Central Grocery

[jazzfestchic]

The Today Show has picked 5 foods from about the states and the muffuletta
was one of them. Vote for the Muff!!
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/20778329/

[BigDag]

That's a no-brainer. You can't do better than a good muff.

[NYMAMA]

That's a no-brainer. You can't do better than a good muff.


I don't know about that. Have you ever had a partrami on rye from Katz's deli. It is to die for!yummy

Oh yeah ya gotta have a Dr Browns cream soda with it.

[ibjamn]

I don't know about that. Have you ever had a partrami on rye from Katz's deli. It is to die for!yummy

Oh yeah ya gotta have a Dr Browns cream soda with it.

I have & because I was with Barry zipcode, I had the requisite hot dog while waiting to order my pastrami. It was crazy good. I'd still rather have a muff, must be in my dna. ;)

[NYMAMA]

I have & because I was with Barry zipcode, I had the requisite hot dog while waiting to order my pastrami. It was crazy good. I'd still rather have a muff, must be in my dna. ;)
And did ya have a potato knish with spicy brown mustard? Now I did it. (drooling on the keyboard):o ;)

[Zydekitten]

I don't know about that. Have you ever had a partrami on rye from Katz's deli. It is to die for!yummy

Oh yeah ya gotta have a Dr Browns cream soda with it.
YYR, I LURVE me some pastrami sammiches from Katz's !!!! They're like buttah!!! (drool, drool) Particularly with a Dr. Brown's Cream Soda! :D

Unfortunately, as I don't like olives - the muff is one NOLA speciality I haven't been able to embrace - sorry, guys. :o

[papafrog]

i prefer katz corn beef...
and i think their sandwiches are quite a bit taller than in that pic....
also need a good sour pickle, and sour tomato...
also try katz stuffed derma...its like a jewish boudin....but its flat like a pancake,
and has a casing around the outside...
i dont member katzs knishes, im sure they are good...try shatzkins in brighton beach, they also make a mean kasha knish...

[NYMAMA]

OOOOOOH kasha varniska made with good old fashioned artery colgging schmaltz.

[festbabe]

dayam...those sammies all looked good :) Tasteeee.....

[Michelino]

Muffaleta is my winner. Central's olive salad is one of the best and I always leave NOLA with a jar.

Although the lobster roll at Red's Eats (http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=2959)should be on the list as while I'll bet the California version is good, I just can't imagine that it can match Red's.

And, need I say, the tag team of Jazz Fest's own Soft-shell Crab Po' Boy and Cochon de lait are awaiting and could give the champ a beating.

[rosetree]

Have to go with the "home-boy"! But I like Dimartino's better than Central.
Although Katz's pastrami would be #1a...mmmm, mmmm "Send a salami to a boy in the Army!"
papa: the stuffed derma is "kishka"---similar to boudin, but I like boudin more betta.
Knish with Gulden's mustard...mmm, mmm... it's a good thing I'm not hungry, or I would be drooling about now!

[Zbonnie]

HELLOOO, Excuuuse me, Maine lobster roll from California?!?!? An oxymoron if I ever heard one! And, dayum, $14.95 for a pastrami sammich? That's a serious NYC price for a sandwich!

[ohio]

I love all these delicious sammiches!

We have our own entry here in Cincy- Izzy's Famous Corned Beef. Izzy's Deli is celebrating 100 years in business. That golden brown side item is an Izzy potato cake, over half an inch thick and maybe the most awesome fried potato product on the planet. Trust me, an addiction waiting to happen. The kosher dills are fab too!

http://www.izzys.com/contentfiles/images/foodimages/CB%20SW.jpg

[papafrog]

time to make 4½ hours 30 min prep
Change to: servings US Metric
108 inches clean beef casings (buy at a Kosher butcher if you can find one)
2 cups flour
1 cup matzo meal
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon salt (for boiling)
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon pepper (for boiling)
1 cup melted schmaltz (chicken fat) or chopped suet
1/2 cup grated carrots
1 small onion, grated
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning


1. Wash casings in cold water and cut into 12 inch lengths.
2. Tie one end of each length tightly with white sewing thread.
3. Turn casings inside out.
4. Combine flour, matzo meal, seasonings and schmaltz or.
5. suet. Adjust the poultry seasoning to taste. You may wish to add additional poultry seasoning.
6. Fill each casing loosely with this stuffing and tie the remaining end.
7. Drop into rapidly boiling water and boil 10 minutes.
8. Drain.
9. When cool enough to handle, scrape fat off the casings with the dull edge of a knife.
10. Drop into rapidly boiling water (about a gallon) to which has been added 1 tablespoon salt and at least 1 teaspoon pepper.
11. Reduce heat and simmer.
12. uncovered for 3 hours.
13. Remove from water.
14. Brown for about 1 hour around a roast or roasting poultry.
15. (You can also refrigerate and then slice pieces about 1 inch thick and fry them on both sides.).

[Papins]

Central Grocery's muffuletta is in a class by itself. I don't say this to compare one against the other, but my favorite sandwich is the pastrami po-boy at Johnny's.

[swag]

Sorry, had to vote Katz's. I actually prefer the corned beef at Carnegie to the pastrami at Katz's, but both are quite wonderful. Plus I hate olives. If there had been a shrimp po boy in the voting, I might have stayed loyal to New Orleans. Or cochon de lait, of course.

[grisgris]

I voted for Central Gro. And yes I have been to Katz's deli, although I had to ask twice for my sandwich, cause they couldn't understand me go figure.
Yes & Barry Zip Code always gets a hot dog first to share with us non-New Yorkers in line. And yes I have eaten Kishka twice. They need to have Crystal hot sauce at Katz's, but the sandwiches are huge.

[glinda]

Well I'll have to check out the list. Not big on olives, either, but I still like a muffa - the ones Rosie had at rosetreefest were great, as I recall.

Had my first taste of Katz corned beef and pastrami this July, it was amazing. And huge, 1/2 was plenty. Loved the potato pancakes too. Just like grandma used to make. Yes, sour cream AND applesauce, please.

Oh, and never even heard of that Chicago one before. Jeez! You'd think they'd list Al's Italian beef, juicy, with peppers, if anything.

[rosetree]

Well I'll have to check out the list. Not big on olives, either, but I still like a muffa - the ones Rosie had at rosetreefest were great, as I recall.



Those were my fav....Dimartino's. We will definitely have them again at RosetreefestII!

[Zydekitten]

Sorry, had to vote Katz's. I actually prefer the corned beef at Carnegie to the pastrami at Katz's, but both are quite wonderful. Plus I hate olives. If there had been a shrimp po boy in the voting, I might have stayed loyal to New Orleans. Or cochon de lait, of course.
I'm with you, Swagster!!!

[funkkjunkie]

I don't like olives either. And I rarely eat beef or pork because of food sensitivities so the pastrami or corned beef wouldn't be for me. Shrimp poboy is my sandwich of choice when in Nola too. And I do love a FG cochon du lait poboy. Oh, yeah, baby!

[ohio]

Those were my fav....Dimartino's. We will definitely have them again at RosetreefestII!They were quite tasty!

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

The Today Show has picked 5 foods from about the states and the muffuletta
was one of them. Vote for the Muff!!
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/20778329/

Hey, I thought this was a thread on Central Grocery. Great store!
Will place a vote for the Muff. Hope to see you and husband next month at Miller Outdoor.

[KeyWest Bruce]

I love all these delicious sammiches!

We have our own entry here in Cincy- Izzy's Famous Corned Beef. Izzy's Deli is celebrating 100 years in business. That golden brown side item is an Izzy potato cake, over half an inch thick and maybe the most awesome fried potato product on the planet. Trust me, an addiction waiting to happen. The kosher dills are fab too!

http://www.izzys.com/contentfiles/images/foodimages/CB%20SW.jpg

Ohio, that looks scrumptious! Wouldn't take me long to get hooked on that! New York-style Jewish deli cuisine is about my favorite. I have been to Katz's....great! I grew up in Miami Beach so am that type of food is dear to my heart (and stomach). Great restaurants like Wolfie's and Pumperniks were part of my life....sadly they are gone.

[denideadhead]

PLEAAAAZZZZE Don't make me choose....I love the Muff I love Katzs I love a slammin Lobster roll both cold and hot....I love a Philly cheese steak ,,,,,this is soooo unfair and now I am soooo HUNGREY!!!

[Amyloves...]

All of a sudden I'm freaking starving. I'd like one Central Grocery muff and one of Katz's big-ass pastramis. Central makes my fave muff and I haven't had one in a few months, although that's likely to change very soon. And I only had the Katz once...in November...and I absolutely can't wait to go there again. Wow!

[mightyradgumbo]

I was once sitting in the little park behind the french market and across from Central enjoying a muff from central with a cold one and a bag of creole tomato Zapps when I heard a guy describe to a girl what I was eating as "just like an Italian sub from Subway"....lucky for him I had my mouth full

Interesting that they went to California for Lobster Rolls...plenty o' places in the NE for them, especially Maine.

[Staxsun]

Those were my fav....Dimartino's. We will definitely have them again at RosetreefestII!

Yep, those were great!!!! So, where is Dimartino's? I used to have several places I preferred to Central, but they either went out of business (like Messina's) or I've forgotten who they were.

[NOLA]

Those were my fav....Dimartino's. We will definitely have them again at RosetreefestII!

Damn, I forgot about the muffs at RT Fest - they were great. But I was entirely focused on the cracklins and mimosas!

[ibjamn]

Di Martinos is on General DeGualle in Algiers on the WB, I think.

[rosetree]

Di Martinos is on the WB, I think.

Ding, ding, ding!!!!! We have a winner!:D
Dimartinos has two locations on the West bank..one in Algiers on General Degaulle and one in Terrytown on Whitney...
note to self...get more muffellattas for next year's Rosetreefest!;)
..and more cracklins for NOLA and Ohio(if I remember correctly)

[ohio]

definitely more cracklin's!

[larrybawlmer]

Baltimore's Corned beef row Weiss deli $6.25 corned beef freshly cooked sandwich , sliced in front of you, steamin', tasty, and (relatively) cheap. Piled higher then the pastrami picture!! Yum!!
Never liked oliives till I had a muffaletta, now I do

[Goose]

Just voted for the muff! :)