I just don’t see Demi Moore munching on Middleswarth chips! (She was a skeleton at the Oscar’s, frightening!).
OT: Pa Snack Capitol
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I wish they would sell cases of rr in South Carolina where I’m at by Myrtle Beach They only sell 12 packs at a higher price. Amazing how pa. Is ahead in the alcohol market than down here. Maybe the Bible Belt has something to do with it. You can’t by 30 packs down here also.Straub is still around. It's not very good though.
There's a story about how Rolling Rock became popular back in the preppy days. A young PSU grad was tasked with designing a retail window display at Macy's in NYC.
She put RR Ponies in the hands of the mannequins, and everyone loved it - the display and the beer.
I remember when Rolling Rock was sold to LaBatt - who did great with it actually. Then AB bought LaBatt and moved RR production to NJ. Then InBev bought AB.
At the time I was doing a really big turf/par 3 project for a client on Jupiter Island - next to Greg Norman's old house. John Taylor is his name and his family owned the largest beer distributors in both Boston and Kansas City. Now he owns Yuengling out of Fort Pierce. He's a smart, rich guy.
I asked him what these companies wanted with Rolling Rock and he said 2 words "market share".
AB never wanted to grow the RR brand. If they did by accident, great - but that isn't happening w/out glass lined tanks and using Newark water. What they wanted was to was actually capture fans of a brand they owned for their own brands - like Bud. RR sales go down, Bud Light's go up.
What AB paid for RR was a song and a dance. A few big advertising campaigns of $$$ for AB at the time.
I fully expect RR to return to Latrobe some day. Don't know if I'll be alive, but I think it will happen. It will be bought from InBev for a "song a dance" because its usefulness is at the end of the road for them and they won't fear the "craft brew" startup in Latrobe.
Went to college at Albright in Reading. We had a STURGIS in my class. Nice guy. I think was looking to be a part of the company. That was 1978.
Some people need to heed it. Not you - just saying that food is expensive. Don't make it more expensive than it needs to be. Freeze and vacuum seal a lasagna in portions. Sous Vide a bunch of chicken breasts at a time, freeze them for future use.
I am really really really really tempted to raid the pantry but because I posted this I’ll suck it up. That’s my life hack, put it in writing.
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There are a lot of people out there who look terrible due to Ozempic. They take it too far especially in Hollywood.
Uniques are the bomb. Fortunately, I can get them in FL during snow bird season.
Had a lot of soft pretzels in Germany on a Danube River Cruise. One day on an excursion, I ask the tour guide about “hard pretzels”. I guess that is like asking about well done fish at a sushi bar. She tells me with a look of dread, “no such thing!” So I guess the Sturgis story about the pretzel baker falling asleep and making well done soft pretzels might in fact have some legitimacy.
back in the day, my Dad had a farm store in rural PA, a service he provided was a way for the farmers to call in about when the cows were coming into heat, and then the 'artificial' man, as he was known, would call in to get the messages. This was way before the internet, cell phones, even phone message machines.
I know it is all a matter of taste. But as I sit here snacking on some Middleswarth BBQ, I dare say your taste is just wrong.false. Martins BBQ waffle. And i'll die on that hill
If you live in a refrigerator box or under an overpass, yes Ketchup is a snack. Sometimes the main course too.
And they do have hard pretzels.....
Did Tgar miss the mention or has there been a shout out for Tastykakes? Always delicious and nutritious. Philadelphia!!!
Randy Moss has a Chicken n Waffles franchise. He had one in Huntington WV that closed. One of the biggest complaints was he wouldn’t serve ketchup!! He said there were other sauces and people should try them. The people though wanted ketchup!! They ended up closing the place. I thought the food was good but there were issues other than no ketchup
