Welcome to Baltimore

[erika]

Since it's the hot hot summertime I thought I'd make mention of the Baltimore phenomena that is the Snowball:




I had a chocolate snowball with marshmallow in the middle this weekend and it hit the spot like nothing else. Next time I'm gonna mix it up and have them mix cherry flavor in with the chocolate and the marshmallow. Divine.

(list of snowball stands in MD: http://www.geocities.com/billpoul/ListBaltSnoBalls.html)

[Sarah]

So this is a snow cone in a Styrofoam cup as opposed to a nice biodegradable paper cone?  Fie!

[erika]

So this is a snow cone in a Styrofoam cup as opposed to a nice biodegradable paper cone?  Fie!

hmmm sorta. Sometimes they're in a paper cup. But the ice and flavoring is a little different (flavoring is thicker and the ice is more chippy) than a snow cone.

plus, you can get ice cream or marshmallow stuffed into the middle of all those tasty icee chips.

the one i ate this weekend was in a coated paper cup.

[Sarah]

Hell, for all I know, snow cones may be served in Styrofoam nowadays.  It's been a long, long time since I had one.

[Reggie]

graffitti on our back wall


Half and Half (half iced tea half lemonade)

Lake trout subs

"Variety Store" across the street that says "DEATH B4 DISHONOR" in the window.

Little kids calling me Santa Claus when I had a beard, and declaring themselves to be members of the "Black KKK" who were going to rob me of my presents.

[Reggie]

Oh yeah, BEAN PIES!

And True Vine is a way cooler record store than Soundgarden.

[Josh]

Half and Half (half iced tea half lemonade)

Do you folks call it an Arnold Palmer?

[Reggie]

maybe white people do.

[LostInReno]

[erika]

Half and Half (half iced tea half lemonade)

Do you folks call it an Arnold Palmer?

maybe white people do.

Well, I'm a white person and I tend to go back and forth between the "Arnold Palmer" and the "Half and Half" so does that somehow make me confused about my race?

Also, does anyone else remember these:



You suck the lemon juice through the peppermint stick and it tastes like lemonade. I always used to get them from Lexington Market.

[dave from knoxville]

Randy Newman once wrote an upbeat ditty about Baltimore, but I can't think of any clever visual to tag to it.

This is as close as I can get. Man, it's hard just to listen.

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[Josh Fenderman]

some of my favorite Baltimore-ish things:

That looks amazing.  What is it?

[erika]

It's called rainbow cake and it's really popular in jewish deli's and restaurants. it's dense, almond flavored cake with raspberry jelly in the middle and it's dipped in chocolate shell/icing type stuff. Sometimes they put chocolate in place of the raspberry but it doesn't taste as good IMHO.

It's popular in NY and NJ too but whenever I eat it it makes me think of home.

[Reggie]

even though it says "Carolina" on them, I am going to include these:



I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!

[Susannah]

It's called rainbow cake and it's really popular in jewish deli's and restaurants. it's dense, almond flavored cake with raspberry jelly in the middle and it's dipped in chocolate shell/icing type stuff. Sometimes they put chocolate in place of the raspberry but it doesn't taste as good IMHO.

It's popular in NY and NJ too but whenever I eat it it makes me think of home.

This was a childhood staple for me at my grandfather's house in Belleville, NJ (07109). Thanks for reminding me of it, Erika!