[PRCo] Re: Suburban shopping areas

[Fred Schneider]

I've said many times that you can move the body out of Pittsburgh but  
you cannot get Pittsburgh out of the body.  You're proving my point.

On Apr 11, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> A comment on this one, Fred. I went to the Giant Eagle on West  
> 116th & Clifton Blvd (Cleveland) the other day. I was passing by  
> the deli section and to my surprise, what should I see but a sign  
> advertising Isalys Chip Chop Ham. My mouth watered immediately. I,  
> of course, had to get some. The only "training" I had to give the  
> deli salesperson was how to 'shave' the ham off the loaf as I used  
> to by it in Isalys on Bigelow Blvd in Pittsburgh. The girl first  
> ask me if I wanted thick or thinner SLICES of the meat. I had to  
> explain what Isalys was and generally went through half my life  
> history about living in Pittsburgh and the Isalys on Bigelow Blvd  
> and how original chip/chop ham was not sliced, but shaved. I  
> instructed her to set the slicer on the thinest setting and start  
> chopping. When she fininshed I told her to take two of the razor- 
> thin slices off the pile and give me one to taste and she should  
> taste the other. I asked her if she thought it was better tasting than
>  regular thick slices of the ham and she agreed it was. I left the  
> store happy and confident I had introduced a member of the younger  
> generation to a tasteful bit of Pittsburgh history. BTW, the loaf  
> of meat does bear Isalys name, so I guess they are still in  
> business someplace. Also, it does taste the same as it did.
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