Devo,

I tried my darnedest (sp?) to activate the Philadelphia and New Jersey forums and got no where. Bestgfe.com has an active following in these areas and it is unlikely that the currently dormant board will ever have traction in those areas.

Monk,

You ole shutterbug, thanks for response and you certainly are right that lobster rolls beat sausage rolls. The last one I had in Cambridge this past summer was 23 frikkin' dollars!! but I think the lobster roll is the highest and best use of lobster (but I haven't had it poached in butter). I even had one in a McDonald's in Vermont about 15 years ago. I mean, who could pass up the experience of having a lobster roll at McDonald's? It wasn't bad for $3.95. In fact lobster rolls play an important part in my hobbying shtick, but that's another thread.

But I want to give you and your Texas cohorts a culinary payback that has been described as a "riff on the Texas Tommy." It's a sandwich called the "Tuscan Tony" comprised of a grilled hot dog with grilled salami (I used soppresatta), aged Provolone cheese, and, check this out, Bolognese sauce, all on an Italian or Portugese roll. I now have two quarts of home- made Bolognese sauce and six hot dogs so I may have to make lasagna.

See, we all can get along, can't we?

P.S. Noraqi Jaqi was manning the fort this week but I couldn't pull the trigger because of scheduling issues. Damn it.

Awl4knot