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A cannoli catastrophe almost derailed the 100th Termini Bros. Christmas in South Philadelphia. Almost.
inquirer ^
Posted on 12/13/2021 8:09:53 AM PST by mylife
Vincent Termini Jr. was panicking. As the Christmas season, the busiest time of year for his family’s famous South Philadelphia bakery, got underway, a large piece of equipment in their main bakery had seized. It just stopped.
This wasn’t just any machine. The “dough breaker” is an 80-year-old piece of specialty equipment straight from Italy that’s a critical component in the process of making cannoli, by-far the most popular item at Termini Bros. during the holidays. That key step in the process meant production of cannoli was halted the Monday after Thanksgiving, mere weeks before Christmas Eve, when the bakery is set to celebrate its 100th year in business in Philadelphia.
“Oh my God,” Termini said Sunday, breathlessly recalling the swift dwindling in the bakery’s supply of cannoli shells. “I was beyond freaking out.”
As tradition goes, generations of South Philadelphians start lining up just after midnight on Dec. 24 and listen to live music, awaiting the moment when Vincent Termini Sr., now 83, flings open the doors at 6 a.m. and welcomes customers inside to purchase biscotti and boxes of Italian cookies.
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posted on
12/13/2021 8:09:53 AM PST
by
mylife
To: mylife
2
posted on
12/13/2021 8:12:26 AM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Thieves, welfare cases, and drug users SHOULD be judged by the content of their character.)
To: Uncle Miltie
3
posted on
12/13/2021 8:13:33 AM PST
by
mylife
(Christmas is cancelled, all the reindeer have Covid and a red nose, Donner and Prancer and Vaxxen)
To: Uncle Miltie
Take the cannoli....................all of them....................
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posted on
12/13/2021 8:15:33 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: mylife
The BEST Cannolis.
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posted on
12/13/2021 8:17:27 AM PST
by
cowboyusa
(America Cowboy up! )
To: mylife
Rim Cafe on 9th and Federal has canola shells from Sicily.
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posted on
12/13/2021 8:17:57 AM PST
by
JimSp
To: cowboyusa
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posted on
12/13/2021 8:21:39 AM PST
by
mylife
(Christmas is cancelled, all the reindeer have Covid and a red nose, Donner and Prancer and Vaxxen)
To: mylife
OMG!
The temptation is too great!
Hot Dog eating contests are a dime a dozen.
Me, I’ll enter a cannoli eating contest any day
of the week.
No doubt about it, we need equipment tech tradesmen
here in the states to see this never occurs again.
8
posted on
12/13/2021 8:40:37 AM PST
by
V K Lee
(Our CONSTITUTION. Written with DIVINE assistence by very wise men. A document unlike any other.)
To: V K Lee
I can murder some good all beef hotdogs with chili/onions
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posted on
12/13/2021 8:46:43 AM PST
by
mylife
(Christmas is cancelled, all the reindeer have Covid and a red nose, Donner and Prancer and Vaxxen)
To: mylife
I had to google “cannoli” to see what it is.
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posted on
12/13/2021 8:49:47 AM PST
by
AlaskaErik
(In time of peace, prepare for war.)
To: AlaskaErik
I had to google “cannoli” to see what it is.Not a fan of the Godfather movies, I see.
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posted on
12/13/2021 8:52:04 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
To: AlaskaErik
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posted on
12/13/2021 8:57:05 AM PST
by
mylife
(Christmas is cancelled, all the reindeer have Covid and a red nose, Donner and Prancer and Vaxxen)
To: AlaskaErik
I grew up with a bunch of goombahs.
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posted on
12/13/2021 8:58:08 AM PST
by
mylife
(Christmas is cancelled, all the reindeer have Covid and a red nose, Donner and Prancer and Vaxxen)
Christmas eve is feast of the 7 fishes..
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posted on
12/13/2021 8:59:43 AM PST
by
mylife
(Christmas is cancelled, all the reindeer have Covid and a red nose, Donner and Prancer and Vaxxen)
To: mylife
Add a handful of grated cheddar cheese and we’ll each
have a dog.
When younger and the state fair was a genuine EVENT,
the corny dogs sold on the ground were an epicurean
delight. Finding a recipe online, now make a hot dog
casserole, cornbread batter, dog “coins” sauteed with mustard and onions and adding grated cheddar cheese before baking. Almost as good w/o the stick.
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posted on
12/13/2021 9:16:41 AM PST
by
V K Lee
(Our CONSTITUTION. Written with DIVINE assistence by very wise men. A document unlike any other.)
To: V K Lee
I get Greek chili, onions and mustard.
sounds weird but it works!
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posted on
12/13/2021 9:19:12 AM PST
by
mylife
(Christmas is cancelled, all the reindeer have Covid and a red nose, Donner and Prancer and Vaxxen)
To: V K Lee
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posted on
12/13/2021 9:25:43 AM PST
by
mylife
(Christmas is cancelled, all the reindeer have Covid and a red nose, Donner and Prancer and Vaxxen)
To: mylife
Does sound weird. Cinnamon and allspice rather than
jalapenos and chili powder. Mention chili around
these parts and you’d be meaning Texas chili. :)
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posted on
12/13/2021 9:30:41 AM PST
by
V K Lee
(Our CONSTITUTION. Written with DIVINE assistence by very wise men. A document unlike any other.)
To: V K Lee
I have won chili cook offs in Tx ;)
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posted on
12/13/2021 9:38:38 AM PST
by
mylife
(Christmas is cancelled, all the reindeer have Covid and a red nose, Donner and Prancer and Vaxxen)
To: Uncle Miltie
Take the cannolis.
5.56mm
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posted on
12/13/2021 9:47:09 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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