August 2010
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The Melting Pot
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| Chuck Wiseman sings with Greg Russell in Harbourtown circa 1979. |
Chuck Wiseman submitted this month’s recipe for Runzas.
Ingredients:
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
1/2 cup sugar
2, 1/4-ounce packages active dry yeast
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 lb. lean ground beef
2 small onions, chopped
4 cups chopped cabbage
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
In a large mixing bowl, place 1 3/4 cups four, sugar, yeast and salt. Heat milk, water and shortening to 125 degrees. Pour over four mixture and add the eggs. Beat with electric mixer on low until blended. Beat additional 3 minutes on high. Stir in remaining flour and knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place dough in greased bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled (about 1 hour).
Brown beef and onions in skillet. Add cabbage, salt and pepper and cook until cabbage is wilted. Punch dough down, roll into 12, 6-inch squares. Top each square with 1/3 cut of meat mixture. Fold into triangles. Pinch edges tightly to seal and place on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve hot.
Chuck tells us this is the traditional 1970s/80s recipe his mom used, although when she was too whacked out on Tab Cola and Dexatrim she would just buy the crescent rolls in the tube for the dough and then follow the instructions on the tube. Mom served them up with Kool Menthol 100s and White Zin. Ahhh . . . the lost decades.
The “real” Runzas story:
In Kansas, folks favor handheld meat pies called bierocks while their neighbors in Nebraska prefer krautranzen, sold as Runzas by a locally headquartered restaurant chain. But in North Dakota, settled early on by Black Sea Germans from Russia, the specialty of choice is fleischkuechle [fly-sh-keeK-la] (fleisch translates as “meat” and kuechle as “dough” or “bread”). Little-known outside the region, fleischkuechle are composed of meat that’s seasoned, encased in dough and then deep-fried to a rich golden crispness. One is tempted to refer to them as North Dakota’s version of the all-American hamburger.
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Street Meet serves up a menu of street-inspired foods that come from the melting pot of street vendors around the country. So we invite you, our customers, to submit your favorite “Street Food” recipes to be featured here in our monthly newsletter. Who knows – it might make it onto our Specials menu as well! To submit your recipe to be featured, e-mail us at info@streetmeethhi.com
Yes, this really happened!
David Strickler, a 23-year-old pharmacist apprentice created the first banana split at Tassel Pharmacy in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in 1904. It is truly the world’s first anti-depressant!
In 1935, Pabst Blue Ribbon created the world’s first Beer Cam. Incidentally, PBR is the not-so-secret ingredient in the Street Meet fish fry.
Where's the Meet?
Saturday, August 21 11am-4pm — HawkFest
Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn
All proceeds benefit Strive to Excel.
Food, local entertainment, contests, waterslides,
games, a mechanical bull and more.
Click the logo for more info
Every Tuesday, Summer Jams at Shelter Cove Park
Street Trivia
The Cuban sandwich was created in Tampa, Florida in 1900 by Cuban textile workers. What did they use to press and toast the bread?
The first person to e-mail the correct answer to info@streetmeethhi.com will win a $20 gift certificate to Street Meet!
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