Forward, Not Backwards

Thanks to Marc G for telling us about this article from The Forward (which you used to have to read backwards): The Ten Best Jewish Sandwiches in America. The list is totally screwy -- but it does include a few that make a pilgrimage seem advisable.

Mmmmmmmmm.

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Just looking at that Katz's pastrami on rye makes Plotnik feel guilty about his more recent dissatisfaction with this Holy Grail of pastrami sandwiches. But, see, it's $17.95. The pastrami at both Eisenberg's and Langer's are $10 bucks. Sure they're half as big. But that's all you really want.

OK, you say, so why don't you just eat half a sandwich at Katz's then and take the rest home? Because, oh ye who hath never traveled East of Oakland, you CAN'T eat half a sandwich at Katz's. You can't. How about eating only one pickle? Watch half a great movie? C'mon, wake up and smell the dill weed.

This "Deli Board" in Saint Plotniko is on the list. The Deli Board? Never heard of it. Yes, Plottie will head on down to Howard Street very soon, but -- his expectations are low low low. A Saint Plotniko pastrami sandwich is like our pizza -- healthy! Organic bread! Low fat! Thin crust! Sun dried tomatoes! Makes a grown man want to pause his exercycle and weep thin, hi-glycogen tears.

Yesterday The Fly and The Noozle left to go home. The Fly loves his new name. He would torment his mom in one of various forms, and then, when she stared at him, he'd raise up his arms and say "The Fly Strikes Again!" You've got to love 14-year-olds, at least this one.