I finally got to eat lunch at about 5pm today as the store was rockin' and I was thinking about sandwiches. Here is a reprise of my top ten sandwiches that I had posted on Althouse some time ago:
My top ten sandwiches of all time.
10. Ham and cheese from Mastellone’s deli. Served on crusty Italian bread with mayo lettuce, tomato and red peppers in vinegar, we use the finest Boars Head ham together with fresh mozzarella.
9. Roast beef au juis from Brennan’s and Carr in Flatbush. Rare roast beef on a Kaiser roll with dipping juice. Heaven.
8. Liverwurst on a hard Kaiser roll from that German Deli whose name I forget in Maspeth Queens. Served with raw onion and spicy mustard. Great with Yoo-hoo.
7 Eggplant parmigiana from the Spumoni Gardens in Bensonhurst. I love the way they toast the bread just this side of burned. Have some Spumoni for dessert.
6. Pastrami on rye from Katz’s deli. What more do I need to say. Comfort food to the max. Don't let the slicer guys give you any crap.
5. Tuna salad from Scotty’s diner on Lexington. Have it with lettuce, tomato and mayo served on a hard roll. The hint of lemon, onion and the chopped celery makes it oh so good.
4. Meatball Parmigiana from Casa Rosa on Court St. Firm juicy meatballs with lots of sauce with fresh mozzarella and a dusting of pecorino Romano. Yummy.
3. Burgers from Suspenders on Broadway. A juicy burger served on a hard roll made up of fresh ground meat hand molded into a half pound burger. Get it with fresh mozzarella, fried onions and mushrooms.
2. A panele sandwich from Fernandos on Union St. between Hicks and Columbia. A panele is chick peas made into a flat pancake which is deep fried and served on a hard crusty seeded role with ricotta and shaved hard provolone. Often served as a potato/panele special in which three potato croquets are added to this heavenly mix. Have it with a rice ball and a frosty mug of Manhattan Special Espresso soda.
1.Potato and eggs the way my mom makes. French fried potato’s coated with eggs served on a crusty piece of Italian bread with salt, pepper and a little pecorino romano. The best. Best with a big pot of coffee. Have lots of napkins. It’s greasy but delicious.
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Saturday, October 18, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Hey here is a reprise of my favorite Westerns!
Per Darcy’s request, here is a reprise of my top ten westerns along with a few honorable mentions that I add to as the weeks go by:
10. She Wore A Yellow Ribbon. I don’t know it this really qualifies as a Western but the themes and the photography are great. I want to include Ford’s cavalry pictures as westerns. The theme of an old warhorse retiring to be replaced by the younger generation is a recurring one in Ford’s later work. John Wayne gives a stellar performance as Captain Nathan Brittles and his cemetery scene where he talks to his wife let me go to my dad’s grave and talk to him without feeling self conscious. The photography and costumes were influenced by the great western artist Fredrick Remington and the shots during the storm were just a lucky break that Ford just kept rolling through. Superb.
9. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Lee Marvin is the best villain that I ever saw. He had this fuck you attitude that was right on the money. Jimmy Stewart can get a little cloying but he had an edge here as the slightly sleazy lawyer who steals the Dukes girl. Woody Strode had another of his great almost silent performances as Pompey. “When the truth disagrees with the Legend, print the Legend.” Or the modern newsman’s motto, “Just make shit up.”
8. Johnny Guitar. Man this is a great movie. Joan Crawford is unbelievable and the dialogue is unreal. Nicholas Ray is a great underrated director.
Johnny: How many men have you forgotten?
Vienna: As many women as you've remembered.
Johnny: Don't go away.
Vienna: I haven't moved.
Johnny: Tell me something nice.
Vienna: Sure, what do you want to hear?
Johnny: Lie to me. Tell me all these years you've waited. Tell me.
Vienna: [without feeling] All those years I've waited.
Johnny: Tell me you'd a-died if I hadn't come back.
Vienna: [without feeling] I woulda died if you hadn't come back.
Johnny: Tell me you still love me like I love you.
Vienna: [without feeling] I still love you like you love me.
Johnny: [bitterly] Thanks. Thanks a lot.
What a great movie chock full with lesbian overtones and the female lead is named after a sausage
7. The Long Riders. A great Walter Hill flick where he had a set of brothers play the members of the James Gang. The gang was actually made up of brothers who had run away to fight with Quantrill during the Civil War. The James and Younger clans were cousins and the Millers and the Fords were part of the extended kinship of intermarriage of rural America. As Cole Younger, David Carradine gave his best performance ever. One of my favorite lines of all time is in this movie.
Belle Starr: Coleman Younger! Seems like you folks are havin' a real nice party in there.
Cole Younger: I expect so, with free food and drink and all.
Belle Starr: How come I wasn't invited?
Cole Younger: 'Cause you're a whore, Belle.
Belle Starr: I might be; but at least I ain't a cheap one
"Cause you’re a whore, Belle." Love it.
6. Unforgiven. A great Clint Eastwood flic that really shows what violence is all about. The performances by Richard Haris and Gene Hackman are great as well. Morgan Freeman overdoes the saintly Negro bit but at least it can serve as a blue print for the Barack Obama campaign. This movie is a distillation of all that Eastwood learned about Westerns throughout his career. The greatest compliment I could give him is that it easily could be a work from Ford or Peckinpaugh. It is by far his best work.
5. Stagecoach is the movie that set the archetypes for almost all subsequent westerns. The whore with the heart of gold. The greedy banker. The southern gentleman fallen on hard times who lives as a gambler and gunman but retains his courtly ways. The drunken doctor who is a truth teller but still a drunk. And most important of all is the Anti-hero. A bad man who does good. A killer who is in the right and does what he has to do. The Ringo Kid as played by John Wayne is the model for hundreds of movies and TV shows and is the archetype of the western hero. In this movie, the shots and the action and the characters set the standard for western movies.
4. Red River is the movie that really made John Wayne a star. His portrayal of Dunson is one of his top three performances and his chemistry with Montgomery Clift is amazing. You could believe that they were father and son. Adopted son but son all the same. This set the tone for all the trail drive movies to follow. The funny part about the movie is that most people assume because it was a Wayne movie that John Ford directed it. The real Director Howard Hawks loved to bust on Ford that he made Wayne a star. Ford would pour his drink over the heads of fans who told them how much they loved Red River. He might have been pissed, but Red River and Stagecoach were the originals that thousands of hacks have copied from for decades.
3. Rio Grande is my sentimental favorite. A great love story with Wayne and Maureen O’hara, the themes of conflict between duty and family is always a favorite. The comic scenes with Victor Mclaglen were stellar as always and the movie could be seen as a metaphor for the war against terror. General Sheridan comes down and tells Colonel York that he has to break the law by crossing into Mexico to stop the attacks by the Apaches. The government might have to disown him but he still has to do the job. It’s fun and lighthearted in an engaging way and better than 90% of the crap we get to watch today.
2. The Magnificent Seven is one of the best action westerns ever made. I much prefer it to the Wild Bunch as it is more stylized and has such a great cast. I mean James Coburn and Charles Bronsen as supporting players. Eli Wallach plays the best “bad tooth” Mexican bandito this side of the Treasure of Sierra Madre. It was a copy of Seven Samurai which Kurasowa has often said was heavily influenced by John Ford’s westerns. So it was a western influenced by an eastern which was influenced by a western. Yul Brenner gave such an iconic performance that he lived off it for years as witness the comic turn it took in Westworld. This is just great popcorn entertainment.
1. The only real agreement I have with AFI is that The Searchers is the best western ever made. Wayne was great as the uncle searching for his niece so that he could kill her because she was ruined by being raped by Scar the Comanche chief. It included most of Fords stock company in their usual roles but they seem sharper and more in tune. This movie has been ripped off in so many ways and so many times that it is impossible to list them all. The themes of lost love and redemption are universal and it is above all great entertainment.
Honorable Mention: Fort Apache, The Gunfighter, The Big Sky, Cheyenne Autumn, The Angel and The Bad Man, The War Wagon, The Daybreakers, Ride the High Country, Will Penny, The Alamo (the one with the Duke of course), Destry Rides Again, The Star Packer, The Tall Horseman, Duel in the Sun, They Died with their Boots On, Drums Along the Mohawk, Rancho Notorious, Major Dundee, Broken Arrow, Lonely are the Brave, The Way West.
10. She Wore A Yellow Ribbon. I don’t know it this really qualifies as a Western but the themes and the photography are great. I want to include Ford’s cavalry pictures as westerns. The theme of an old warhorse retiring to be replaced by the younger generation is a recurring one in Ford’s later work. John Wayne gives a stellar performance as Captain Nathan Brittles and his cemetery scene where he talks to his wife let me go to my dad’s grave and talk to him without feeling self conscious. The photography and costumes were influenced by the great western artist Fredrick Remington and the shots during the storm were just a lucky break that Ford just kept rolling through. Superb.
9. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Lee Marvin is the best villain that I ever saw. He had this fuck you attitude that was right on the money. Jimmy Stewart can get a little cloying but he had an edge here as the slightly sleazy lawyer who steals the Dukes girl. Woody Strode had another of his great almost silent performances as Pompey. “When the truth disagrees with the Legend, print the Legend.” Or the modern newsman’s motto, “Just make shit up.”
8. Johnny Guitar. Man this is a great movie. Joan Crawford is unbelievable and the dialogue is unreal. Nicholas Ray is a great underrated director.
Johnny: How many men have you forgotten?
Vienna: As many women as you've remembered.
Johnny: Don't go away.
Vienna: I haven't moved.
Johnny: Tell me something nice.
Vienna: Sure, what do you want to hear?
Johnny: Lie to me. Tell me all these years you've waited. Tell me.
Vienna: [without feeling] All those years I've waited.
Johnny: Tell me you'd a-died if I hadn't come back.
Vienna: [without feeling] I woulda died if you hadn't come back.
Johnny: Tell me you still love me like I love you.
Vienna: [without feeling] I still love you like you love me.
Johnny: [bitterly] Thanks. Thanks a lot.
What a great movie chock full with lesbian overtones and the female lead is named after a sausage
7. The Long Riders. A great Walter Hill flick where he had a set of brothers play the members of the James Gang. The gang was actually made up of brothers who had run away to fight with Quantrill during the Civil War. The James and Younger clans were cousins and the Millers and the Fords were part of the extended kinship of intermarriage of rural America. As Cole Younger, David Carradine gave his best performance ever. One of my favorite lines of all time is in this movie.
Belle Starr: Coleman Younger! Seems like you folks are havin' a real nice party in there.
Cole Younger: I expect so, with free food and drink and all.
Belle Starr: How come I wasn't invited?
Cole Younger: 'Cause you're a whore, Belle.
Belle Starr: I might be; but at least I ain't a cheap one
"Cause you’re a whore, Belle." Love it.
6. Unforgiven. A great Clint Eastwood flic that really shows what violence is all about. The performances by Richard Haris and Gene Hackman are great as well. Morgan Freeman overdoes the saintly Negro bit but at least it can serve as a blue print for the Barack Obama campaign. This movie is a distillation of all that Eastwood learned about Westerns throughout his career. The greatest compliment I could give him is that it easily could be a work from Ford or Peckinpaugh. It is by far his best work.
5. Stagecoach is the movie that set the archetypes for almost all subsequent westerns. The whore with the heart of gold. The greedy banker. The southern gentleman fallen on hard times who lives as a gambler and gunman but retains his courtly ways. The drunken doctor who is a truth teller but still a drunk. And most important of all is the Anti-hero. A bad man who does good. A killer who is in the right and does what he has to do. The Ringo Kid as played by John Wayne is the model for hundreds of movies and TV shows and is the archetype of the western hero. In this movie, the shots and the action and the characters set the standard for western movies.
4. Red River is the movie that really made John Wayne a star. His portrayal of Dunson is one of his top three performances and his chemistry with Montgomery Clift is amazing. You could believe that they were father and son. Adopted son but son all the same. This set the tone for all the trail drive movies to follow. The funny part about the movie is that most people assume because it was a Wayne movie that John Ford directed it. The real Director Howard Hawks loved to bust on Ford that he made Wayne a star. Ford would pour his drink over the heads of fans who told them how much they loved Red River. He might have been pissed, but Red River and Stagecoach were the originals that thousands of hacks have copied from for decades.
3. Rio Grande is my sentimental favorite. A great love story with Wayne and Maureen O’hara, the themes of conflict between duty and family is always a favorite. The comic scenes with Victor Mclaglen were stellar as always and the movie could be seen as a metaphor for the war against terror. General Sheridan comes down and tells Colonel York that he has to break the law by crossing into Mexico to stop the attacks by the Apaches. The government might have to disown him but he still has to do the job. It’s fun and lighthearted in an engaging way and better than 90% of the crap we get to watch today.
2. The Magnificent Seven is one of the best action westerns ever made. I much prefer it to the Wild Bunch as it is more stylized and has such a great cast. I mean James Coburn and Charles Bronsen as supporting players. Eli Wallach plays the best “bad tooth” Mexican bandito this side of the Treasure of Sierra Madre. It was a copy of Seven Samurai which Kurasowa has often said was heavily influenced by John Ford’s westerns. So it was a western influenced by an eastern which was influenced by a western. Yul Brenner gave such an iconic performance that he lived off it for years as witness the comic turn it took in Westworld. This is just great popcorn entertainment.
1. The only real agreement I have with AFI is that The Searchers is the best western ever made. Wayne was great as the uncle searching for his niece so that he could kill her because she was ruined by being raped by Scar the Comanche chief. It included most of Fords stock company in their usual roles but they seem sharper and more in tune. This movie has been ripped off in so many ways and so many times that it is impossible to list them all. The themes of lost love and redemption are universal and it is above all great entertainment.
Honorable Mention: Fort Apache, The Gunfighter, The Big Sky, Cheyenne Autumn, The Angel and The Bad Man, The War Wagon, The Daybreakers, Ride the High Country, Will Penny, The Alamo (the one with the Duke of course), Destry Rides Again, The Star Packer, The Tall Horseman, Duel in the Sun, They Died with their Boots On, Drums Along the Mohawk, Rancho Notorious, Major Dundee, Broken Arrow, Lonely are the Brave, The Way West.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
My Top Ten Favorite Non Yankee Baseball Players.
10. Eddie Kranepool of the New York Mets. He was my dad’s favorite player so I give him a spot in honor of my daddio. He loved Eddie, a New York kid who played first base for the Mets in the sixties and early seventies. Solid hitter and a great glove he should have been part of the face of the Mets. He is the equivalent of Roy White with the Yankees. A star on weak teams that a lot of fans would look fondly on and should have had a place with the team.
9. Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres. What a great hitter and what a great guy. He was the face of the Padres for decades and was one of the best hitters you would ever find. He spent his entire career in the West in the National League so the only time we got to see him in person was when we swept the Padres in the World Series. Thanks Tony.
8. Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Padres. What a great player. Had one of the best World Series I ever saw. Great arm and superior hitter. Really the first of the moody Latin superstars who stood up for his rights and didn’t give a shit what anyone thought. Died a hero in a plane crash bringing supplies to earthquake victims.
7. Dave Parker of the Pittsburgh Pirates. A big man and a great hitter, he was a star of the “We are Family” Pirates who was one tough dude. He would cut your balls off to win. A great competitor and an all around great player.
6. Don Drysdale of the Los Angles Dodgers. He was a tough competitor who would throw at your head at a moments notice to move you off the plate. The Yankee pitchers should look at his tapes to see how to pitch. A real money pitcher. His greatest accomplishment: supposedly he got a blowjob from Marilyn of the Munsters when he guest starred with Sandy Koufax.
5. Mickey Lolich of the Detroit Tigers. One fat fuck who pitched his ass off and is a role model for all the rest of us fat fucks. When he retired, he opened a bakery. Perfect.
4. Bob Gibson of the St Louis Cardinals. He’s the guy I would pick if I had to have someone pitch if my life was on the line. One tough son of a bitch. He would move his mother off the plate and knock her on her ass if she leaned over the plate. The toughest competitor I ever saw and maybe the best pitcher.
3.Bo Belinsky of the California Angels. He was a shitty pitcher but he banged every starlet in Hollywood back in the day. I mean he was Derek Jeter before there was a Derek Jeter. Never lived up to his potential which was great because when he was on the Angels we always kicked their ass. Now, not so much.
2. Larry Bowa of the Philadelphia Phillies. A real red ass he was a great competitor and a superior shortstop. He was the Billy Martin of his day. He would kill you to win. Became a great third base coach for the Yankees and I hope we can steal him back from the Dodgers. We need him to beat on Robbie Cano to make him pay attention.
1. Gorman Thomas of the Milwaukee Brewers. Home run hitting, beer drinking, ass kicking heart of Harvey’s Wallbangers the great Brewer team of the ‘80’s. He had tons of power and an “I don’t give a fuck attitude” that I wish we could bottle and spray on the current day Yankees.
9. Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres. What a great hitter and what a great guy. He was the face of the Padres for decades and was one of the best hitters you would ever find. He spent his entire career in the West in the National League so the only time we got to see him in person was when we swept the Padres in the World Series. Thanks Tony.
8. Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Padres. What a great player. Had one of the best World Series I ever saw. Great arm and superior hitter. Really the first of the moody Latin superstars who stood up for his rights and didn’t give a shit what anyone thought. Died a hero in a plane crash bringing supplies to earthquake victims.
7. Dave Parker of the Pittsburgh Pirates. A big man and a great hitter, he was a star of the “We are Family” Pirates who was one tough dude. He would cut your balls off to win. A great competitor and an all around great player.
6. Don Drysdale of the Los Angles Dodgers. He was a tough competitor who would throw at your head at a moments notice to move you off the plate. The Yankee pitchers should look at his tapes to see how to pitch. A real money pitcher. His greatest accomplishment: supposedly he got a blowjob from Marilyn of the Munsters when he guest starred with Sandy Koufax.
5. Mickey Lolich of the Detroit Tigers. One fat fuck who pitched his ass off and is a role model for all the rest of us fat fucks. When he retired, he opened a bakery. Perfect.
4. Bob Gibson of the St Louis Cardinals. He’s the guy I would pick if I had to have someone pitch if my life was on the line. One tough son of a bitch. He would move his mother off the plate and knock her on her ass if she leaned over the plate. The toughest competitor I ever saw and maybe the best pitcher.
3.Bo Belinsky of the California Angels. He was a shitty pitcher but he banged every starlet in Hollywood back in the day. I mean he was Derek Jeter before there was a Derek Jeter. Never lived up to his potential which was great because when he was on the Angels we always kicked their ass. Now, not so much.
2. Larry Bowa of the Philadelphia Phillies. A real red ass he was a great competitor and a superior shortstop. He was the Billy Martin of his day. He would kill you to win. Became a great third base coach for the Yankees and I hope we can steal him back from the Dodgers. We need him to beat on Robbie Cano to make him pay attention.
1. Gorman Thomas of the Milwaukee Brewers. Home run hitting, beer drinking, ass kicking heart of Harvey’s Wallbangers the great Brewer team of the ‘80’s. He had tons of power and an “I don’t give a fuck attitude” that I wish we could bottle and spray on the current day Yankees.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Why did I stop making lists.
A couple of months ago I was making all kinds of lists. My favorite Yankees. My favorite Giants. My favorite sandwiches. I want to do a little more of that. It is good blog fodder. And it's not about politics. Thank God.
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