“I think you mean “pitza”. Scamutz is the whey portion of mozzarella that’s put on pitza, sausage or meatball hoagies, etc. I’m from slightly north of there, and I had never heard of it until I moved southwest of Luzerne County and was exposed more to Hazleton traditions.”
Pitza, no doubt. We just ordered, and the proprietor brought it to the table and pointed out that it was “real scamutz”. We looked at him kinda funny and smiled, LOL.
Isn’t there a real killer bakery in Hazleton? I may be confusing it with somewhere else, but there’s one somewhere around there that could put weight on an anorexic just from a walk-through.
I live about 20 minutes west of Hazleton, but don’t get over there too often, so I can’t answer about the bakery. But if you find out what the name is, let me know!
Senapes Pitza and Tavern is the one most talk about. The Hazleton I knew was the most wonderful place if you liked Italian and Slavic (Hunky as they say up there) foods.
You had Senapes and Longos bakeries making "cold pitz", until you had it fresh with a cold beer you haven't been to heaven. Every Friday the Greek Catholic churches had the ladies making pirogies. Carmens Italian-American restaurant, homemade pasta and the best Beef Braciola and Baked Ziti you could ever want. Coney Island Restaurant and Jimmy's Hot Lunch had chilli dogs that would make you weep for more. There was always a fight over who had the best dogs.
That wasn't all, it has been said there was a church, a bar and a bowling alley on every block in the Hazleton, Freeland, McAdoo area and that was almost true, so many small bars had their own great food and every summer the churches had their block parties and lots and lots of delicious potato cakes.