>>> We went to another store.Â* We had steaks and baked potatoes for
>>>> Thanksgiving dinner that year.
>>>
>>> That's an amazing story. When I was a kid stores were closed on Sundays
>>> and holidays.
>>
>> Chinese restaurants don't close on other people's holidays.... in NYC
>> on the Jewish high holy days is when they do their best business...
>> that's when they sell tons of shrimp and pork.
>
> But do those Chinese cook kosher? Chinese will eat anything they can
> catch.
>

Do they smell different to you?

On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 04:38:36 +1100, Bruce > wrote:

>On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 07:41:05 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:32:50 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2020-11-11 8:27 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> Sounds like a plan.
>>>>
>>>> I do hope it turns out better than what happened when I was a teenager
>>>> and my mother didn't feel like cooking Thanksgiving dinner.* She saw an
>>>> ad in the Sunday paper: Let Kroger Do It For You.* Ads on TV, too.
>>>> Turkey and all the fixin's.* IIRC it sure looked tasty!* So she ordered
>>>> ahead, to be picked up on Thanksgiving day.* The assumption was, of
>>>> course, it would be a fully cooked meal.* My brother and I went with her
>>>> to pick it up.* Carrying the box to the car my brother said, "This box
>>>> is very cold."* We opened up the box in the trunk and everything in it
>>>> was frozen solid.* The turkey, side dishes, everything.* Mom was not a
>>>> happy camper!* She marched that box right back in and demanded her money
>>>> back.
>>>>
>>>> We went to another store.* We had steaks and baked potatoes for
>>>> Thanksgiving dinner that year.
>>>
>>>That's an amazing story. When I was a kid stores were closed on Sundays
>>>and holidays.
>>
>>Chinese restaurants don't close on other people's holidays.... in NYC
>>on the Jewish high holy days is when they do their best business...
>>that's when they sell tons of shrimp and pork.
>
>But do those Chinese cook kosher? Chinese will eat anything they can
>catch.

I have been to kosher Chinese restaurants IN NYC in years past. I have
not seen one in ages and ages, so do not know if they still exist.

On 12/11/2020 21:47, Boron Elgar wrote:

> I have been to kosher Chinese restaurants IN NYC in years past. I have
> not seen one in ages and ages, so do not know if they still exist.
>
When I ran a yarn shop, I used to visit wholesalers on the lower East
Side, and remember seeing kosher Chinese eating places, but I haven't
been in the area for a long time, so don't know if they're still there.

On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 22:20:38 +0000, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 12/11/2020 21:47, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>> I have been to kosher Chinese restaurants IN NYC in years past. I have
>> not seen one in ages and ages, so do not know if they still exist.
>>
>When I ran a yarn shop, I used to visit wholesalers on the lower East
>Side, and remember seeing kosher Chinese eating places, but I haven't
>been in the area for a long time, so don't know if they're still there.


The lower east side is so gentrified now, you'd be surprised to find
too much you'd recognize.

On 13/11/2020 00:45, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 22:20:38 +0000, S Viemeister
> > wrote:
>
>> On 12/11/2020 21:47, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>
>>> I have been to kosher Chinese restaurants IN NYC in years past. I have
>>> not seen one in ages and ages, so do not know if they still exist.
>>>
>> When I ran a yarn shop, I used to visit wholesalers on the lower East
>> Side, and remember seeing kosher Chinese eating places, but I haven't
>> been in the area for a long time, so don't know if they're still there.
>
>
> The lower east side is so gentrified now, you'd be surprised to find
> too much you'd recognize.
>
It was a very vibrant place.

On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 08:11:31 +0000, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 13/11/2020 00:45, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 22:20:38 +0000, S Viemeister
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/11/2020 21:47, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have been to kosher Chinese restaurants IN NYC in years past. I have
>>>> not seen one in ages and ages, so do not know if they still exist.
>>>>
>>> When I ran a yarn shop, I used to visit wholesalers on the lower East
>>> Side, and remember seeing kosher Chinese eating places, but I haven't
>>> been in the area for a long time, so don't know if they're still there.
>>
>>
>> The lower east side is so gentrified now, you'd be surprised to find
>> too much you'd recognize.
>>
>It was a very vibrant place.

Oh, it was. At one point I lived within easy walking distance of it
and had oodles of fun there shopping for unusual food items, clothing,
linens, and household items.

And as Leonard Cohen said in "Famous Blue Raincoat," "there's music on
Clinton street all through the evening".

I was born and raised in Detroit, but moved to NYC when I was 21. At
some point years later when I went back home to visit (I had at least
one kid in tow), my mother in Detroit showed me some old family photos
and letters...turns out her parents, who had emigrated to NYC from
Hungary, had lived within a few blocks of my apartment. The
grandparents were long gone by then, sadly, but I wish I could have
asked them what it was like living there.

On 13/11/2020 15:06, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 08:11:31 +0000, S Viemeister
> > wrote:
>
>> On 13/11/2020 00:45, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>> The lower east side is so gentrified now, you'd be surprised to find
>>> too much you'd recognize.
>>>
>> It was a very vibrant place.
>
> Oh, it was. At one point I lived within easy walking distance of it
> and had oodles of fun there shopping for unusual food items, clothing,
> linens, and household items.
>
Every go to United Stamped Linens? They had lots of really good stuff. I
don't know if they're still in business. After dealing with them for
years, I discovered that my father's father had sold them bolts of linen
back in the 20s.

On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:47:59 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 04:38:36 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 07:41:05 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:32:50 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 2020-11-11 8:27 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like a plan.
>>>>>
>>>>> I do hope it turns out better than what happened when I was a teenager
>>>>> and my mother didn't feel like cooking Thanksgiving dinner.Â* She saw an
>>>>> ad in the Sunday paper: Let Kroger Do It For You.Â* Ads on TV, too.
>>>>> Turkey and all the fixin's.Â* IIRC it sure looked tasty!Â* So she ordered
>>>>> ahead, to be picked up on Thanksgiving day.Â* The assumption was, of
>>>>> course, it would be a fully cooked meal.Â* My brother and I went with her
>>>>> to pick it up.Â* Carrying the box to the car my brother said, "This box
>>>>> is very cold."Â* We opened up the box in the trunk and everything in it
>>>>> was frozen solid.Â* The turkey, side dishes, everything.Â* Mom was not a
>>>>> happy camper!Â* She marched that box right back in and demanded her money
>>>>> back.
>>>>>
>>>>> We went to another store.Â* We had steaks and baked potatoes for
>>>>> Thanksgiving dinner that year.
>>>>
>>>>That's an amazing story. When I was a kid stores were closed on Sundays
>>>>and holidays.
>>>
>>>Chinese restaurants don't close on other people's holidays.... in NYC
>>>on the Jewish high holy days is when they do their best business...
>>>that's when they sell tons of shrimp and pork.
>>
>>But do those Chinese cook kosher? Chinese will eat anything they can
>>catch.
>
>I have been to kosher Chinese restaurants IN NYC in years past. I have
>not seen one in ages and ages, so do not know if they still exist.

Ok, I didn't know they ever existed.

On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:03:13 +1100, Bruce wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:47:59 -0500, Boron Elgar
> > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 04:38:36 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 07:41:05 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:32:50 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 2020-11-11 8:27 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like a plan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do hope it turns out better than what happened when I was a teenager
>>>>>> and my mother didn't feel like cooking Thanksgiving dinner.* She saw an
>>>>>> ad in the Sunday paper: Let Kroger Do It For You.* Ads on TV, too.
>>>>>> Turkey and all the fixin's.* IIRC it sure looked tasty!* So she ordered
>>>>>> ahead, to be picked up on Thanksgiving day.* The assumption was, of
>>>>>> course, it would be a fully cooked meal.* My brother and I went with her
>>>>>> to pick it up.* Carrying the box to the car my brother said, "This box
>>>>>> is very cold."* We opened up the box in the trunk and everything in it
>>>>>> was frozen solid.* The turkey, side dishes, everything.* Mom was not a
>>>>>> happy camper!* She marched that box right back in and demanded her money
>>>>>> back.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We went to another store.* We had steaks and baked potatoes for
>>>>>> Thanksgiving dinner that year.
>>>>>
>>>>>That's an amazing story. When I was a kid stores were closed on Sundays
>>>>>and holidays.
>>>>
>>>>Chinese restaurants don't close on other people's holidays.... in NYC
>>>>on the Jewish high holy days is when they do their best business...
>>>>that's when they sell tons of shrimp and pork.
>>>
>>>But do those Chinese cook kosher? Chinese will eat anything they can
>>>catch.
>>
>>I have been to kosher Chinese restaurants IN NYC in years past. I have
>>not seen one in ages and ages, so do not know if they still exist.
>
> Ok, I didn't know they ever existed.

And kosher pizzarias too.
A few years ago, a local rabbi had a hankering for a pizza from a
particular NY restaurant and had a pizza Fedexed.