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1 8th October 22:58
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In a book by John Edge "Donuts:An American Passion", he mentions the
favorite food in Leadville, Co are/were "Little Pittsburgh Donuts."
Anyone know how they came to be called that. The only reference on the
internet is reference to his statement in the book. I live in
Pittsburgh and that is why I am wondering. Arbuckle coffee was made in
Pittsburgh, and it is known as the "coffee that won the west" over a
hundred years ago, so I wondered if there was any relationship between
the two.

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Tom
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2 8th October 22:59
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This has nothing to do with your question, but foods deep fried
at a high altitude are often unusually good examples of their type.
Some of the best fries I've ever had were in Centennial, Wyoming.

Steve
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3 8th October 23:00
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Oh pshaw, on Sat 09 Sep 2006 07:18:50p, Steve Pope meant to say...

Do you happen to know the reason?

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4 9th October 23:38
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No, I don't, and while I've proposed building a vacuum deep
fryer to try to replicate the phenomenon at sea level, this
has never been done. The opposite -- a pressurized deep fryer,
or broaster -- is pretty common. (At least, that's what I
understand a broaster to be.)

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5 9th October 23:38
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Oh pshaw, on Sat 09 Sep 2006 08:08:31p, Steve Pope meant to say...


Yes, you're right about the broaster. It makes very good fried chicken.
Can't say what it would do to potatoes.

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6 15th October 12:28
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I've never heard of them, either. Maybe they meant Pittsburg (no
"H") California, Kansas, or New Hampshire.

Write the Pittsburgh Press or Post-Gazette's food section editors
and ask.

-sw
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7 15th October 12:28
christopher helms
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There was a Little Pittsburgh Mine in Leadville. Maybe that has
something to do with it.

http://www.narrowgauge.org/ngc/graph...p/dspp0021.jpg
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8 15th October 12:28
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Christopher Helms said...

They sliced their donuts in half and inserted ham, cheese, cole slaw,
tomato and french fries.

That's how Leadville got it's name! As a result, because of it's after-
effects, the term "get the lead out" was coined!

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9 15th October 12:29
steve wertz
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Which is suspiciously identical (except for the donut) to a
Primanti Brothers sandwich - from Pittsburgh, PA.

The plot thickens.

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10 15th October 12:29
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Here - let me beat you to it...

Doh!

-sw (still kinda buzzed from last night)
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