A Surprise package from New Castle PA

Received a public comment from a Blog that I posted on a favorite hometown event

" The Apple Castle Festival "

http://activerain.com/blogsview/736683/-apple-castle-festival-in-new-castle-lawrence-county-pa-a-fall-fun-day-

This commenter wanted to surprise her husband for Father's Day and send him apples from the Apple Castle. He was a one time resident of New Castle. It just made me think about our small town and how the people that have moved away, never fail to remember the little things...events, places, good times and the food.

All this is woven into the fabric of the New Castle Life....they are the .

pleasures we take for granted..until they are not at our finger tips anymore...and all we have left is but the memory.

I remember telling someone " My dad would never leave New Castle, unless he could take Coney Island Hot Dog Shop, May's Donuts and De Rosa (fresh baked daily) Italian bread with him...so forget about him leaving New Castle " It it funny huh, what makes a hometown unforgettable.

The statement below is from the web site www.visitPa.com

Coney Island Hot Dogs
Since the early 1920's, Coney Island has been serving their famous hot dogs via their downtown New Castle PA location. Historians remember cooks stacking up to 20 hot dogs on their forearms in order to speed up the addition of condiments (it gets that busy!) Over the years Coney Island has grown into multiple locations and continues to be one of the most popular hot dog destinations in America.

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(As far as I know there are only two original " Coney Island Ho Dog Shops "

not multiple shops. The owners have never been interested in expanding or selling their famous recipe.

May I add ... the forearm thing was before the days of food handlers wearing latex gloves.....funny no one cared and no one died.

But then ....that was another time in history...... a different world than now.

I recently sent my brother in North Carolina a surprise package.

A box of dry ice packed with Coney Island chile sauce , frankfurters

( the dogs in the south are not like the ones up north} mustard, buns and even the onion.

Do I have to tell you ..........this LOVER of the Coney Island Dog, my brother was ecstatic.

He did call me to thank me and added laughingly

" you know we can buy mustard, buns and onions down here in North Carolina "

We laughed but .....I think he missed the whole point of my surprise !

The whole point of this post is that even though our small towns are minus the grandeur of what our big city cousins have to offer. it really doesn't matter. To us little townees it is our hometown, we too own a little corner of the map...and we love it ! I am not sure who to thank for the wonderful blog post on New Castle and Coney Island ,

but it is a great read about our " Little Famous Shop"

http://feedmeplz.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/mp-coney-island-new-castle-pa/

If I still have your attention...how about a quick tour of our fair city?