MEMORIES: Earl Gould writes, “”I just finished reading the
recipes from Carole Longo Harris. In one she mentioned ‘hearty
Italian bread.’ Oh, the fond memories of that hard-crusted,
soft-in-the-center Italian bread my parents would buy at a store in
Bradford. Can’t find that quality in the Washington, D.C.,
area.””[neWLine]
“”I remember one afternoon, as a very young kid, while riding in
the back seat with the groceries, the aroma overwhelmed me and I
could not resist digging into the slit side of the loaf and pulling
out the soft white bread inside.[neWLine]
“”Unfortunately, I did not stop with one or two pulls. Seemed I
gutted the entire inside of the loaf by the time we reached our
home. Dad was about to mete out some significant punishment when my
mother reminded him that he, too, liked to dig inside the loaf on
occasion.[neWLine]
“”Several years ago I found a real Italian grocery store (family
owned) on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C.[neWLine]
“”They sold real Italian goods and have one heck of a sandwich
business that attracts police officers, firefighters, FBI agents,
Secret Service agents, Congressman, Senators and their staff
members. At lunch the line stretches out the door and several feet
down the sidewalk.[neWLine]
“”The big draw is the hard-crusted Italian style rolls they make
the sandwiches with. It’s my lunch time stop everytime I’m
downtown. Brings back memories of Bradford
everytime.””[neWLine]
Judith dePonceau writes, “”I loved Mount Jewett, and I guess
it’s pretty quiet there now, but once it was a noisy place. I grew
up not knowing that there were places without the thump, thump,
thump, in the night, from wells all over the hills.””[neWLine]
“”A railroad freight yard, with whistles, then diesel horns,
every time an engine got near one of the three crossings, going
back and forth, hooking up cars, bang, bang, bang, then bang in the
other direction.[neWLine]
“”Plus the throbbing of the engines the whole time. Day and
night. Tannery whistle, morning, noon and afternoon. Saw mill, with
saws whining, Boss Linco trucks going through, Piper Cubs flying
over town.[neWLine]
“”School bells and church bells, streets full of kids running
and playing noisy games or sliding down hills; dogs barking. I
don’t remember anyone complaining about the noise.””
