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elfin:  The store in question is about five minutes from my house on Rte. 59.  It's located in the town of West Chicago, which has a sizable Hispanic population, and is run by two brothers of Greek descent in their 20's/30's. 

Maggiethecat,

Can you give me a cross street for that store? I live in Glendale Heights.

Thanks.

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Hm. This is similar to what Jaymes said earlier but the pie crust threw me.

Are caesar salads and such also considered to be salads?

I think pretty much anything can be a salad including things like potato salad, macaroni salad, tuna salad, taco salad, 7 layer salad, and salad salads like caesar, tossed, etc.

Think very general blanket old-lady-pot-luck terms, not clear distinctions. (No offense to any old-lady-pot-luckers who may or may not be present, of course).

And the strawberry pretzel salad is always in a rectangular pan, like a 9x13. Never in a pie dish.

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33,431.  And welcome to eGullet, Marmish.

Thanks! I've been hanging around awhile, but am trying to break outta my shell!

[White Trash Delicacies]

So. How. Is that. A salad?

Any type of jello, fruit and Cool Whip combination qualifies as "jello salad" in White Trash vernacular. For example, lemon jello made with ginger ale, pineapple, bananas and topped with a mixture of Dream Whip and pudding equals "that lemon jello salad"

No?

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I'm new here.  Lord help me, this is the first forum that I've felt compelled to respond to...

My fantasy white trash menu:

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

Chicken Ketcha-cola

Velveeta Fudge

Danger Pudding

Thank you for the Danger Pudding recipe, but would you please explain the other three items on your fantasy menu?

the strawberries im guessing do not have aged balsamico; is that chicken cacciatore made with ketchup and coke? and could the fudge conceivably be "cheese" and chocolate? i have a friend (just to boast) in a band named Velveeta Underground and the fudge might well interest him...

kind thanks

I am not the original poster, but I can tell you what strawberry pretzel salad is.

Crushed pretzels and butter crust lightly baked followed by a layer of cream cheese, sugar and Cool Whip, topped with strawberry jello with frozen (never fresh) sliced strawbarries. Dee-lightful! But no balsamico

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Add 40 for me - counting the 4 on the way.