Interesting, after many years of not hearing his voice I found Arthur Schwartz’ (the old NY Daily News food editor and WOR talk show host) podcast. I think it was his last episode where he spoke about how people will always love what they grew up with with regards to food. Can’t think of a better example than you two!
Elsewhere, someone else was making fun of Peter Luger steak sauce for, horror of horrors, having corn syrup. I always have a jar of the stuff in the fridge, and maybe use it once a year. But when I do it takes me back to the first time I enjoyed the wonder that was Lugers and slathered that stuff all over the tomato and onions, and used it instead of cocktail sauce on the shrimp. If I never ate at the place and saw it in my supermarket I’d probably never try it either.
