Posted on 01/01/2020 10:28:39 PM PST by EinNYC
from link:
For the past 18 years, Mike Sarmat at Eddie & Sam’s in downtown Tampa purportedly brings in trucks full of three pallets of New York water every three months (it’s Catskills water, technically). That’s 36 cases, six gallons in a case, costing them about $12 per gallon when you factor in shipping. 18 Bagels Co. in South Tampa (which used to be called Nosh, the Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. before that) has a water filtration system that approximates New York water.
A lot of do-re-mi for H2O. Is it worth it?
I tried the water by itself: The New York-clone water was neutral, refreshing, very little flavor on the finish. The St. Petersburg water was more eau du garden hose.
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They set down two crusts before me, no sauce, no cheese, no nothing. One was pale and pocky, bubbles quickly turning cracker-brittle, the interior a little doughy. The other crust was a darker golden color with a good chew, its flavor somehow richer and more balanced. Exhibit A: St. Pete. Exhibit B: NYC. MORE AT LINK
Salamanders have long history of mythological importance.
They were often seen fleeing logs tossed onto fires and people thought the critter was born of fire, instead of it just trying to not get roasted.
Even Christians adopted it as a symbol of one who walked through the fires of tribulation and survived.
Ray Bradbury had a weirder take on it.
Asbestos was called “Salamander wool”.
That one makes me laugh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamanders_in_folklore
Saw the title - knew there would be puns!!!
Thanks for posting
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