The people who asked this of me usually were from surrounding states and just trying to be clever. If they never heard of my town, I usually said it was near Giants Stadium.
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To me the "what exit" means nothing to me since I'm like 45 or more minutes away from either the turnpike or parkway.
I can't believe noone has heard of a sloppy joe. I've ordered a turkey sloppy joe in probably 20 different delis in my lifetime.
I can't believe noone has heard of a sloppy joe. I've ordered a turkey sloppy joe in probably 20 different delis in my lifetime.
never in my life...sloppy joes are that delicious ground beef tomato paste kind of concotion on a nice soft bun
I've heard of that other sloppy joe, but it's a stupid name that I refuse to recognize or eat. A. That name's taken. B. Too similar to a reuben C. Not that sloppy and not nearly as sloppy as the proper sloppy joe. Find a new name.
Manwich (or whichever massive food conglomerate owns Manwich) should trademark the name and file suit against the dopey delis adding this unnecessary layer of confusion to unhealthy eating.
Manwich (or whichever massive food conglomerate owns Manwich) should trademark the name and file suit against the dopey delis adding this unnecessary layer of confusion to unhealthy eating.
Yeah, some places get weird about it. Usually I have to go through the hassle of the kid working the counter has never had someone ask for it before and has to go get the manager and then they don't know how much to charge.
I think it is more about that people outside of NJ/NY do not know we can be referring to a pizza as a pie...
I didnt grow up in NJ but have worked and now lived in NJ for the better part of 15 years before I ever heard of a sloppy joe that wasn't ground beef
Calling a pizza a pie is also a NY thing, my family always said that before moving to NJ.
Also I didn't know of the NJ sloppy joe until I worked in Morristown area. It's big on 24/78 corridor.
Also I didn't know of the NJ sloppy joe until I worked in Morristown area. It's big on 24/78 corridor.
Truth be told, anything below 7A is Dixie to the rest of NJ.
Neither did I until I met my wife and went to dinner at her folks house expecting a Manwich. SOB!
funny that this poll most likely also includes NJ having a negative opinion as well. lol
hahaha I would have been so pissed. A sloppy joe for dinner at in-laws...damn, would have been happy as **** that her parents are serving such a wonderful, childhood comfort food...mouth watering, I would have dumped her *** if getting a damn sandwich with coleslaw.
I know of 2 in the Hackensack/Lodi area. One is opposite of Shop-Rite on South River St. in Hackensack and the other is on Essex St. in Lodi just as you get onto route 80.
I'm a QuickChek guy, but I've grown to like Wawa because my wife is from Philly. She put me onto it many moons ago.
When I was a kid in Maywood(Bergen County) in the late 70's until the mid 80's we had a Wawa. Then it disappeared and that's when I noticed Quick Check's popping up in my area. Then I'd visit relatives in South Jersey and be like "Hey they still have Wawa." Now Wawa is coming back up here it seems but we did have it back then.
There was a Wawa across the street from my high school on Paterson Ave in East Rutherford. It's still there, but not as a Wawa. Some knock off like a 6-12 or something like that.
"We use the word pie and mean pizza."
....still to this day.......... and no one in CA knows what I mean.........
"Um, we don't sell pies here. It's a pizza restaurant...." I lol......
....still to this day.......... and no one in CA knows what I mean.........
"Um, we don't sell pies here. It's a pizza restaurant...." I lol......
This gets me EVERY TIME I order pizza here in CT. It's too ingrained in me to order differently, but that is the only way not to receive a battery of follow up questions/clarifications. Also, a large pie, half pepperoni is translated into "one large cheese pizza, with pepperoni on only half"
And the pride Connecticut has in the pizza made here is truly baffling...
Weather threads. Pork roll vs
Taylor ham . Where is central Jersey ? Why aren't we a national power?
Taylor ham . Where is central Jersey ? Why aren't we a national power?
On Rivals we already are.
Just look at how many visitors we get on a daily basis.
I've lived NY and NJ- if I order a large pie, half pepperoni, I fully expect a large pie with pepperoni on only half? What am I missing?
No, you're absolutely right. I should have phrased it better. I meant that there is always a question as to whether I actually want a regular pizza with half covered in pepperoni. I've had 3 places seem baffled by the request of a "large pie with half pepperoni"
I got "pie" from my mom, who always says "large pie" or whatever referring to pizza. She also pronounces Newark (her hometown) as "Nork," or maybe to be a tad forgiving, "Norrick." No idea how that happened.
Then again, she also called it Taylor Ham when we were growing up (and having it often for breakfast), but she's been calling it pork roll for years. Seems equivalent to a lifelong Yankee fan becoming a Mets fan in his 40s, but whatever.
And I remember being pretty pumped when WaWa came to North Brunswick. It's on 27, near what used to be a Quick-Chek (last time I was home it was locally owned) and not that far from a 7-11. No comparison. And any company that can be that great for customers and also win raves for how it treats its employees is OK with me.
I NEVER in my life heard "What exit?" until that idiotic Joe Piscopo character on SNL. That show did more harm to New Jersey's image than just about anything else, what with Roseanne Roseannadanna's comments about the letters from the guy in Fort Lee ("You sure have a big vocabulary for a guy from New Jersey," etc.) every other week. The 80s were a brutal time for the Jersey joke, and it left an impression.
Having lived in places that truly suck on some level in important ways -- Texas, Indiana (especially Indiana), southern Nevada -- it's hard to believe people still have the nerve to dump on New Jersey.
Then again, she also called it Taylor Ham when we were growing up (and having it often for breakfast), but she's been calling it pork roll for years. Seems equivalent to a lifelong Yankee fan becoming a Mets fan in his 40s, but whatever.
And I remember being pretty pumped when WaWa came to North Brunswick. It's on 27, near what used to be a Quick-Chek (last time I was home it was locally owned) and not that far from a 7-11. No comparison. And any company that can be that great for customers and also win raves for how it treats its employees is OK with me.
I NEVER in my life heard "What exit?" until that idiotic Joe Piscopo character on SNL. That show did more harm to New Jersey's image than just about anything else, what with Roseanne Roseannadanna's comments about the letters from the guy in Fort Lee ("You sure have a big vocabulary for a guy from New Jersey," etc.) every other week. The 80s were a brutal time for the Jersey joke, and it left an impression.
Having lived in places that truly suck on some level in important ways -- Texas, Indiana (especially Indiana), southern Nevada -- it's hard to believe people still have the nerve to dump on New Jersey.
All those convenience store chains were my customers when I was the Northeast Mkt Mgr for P&G's Convenience and Specialty Team. People at Sheetz HQ told me they'll never come to NJ unless we begin to pump our own gas. Wawa is expanding further north in NJ, but the majority of their new stores are south, especially in Florida. A lot of ex-Jerseyans living there. I'm surprised that Quick Chek hasn't been acquired by a larger chain, as is the case with Hess Express (now Speedway). Royal Farms is headquartered in Baltimore so is strong in MD and DE with only a couple of stores in PA. Doubt many will be coming to NJ. The good thing about all this is that we'll never starve or be unable to find coffee. I don't know, however, if any of them sell pork roll sandwiches or at what exits their new stores will be located.
It's a Jewish thing. Growing up in Highland Park, it was the only sloppy Joe I knew. When I was a freshman at Ohio U, they had sloppy Joe on the menu one day.I was so excited. Then they served me slop. on a roll. I was so confused. I ended up eating four of them!
Where did you live in Texas? I was in Dallas for work last month and loved it there.
Let's hear you say that after spending a summer there!
I have to say, after spending 4 years in Virginia, Sheetz is pretty damn good.
Don't understand why Jersey has such a fascination with standalone convenience stores. Gas station/convenience store combos are the only way to go.
you shut your mouth when you're talking to me......
who doesn't love a WAWA, Cumberland Farms or Krausers!!!!!!
ha. I used to be all about them, but out here, pretty much every convenience store is attached to a gas station and every gas station has a convenience store. Even the 7-11s. It's much more "convenient."
And most of the stores are as good or better than any Wawa - full hot food cases with fried chicken and such, hot dog bars, milkshake machines, plenty of packaged beer, tables to eat at, and many even have drive-thru windows. Don't miss Wawa at all, though I could go for a digitally ordered sub every once in a while :smiley:.
You must be talking about the Wawa's of the '80s.
Wawa's of today have 12 lanes of gas pumps, and all the other stuff you listed (except beer in NJ), plus the deli that makes a pretty good hoagie.