Hooker & JoJo (Potatoes)

[Sam Clements]

Barry,

When did "broasted chicken" become a phrase?  That might be a clue.  Here in
Northern Ohio chicken and JoJo's only come together.  And I think they were
here in 1972 when I arrived.
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>    Happy (Jewish) New Year.
>    Just back from a visit with the family...My cousin has two beautiful,
> smart daughters.  One is a junior at Yale.  The other--17 and more of a
knockout
> than Cameron Diaz--just scored 760 and 800 on her SATs.  She's applying to
> Yale.  Lucky Yale!  Hot dog!  That school would be nothing without me and
my
> family!
>
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> HOOKER
>
>    Yes, "hooker" is wrong again today.  Does someone hide dictionaries and
> internet search engines from journalists?  And when a newspaper is
informed of
> an error, can't they simply correct it?
>    Do you have to sue them to tell the truth?
>
>
>    27 September 2003, NEW YORK POST, pg. 19, col. 1:
> _Spare the Blushes_
> _At the National Mall_
>    DALE McFEATTERS
>    IF Abaham Lincoln had been looking out over the National Mall on Sept.
4,
> he would have seen a gyrating Britney Spears being partially undressed by
male
> dancers in Redskins jerseyd.
> (...)
>    So when Lincoln looked out on the Mall, what did he see?
> (...)
>    And swarms of prostitutes.  Union Gen. Joe Hooker, while refitting the
> Army of the Potomac in Washington, tried mightily to chase them away from
his
> soldiers.  (For his troubles, his name became a slang common noun for
> practitioners of the oldest profession.)
> (...)
> E-mail: McFeattersD at SHNS.com
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> JOJO POTATOES
>
>    Still no CHICAGO TRIBUNE or PUCK from ProQuest.  Only about 10 more
months
> until August, when promised.
>    NYU now has FACTIVA available again, without need for an NYU ID.
Here's
> "jojo potatoes," FWIW.  A Seattle, Washington specialty?
>
>
> (FACTIVA)
> LIFESTYLE
> Goldenrod eggs breakfast from past
> Marcia O. Burg
> 958 words
> 9 May 1990
> Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
> D3
> (...)
>
> DEAR MARCIA: Can you provide me with a recipe  for Jo-Jo potatoes, which I
> tasted in Springfield, Mo.?   - Mary Browning, Colorado Springs
>
> The last time we published a method for making these  crispy browned
wedges -
> Sept. 28, 1988 - I understood the  dish was a Seattle Wash., specialty.
> Apparently it's gone  national!
>
> JO-JO POTATOES
>
> 6 large unpeeled baking potatoes, thoroughly scrubbed
>
> Salad oil
>
> Garlic salt, paprika and/or other herbs or herb mixtures  (no monosodium
> glutamate)
>
> Halve potatoes lengthwise, then cut each half in 4 wedges. Parboil 5
minutes;
> drain well, and brush cut surfaces lightly  with oil. Sprinkle with
> seasonings and bake in preheated  350-degree oven till tender, golden
brown and crisp.
> Serve  hot as a snack or side dish.
>