Ya' know 'Fox, it makes me think of Bill Sables and his "proper" Yorkshire tea. Certain foods have spread themselves out over the world and people readily eat them and yet they are poor imitations of the "proper ________."

It's hard to find a proper bagel. And, in Columbus, I can find only two "proper delis." There is one good bagel shop. Maybe you have to be in NYC to find them in any numbers.....or Boca Raton.(:<))

I do feel fortunate to be reasonably close to a real Italian meat shop. And we have a great butcher shop in this tiny village where you can get several midwestern specialties......like decent sausage and trail bologna......and they process a lot of deer too and if you provide them a deer, among the otherfine cuts you get several pounds of the most wonderful deer sausage.........

And why is so much of the rye bread on the market so damn weak in flavor?

Spaw