Cecil's in St. Paul - In search of schmaltz

Melba's Jammin said:

I seduced Rob away from his University duties (let those lousy ME
students wait a while! They'll live!)

Hey! I used to be one of those lousy ME students (and heck, I still post
to Usenet from that account). What does Robin do there?

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Since we were already headed east, I told him, in my well-known role as
SWMBO, that he could buy me lunch at Cecil's on Cleveland in St. Paul.

I miss Cecil's, we don't have a good deli here around Dartmouth unless
I want to drive a long ways (like, to CT if I'm craving a really good
pastrami or corned beef sandwich). They were a fairly regular stop
for me.

I used to make it a point to eat at Cecil's every Easter for dinner
(since, not celebrating Easter, they'd be open), but they started
closing early on Easter around 2000.

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Quoted message said:

I seduced Rob away from his University duties (let those lousy ME
students wait a while! They'll live!) and we were out and about for a
couple hours. OK, I didn't actually seduce him from anything (this
time) - his plan was to go to Niece Patty's to collect his half case of
some red wine that they ordered from Madonna Vineyards in Sonoma a week
and a half back when we were there. Done.

Since we were already headed east, I told him, in my well-known role as
SWMBO, that he could buy me lunch at Cecil's on Cleveland in St. Paul.
I wanted to do some shopping but he didn't need to know that just then.
We took the long way getting there. Punitive on my part.

We got to Cecil's at 11:30. None too soon. We ordered - Rob had their
BBQ beef sammich with their sweet-sour slaw; I ordered a Rueben on dark
pumpernickle. Interesting thing with that - new to me: they mix some
sour cream with the kraut. Tasty.

While we waited for our order, and because I know how impatient Rob is
with life in general, I did my shopping in the other part of the place.
I went in for schmaltz, right? I got that. $3 for about a half pint,
frozen, Empire brand, Kosher for Passover. And I got two baby challahs,
two onion rolls, 1/4# corned beef, two boxes of frozen blintzes (cherry
and cheese), two packages of egg bow ties, a scoop of chopped liver
(notice I did not say chopped CHICKEN liver), a package of frozen potato
knishes AND a loaf of cranberry walnut bread - fresh crans, not dried,
and boy is it GOOD!! Twenty bucks for all of it. I could deal.

From there we headed south then west to Haskell's Liquor Store in west
Bloomington to pick up a couple bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau for next
week's Thanksgiving Feast at the Girlchild's. If one of those bottles
makes it north, it will be worthy of giving thanks. The new beaujolais
is the only red wine I like. Believe we'll bring a bottle of my
birthday Slovakian riesling, too. And a couple bottles of some soda pop
wine (Arbor Mist comes to mind). And just shut up about the other two
being soda pop wines, too, ok? I like what I like.

Would you believe that they don't serve kasha varnishkes at Cecil's?
They don't. Heathens. They don't pile the corned beef on the sammich
the way the Second Avenue Deli does, either. Guess I gotta go to New
York again!

I'll make another batch of the kasha with my new ingredients. And not
drown the kasha this time.

What a fun outing! I can't remember where we get our schmaltz, must be
from the local deli. Anyway it always seems to be in the freezer. If
you're of a mind, you can send the liver my way and the bow ties to
Margaret 😉 The sandwich sounds awesome.

Michael

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Melba's Jammin' wrote:

Your subject line totally fooled me.

I read it: Cecil is in St. Paul in search of schmaltz. I thought you'd sent
some poor soul named Cecil on a wild "schmaltz" chase in St. Paul.

--
Andy

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Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

Melba's Jammin' <[email hidden]> looking for trouble
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(snippage)

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We got to Cecil's at 11:30. None too soon. We ordered - Rob had their
BBQ beef sammich with their sweet-sour slaw; I ordered a Rueben on dark
pumpernickle. Interesting thing with that - new to me: they mix some
sour cream with the kraut. Tasty.

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and cheese), two packages of egg bow ties, a scoop of chopped liver
(notice I did not say chopped CHICKEN liver), a package of frozen potato

Quoted message said:

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week's Thanksgiving Feast at the Girlchild's. If one of those bottles
makes it north, it will be worthy of giving thanks. The new beaujolais
is the only red wine I like. Believe we'll bring a bottle of my
birthday Slovakian riesling, too. And a couple bottles of some soda pop
wine (Arbor Mist comes to mind). And just shut up about the other two
being soda pop wines, too, ok? I like what I like.

Quoted message said:

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I'll make another batch of the kasha with my new ingredients. And not
drown the kasha this time.

What a fun outing! I can't remember where we get our schmaltz, must be
from the local deli. Anyway it always seems to be in the freezer. If
you're of a mind, you can send the liver my way

Screw you! Getcherown! I shouldn't even have the small amount that I
bought -- I remember the dietitian saying something like "liver once a
year." And Margaret has better sources, I'm betting, for EGG bowties
than I do. The sandwich WAS good. If I ever make a rueben (maybe with
that corned beef I brought home) I'll stir a little sour cream into the
kraut. I wonder who ginned up that idea?

I've got a bottle of the wine in the fridge - sue me, I've got the timer
set to take it out when it's cooler than it was going in - it won't be
cold.

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and the bow ties to
Margaret 😉 The sandwich sounds awesome.

Michael

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(snippage)

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We got to Cecil's at 11:30. None too soon. We ordered - Rob had
their BBQ beef sammich with their sweet-sour slaw; I ordered a
Rueben on dark pumpernickle. Interesting thing with that - new to
me: they mix some sour cream with the kraut. Tasty.

Quoted message said:

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and cheese), two packages of egg bow ties, a scoop of chopped liver
(notice I did not say chopped CHICKEN liver), a package of frozen
potato

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

week's Thanksgiving Feast at the Girlchild's. If one of those
bottles makes it north, it will be worthy of giving thanks. The
new beaujolais is the only red wine I like. Believe we'll bring a
bottle of my birthday Slovakian riesling, too. And a couple
bottles of some soda pop wine (Arbor Mist comes to mind). And just
shut up about the other two being soda pop wines, too, ok? I like
what I like.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'll make another batch of the kasha with my new ingredients. And
not drown the kasha this time.

What a fun outing! I can't remember where we get our schmaltz, must
be from the local deli. Anyway it always seems to be in the
freezer. If you're of a mind, you can send the liver my way

Screw you! Getcherown! I shouldn't even have the small amount that I
bought -- I remember the dietitian saying something like "liver once a
year." And Margaret has better sources, I'm betting, for EGG
bowties than I do. The sandwich WAS good. If I ever make a rueben
(maybe with that corned beef I brought home) I'll stir a little sour
cream into the kraut. I wonder who ginned up that idea?

When it comes to chopped liver I want cousin Sylvia's recipe. I've watched
her make it by hand. It has little slivers of red onion and some chopped
egg. It is one recipe I want from her before she dies. She will die soon so
I must hurry.

The sour cream is strange but sounds wonderful. I'm gonna try it.

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I've got a bottle of the wine in the fridge - sue me, I've got the
timer set to take it out when it's cooler than it was going in - it
won't be cold.

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and the bow ties to
Margaret 😉 The sandwich sounds awesome.

Michael

I still think you should send the bow ties to Margaret.

MICHAEL

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Melba's Jammin said:

I seduced Rob away from his University duties (let those lousy ME
students wait a while! They'll live!) and we were out and about for a
couple hours. OK, I didn't actually seduce him from anything (this
time) - his plan was to go to Niece Patty's to collect his half case of
some red wine that they ordered from Madonna Vineyards in Sonoma a week
and a half back when we were there. Done.

Since we were already headed east, I told him, in my well-known role as
SWMBO, that he could buy me lunch at Cecil's on Cleveland in St. Paul.
I wanted to do some shopping but he didn't need to know that just then.
We took the long way getting there. Punitive on my part.

We got to Cecil's at 11:30. None too soon. We ordered - Rob had their
BBQ beef sammich with their sweet-sour slaw; I ordered a Rueben on dark
pumpernickle. Interesting thing with that - new to me: they mix some
sour cream with the kraut. Tasty.

While we waited for our order, and because I know how impatient Rob is
with life in general, I did my shopping in the other part of the place.
I went in for schmaltz, right? I got that. $3 for about a half pint,
frozen, Empire brand, Kosher for Passover. And I got two baby challahs,
two onion rolls, 1/4# corned beef, two boxes of frozen blintzes (cherry
and cheese), two packages of egg bow ties, a scoop of chopped liver
(notice I did not say chopped CHICKEN liver), a package of frozen potato
knishes AND a loaf of cranberry walnut bread - fresh crans, not dried,
and boy is it GOOD!! Twenty bucks for all of it. I could deal.

From there we headed south then west to Haskell's Liquor Store in west
Bloomington to pick up a couple bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau for next
week's Thanksgiving Feast at the Girlchild's. If one of those bottles
makes it north, it will be worthy of giving thanks. The new beaujolais
is the only red wine I like. Believe we'll bring a bottle of my
birthday Slovakian riesling, too. And a couple bottles of some soda pop
wine (Arbor Mist comes to mind). And just shut up about the other two
being soda pop wines, too, ok? I like what I like.

Would you believe that they don't serve kasha varnishkes at Cecil's?
They don't. Heathens. They don't pile the corned beef on the sammich
the way the Second Avenue Deli does, either. Guess I gotta go to New
York again!

I'll make another batch of the kasha with my new ingredients. And not
drown the kasha this time.

But....Did Cecil's have Ruggelach?

Read the ingredients on the Schmalz and make sure they do not add
anything you might not want to a particular dish. Empire does that
some times.

Whose Egg Bowties did you find?

Melba's Jammin said:

I seduced Rob away from his University duties (let those lousy ME
students wait a while! They'll live!)

Hey! Watch it!

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Hokan said:

Melba's Jammin said:

I seduced Rob away from his University duties (let those lousy ME
students wait a while! They'll live!)

Hey! Watch it!

Are you in his class? He's pretty good, huh? He's given up trying to
manage my projects, though. <g>
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for Nephew Pat's wedding last weekend.

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Margaret Suran said:

Melba's Jammin said:

I seduced Rob away from his University duties (let those lousy ME
students wait a while! They'll live!)

(snips)

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Would you believe that they don't serve kasha varnishkes at Cecil's?

Quoted message said:

But....Did Cecil's have Ruggelach?

Why would I notice? I have some imported ones in house that are better
than anything they could produce. I had some. They're gone now, They
do have some dippy looking hamantaschen in their bakery case. And some
pumpkin bars. That cranberry-walnut bread I came home with is
fantastic, but you would not like it - the interior is quite soft.

Quoted message said:

Read the ingredients on the Schmalz and make sure they do not add
anything you might not want to a particular dish. Empire does that
some times.

Nothing but chicken fat and BHT for a preservative.

Quoted message said:

Whose Egg Bowties did you find?

Streit's. 8 oz. $1.35/bag. I saw they do egg barley, too, but we were
on our way out the door and I didn't dare tell Himself that I'd
forgotten something. <=8-o)

Now that I think of it, I didn't spend much time perusing their stock -
I was task-oriented for a change, not really "shopping." I might have
to sneak over there without Rob so I can spend more time checking things
out,

Margaret, my supper last night consisted of a bowl of homemade chicken
noodle soup (homemade noodles, chicken broth, unadulterated by chicken
meat or vegetables in the bowl), and a corned beef sandwich (I used the
whole 4 ounces) on one of the baby challahs, with some French mustard. I
got the regular corned beef, not the lean stuff. It was very good, IMO.
The challah is pretty good, too. I'll eat the other one with ham, I
think.

I may bring the small scoop of chopped liver to Matt next door - he and
I are the only ones who like it. Actually, I may look for some chicken
livers in the supermarket now that I've got schmaltz in house.

Thanks for asking, I will let you know how my next round of kasha
varnishkes comes out. Maybe I'll make some for Thanksgiving. Expand
some horizons in the frozen northland,
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for Nephew Pat's wedding last weekend.

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Margaret Suran said:

Melba's Jammin said:

I seduced Rob away from his University duties (let those lousy ME
students wait a while! They'll live!)

(snips)

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Would you believe that they don't serve kasha varnishkes at Cecil's?

Quoted message said:

But....Did Cecil's have Ruggelach?

Why would I notice? I have some imported ones in house that are better
than anything they could produce. I had some. They're gone now, They
do have some dippy looking hamantaschen in their bakery case. And some
pumpkin bars. That cranberry-walnut bread I came home with is
fantastic, but you would not like it - the interior is quite soft.

Quoted message said:

Read the ingredients on the Schmalz and make sure they do not add
anything you might not want to a particular dish. Empire does that
some times.

Nothing but chicken fat and BHT for a preservative.

Quoted message said:

Whose Egg Bowties did you find?

Streit's. 8 oz. $1.35/bag. I saw they do egg barley, too, but we were
on our way out the door and I didn't dare tell Himself that I'd
forgotten something. <=8-o)

Now that I think of it, I didn't spend much time perusing their stock -
I was task-oriented for a change, not really "shopping." I might have
to sneak over there without Rob so I can spend more time checking things
out,

Margaret, my supper last night consisted of a bowl of homemade chicken
noodle soup (homemade noodles, chicken broth, unadulterated by chicken
meat or vegetables in the bowl), and a corned beef sandwich (I used the
whole 4 ounces) on one of the baby challahs, with some French mustard. I
got the regular corned beef, not the lean stuff. It was very good, IMO.
The challah is pretty good, too. I'll eat the other one with ham, I
think.

I may bring the small scoop of chopped liver to Matt next door - he and
I are the only ones who like it. Actually, I may look for some chicken
livers in the supermarket now that I've got schmaltz in house.

Thanks for asking, I will let you know how my next round of kasha
varnishkes comes out. Maybe I'll make some for Thanksgiving. Expand
some horizons in the frozen northland,

Send her the damned bow ties. I'm going to Straub's to look for some
myself. I just hope they still have my account open. I haven't been there
in months.

Michael

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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

I'm going to Straub's to look for some
myself. I just hope they still have my account open. I haven't been there
in months.

Michael

Are they *that* expensive, or don't you do cash? lol
Goomba

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They are that expensive and I never know what I'm going to pick up. As it
is, I got some brie, a big jar of German mustard and a pound of deli
sliced ham. The account was still open although I only spent $40 or so.

Michael

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