Rachel Perlow

We're gonna check this place out tonight if anyone wants to join us.

Ah, I see you fell victim to the curse of all intrepid eGulleteers, the "I know better than you where to go" local. It is a similar syndrome to the Lazy Group disease I outlined in the thread, Need Restaurant near Caribe Hilton/Caribbean forum, a few weeks ago: PS - unreserved, thank you so much for posting a follow-up. It is very much appreciated, even if our good advice went unheeded.

Yes, for a Saturday night definitely call well ahead. Joe should be in by 4:30 on Tuesday, don't leave a reservation message on the machine.

OK - good summer rolls. At least as good or better than Little Saigon. We'll have to return to try other dishes. Jason's hoping for Caramel Chicken (maybe it's on the all Vietnamese page?).

Also, baking soda and white vinegar help clear your drains. First, pour a cup or so of baking soda into your sink drain (it won't all go down the drain, that's OK). Then pour a cup or so of vinegar. It will fizz and most will start going down the drain. After a minute add some more vinegar if there's still baking soda around. Wait 10 minutes then flush with hot water for several minutes. Good for when the drains get stinky and to help clear fat deposits in the line, better for the pipes than Drano. Every plumber who's ever worked for me emphasizes not to use Drano. Are they protecting their business or genuinely concerned for my pipes?

The beggars purse soup at Sweet N Tart was arranged for in advance by Eddie Schoenfeld. Perhaps when you make reservations you could arrange to have that soup too? (or ask Ed to call for you? ) It was really really good. I doubt I'll be able to attend due to RH, but I'll be seeing you a couple weeks later at your house.

The Trio episode will be rerun September 26, 2003 10:30 PM ET/PT and September 27, 2003 1:30 AM ET/PT. Here is a link to Food TV's webpage for Into the Fire. Clicking View All Episodes and then selecting the episode of your choice will provide you with their scheduled air dates.

I think BunnySlippers' original question has been answered pretty thoroughly, so I'm removing the Edgewater reference in the title of this thread in the hopes that we can get other falafel places in NJ listed here as well.

Um, you put your cell phone on the table so that it is handy to grab if it rings. I don't think anyone in this day and age thinks of having a cell phone as a status symbol. Think of it this way, if they're not going to turn it off when they're in the restaurant (which I think they should), then at least they won't let it ring and ring and ring before answering it.

Is that another place, or did you mean Pizza Crave?* Since they were our favorite, here's their details: Pizza Cave 439 Cedar Lane Teaneck 201-836-1700 Hours: Sun - Wed 11am-9pm; Thurs 11am-10pm; Fri 11am-2 hours before sundown; Sat Night 1 hour after Sabbath - 2am * It's actually Pizza Cave. I've edited all the other posts to the correct name, but left this one in case someone searched for Pizza Crave.

Here are a couple of threads that may give you some more insight into the NJ specialty item known as Taylor Pork Roll, aka Taylor Ham: http://forums.egullet.org/show.php/act/ST/f/7/t/11772 http://forums.egullet.org/index.php/act/ST/f/5/t/21047

If the food in your freezer just started to thaw but was still cold. Switch it to your refrigerator and allow to thaw and cook soon. If it completely defrosted (but is still cold) cook immediately, then refrigerate if not eating immediately.

First off, Welcome! Second, as an intrepid former hound, I figure you may be willing to make the trip for this, so I highly recommend Finks Funky Chicken & Ribs in River Edge, NJ (not too far from the GWB). In addition to great BBQ, they make a terrific shake, with or without malt powder, in a real milkshake maker. Yum.

I tried the link above, but first off, it was from six months ago. Second, it quickly turned to a conversation denegrating female waitstaff. And third, I had to click through 14 webpages to read the entire thread. What a PITA.

Dumpling - address/phone? I can't find this place on yp.yahoo.

But how are their falafel?

I have a feeling that the cabins are a sort of Catch22 arrangement -- you eat so much at the restaurant you have to take a nap before driving home. But then you sleep all night and are hungry again so you go back to the restaurant...

Date, Time, Location: Sunday, September 21, 2003 at 1:30 PM. Bobolink Dairy, Vernon, NJ Current RSVP list: Alanz + Lauren & Joshua - enigmatic pasta (3) Andrew Fenton & the Mrs. - Banana Pudding (2) Curdnerd & family - mac & cheese + supplying the location, that's enough (Cheese Shop will be open for the first hour or so of the event) (5) Dbrociner + wife, Stephanie, and daughter Sophia - sweet potato casserole and garbage bags (3) docsconz + wife & kids - home-made fresh apple-cider (5) Double 0 + family - collards and maybe a tray of mac & cheese* (*see Curdnerd's post about mac & cheese) (4) dumpling - non-alcoholic drinks and/or dumplings and/or wicked good blueberry PIE (1) Elyse (took johnjohn's offer of a ride) - bringing pecan pie (1) Fat Guy & Ellen (2) Fink - bringing the cooked pig(s) at the reduced price of $4 per person (1?**) herbacidal - bags, extra plates & forks & stuff, Sarcone's bread, infused vodka, chinese dumplings (2-4?**) hillbill - (offering rides from Staten Island/Ferry) - (maybe 1?**) howard88 - Cole Slaw (2) Hscottk + wife - baked beans (2) Jason & Rachel Perlow - name tags, ice, homemade sorbets/ices, maybe ice cream (2) jmcgrath - tent canopy, stuffed jalepenos, aka ABTs (1?**) jogoode - maybe (1?**) johnjohn - brownies (1) (offering rides from NYC or Long Island to Elyse...) Jonathan Sibley (1) JosephB & Donna, (sans puppy) - corn and tomato savory pastry (2) KatieLoeb - Pastitsio (1) Kim WB + guest - dessert from Pierre at Wegmans and a case of bottled water (2) Lisa1349 + guest - PA Wine, Mint Juleps and Victory Beer from Downington, PA (2) Liz Johnson + husband - Dr. Pepper Cake,a table? (2) LReda & Sue & children (2-6?**) =Mark - ice, marinated grilled portobella mushrooms, Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce, table & chairs (1) pnapoli + guest - cornbread & chili (2) Randi + friend - fresh fruit and a dip for it (2) rlibkind (Bob & Jean Sue) - baked beans (2) RockADS21 + Mrs. Rock - Sangria (2) Rosie & Lowell - napkins, health salad (I think that's some kind of cole slaw) (2) sabg - grilled vegtables, chairs, table (3) Slkinsey + bergerka - Ginger Snaps (needs a ride from NYC), derby-style bourbon pecan pie (2) SobaAddict70 - spicy marinated olives, French kisses, Oven roasted tomatoes, Wilted greens (1) South Jersey Epicurean (Gary Kritz) - (making the pastichio/moussaka with Katie Loeb) (1) Suzanne and HWOE; potato salad of mysterious ethnicity (2) Suzilightening - since she's planning on arriving late, she should probably bring a dessert (definite maybe) (1) Tommy & the Mrs. - non-food stuffs (ice, paper plates, cutlery , napkins, cups, garbage bags) (2) wawairis - Green Salad and Lemonade (1?**) Right now we're at 75-81 approximately. **Please confirm your numbers, especially if there's a question park next to your entry above. To Summarize Curdnerd's post/rules: 1. No Dogs. 2. Making mac & cheese. 3. Kids Welcome - someone needs to organize some kid activities and parents need to supervise them at all times (we're up to 10-15 kids) 4. We're going to be using lots of small tents. 5. The bread-and-cheese shop will be open until at least 5 PM, and people can leave orders in the bakehouse (68F) or ripening room (55F) to keep it cold. 6. Parking Czar Needed - this person should plan to arrive early, coordinate with Curdnerd. Other notes: 1. KP Duty - We must completely clean up after ourselves. Everyone bring an extra bag or two and leave with some garbage, please. 2. Tents (not camping tents, party tents), tables & chairs -- the more the merrier. 3. The pig is $4 per person (kids count too) 4. Remember to check the RSVP list for what you offered to bring -- and before posting that you are thinking of bringing baked beans , I think two people making baked beans is enough. Excellent suggestion, tommy. If you are bringing your food in a cooler, take note of above. 5. Recipes - If everyone will please post their recipes on recipeGullet that would be great. Also, if your food contains any common allergens, please bring a tag (like a table tent maybe?) to label your food. Thanks. 6. Leftovers - We're not leaving any for Curdnerd unless he specifically asks for something on the day. So, if you're the type of person who may wish to bring home leftovers of others' food, bring some plastic containers so everyone can take their own (real) dishes home. The disposable Glad® or Ziploc® containers are great. Current Menu: The menu, so far.* If you are still trying to figure out what to bring... Some iced tea would be nice. More appetizers maybe? Beverages home-made fresh apple-cider Lemonade Well Water BYOB PA Wine, Mint Juleps and Victory Beer herbacidal-infused vodka Sangria Appetizers Dumplings (dumpling) chinese dumplings (herbacidal) - the more dumplings the merrier! fresh fruit and a dip for it (or is this a dessert?) marinated olives French Kisses (dates & foie gras???) stuffed jalepenos, aka ABTs Mains ROASTED/SMOKED PIG - that is the point of this whole thing, right?) Pastitsio Chili Sides Starchy enigmatic pasta mac & cheese sweet potato casserole baked beans (2 people are bringing baked beans) corn and tomato savory pastry potato salad of mysterious ethnicity corn bread Sarcone's bread Veggie Collards (Double 0), Wilted Greens (Soba) Cole Slaw marinated grilled portobella mushrooms health salad Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce Oven roasted tomatoes grilled vegtables (peppers, zucc, corn etc - sabq) Green Salad Desserts Banana Pudding blueberry PIE pecan pie homemade sorbets/ices brownies something chocolate from Pierre at Wegmans Dr. Pepper Cake Ginger Snaps derby-style bourbon pecan pie Misc (aka the more the merrier (TMTM)) Dry goods tables, chairs, tents ice * If what you offered to bring isn't on the list, please post (don't PM) me with edits.

Happy Birthday Trish!

Huh, I thought the bacon shrunk because most of the bacon is fat and most of the fat melts out during cooking, leaving the protean (and quite bit of fat) behind.

China 46 was hopping tonight. I wonder if it being one of the few places open in Bergen County during a huge power outage had anything to do with it? We sampled an interesting dish of sauteed shrimp with fava beans. Very simple, very delicious.

See what this post inspired: Teaneck Falafel Tasting in NJ Forum.

Falafel in Teaneck With all the chatter about falafel on eGullet, here and on this thread, I've been having serious CRAVINGS for it all week. So, Jason and I decided to check out the recommendations above and do a taste test. Our first stop was Fleigels at 456 Cedar Lane. Unfortunately, this Glatt Kosher (Meat) restaurant does not offer falafel. They do have schnitzel and shawarma as sandwiches and platters ($4-$10); deli and burgers too. A veggie burger is also available. Fleigels menu Continuing up the street to Shelly's, we see menton1 is batting 0 for 2, as "Noah's Ark presents Shelly's Vegetarian" at 482 Cedar Lane (Noah's Ark is the meat restaurant by the same owners, across the street) eschews falafel as well. It is a very pleasant dining room with an extensive Kosher/Vegetarian/Dairy/Fish menu. But no falafel, so we move on. Next up was Jerusalem Pizza & Restaurant at 496 Cedar Lane (they also own another place in Teaneck called Plaza Pizza at 1431 Queen Anne Rd (the alternate business area). Finally, a place that said, "Of course we have falafel!" We ordered a couple of sandwiches: Jerusalem Restaurant's Whole Falafel sandwich with Regular Salad (left) and Israeli Salad (right) The prices are decent at Jerusalem as well. A whole falafel is $3.25, half for $2.35, falafel platter with one salad $3.50, and a combo-platter with four salads for $6.65. Here's a nice close-up of one of the sandwiches, we scooped some of the salad out to make room for tahini and some pickles, available at their help yourself pickle bar: Mmm, Falafel! The falafel sandwiches at Jerusalem were acceptable; the Israeli salad was very good. We took one of the balls out to examine more closely. It had a starchy/schmooshy texture, and we both felt it could have used some more seasoning. After Jerusalem there was one more place to check out, but we didn't hold high hopes for Pizza Cave at 439 Cedar Lane. However, we couldn't have been more wrong. When you order a falafel pita ($3.00) from Pizza Cave you are handed a plate with a warm pita on it and directed to their huge salad bar ($5.95/lb for the salad bar), where a section is devoted to the falafel. You serve yourself falafel balls: Falafel Balls at Pizza Cave -- do you like 2 or 10 in your sandwich? It's up to you. And then fill your sandwich with whichever toppings you like from the falafel section of the salad bar: Falafel Toppings at Pizza Cave include olives, hot & sweet peppers, purple cabbage salad, lettuce salad, hummus (good hummus), Israeli salad (too heavy on the cucumbers), sauerkraut, tahini, hot sauce, etc. I guess we were saving the best for last. Pizza Cave's falafel were really good. Even though I was leery of fried falafel waiting on a steam table at 2:30 in the afternoon, they were somehow still crunchy. They were also much more seasoned than Jerusalem's. With the added bonus of being able to top your sandwich any way you see fit from the get go, I'm sure we'll be returning to Pizza Cave whenever we have that Falafel Craving®! Epilogue: All of the above restaurants are Kosher, which means they are not open on Friday nights or on Saturday at all (some places open an hour or so after sunset in the winter). If the cravings hit on the Sabbath, we may give Chicken Kebab Mediterranean Restaurant a try. One of the girls at Butterflake Bakery pointed us to it, but we were too full to sample any more falafel. Intrepid reporters that we are, we did stop by to pick up their takeout menu. They are on the same street as Teaneck's Farmers Market (Thursday afternoons) at 740 Chestnut Avenue (just around the corner from Butterflake). In addition to falafel ($4.25 for a sandwich, $3.50 for a falafel appetizer, $8.25 for a falafel dinner) they offer a variety of Kebabs and other Turkish specialities.

Somehow, I don't think it is the very first children's menu ever. It just seems too polished, you know? It already has the cliche, now passe, nursery rhymes with pictures on it. But it is probably one of the earlier popular versions. There are some other children's menus I saw with similar items on it (creamed chicken on toast and sliced chicken sandwiches seemed popular), however french fries must not have been invented yet, because you don't see them anywhere on the old children's menus. In fact, there's actually a lot of veggies on there. A "vegetable platter with assorted rolls" was another popular offering, or a poached egg over spinach or an omelette. Could you even imagine those being offered to children today? (Except in France, of course of course.)

Please accept my apologies as I say this: All these stories are making me feel much better about our project!