Jazz; Lexical Database; Poseidon Bakery and Greek goodies

Sun May 16 03:02:31 UTC 2004

   NYU Bobst library is closed all weekend.  It had better have the Chicago 
Tribune when I check on Monday.  I hate to ask Fred for "upside-down cake," 
"club(house) sandwich," "pizza," "bagel," "goetta," "ice cream cone,"  and such.
   Just got back from the great Ninth Avenue International Food Street Fair, 
37-57th streets.  It's still a lot of corn dogs and funnel cakes kinds of 
stuff.

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JAZZ

   Congratulations for Fred's CHICAGO TRIBUNE 1915 "jazz" find.  I sent 
copies to rec.music.jazz, Nat Hentoff through the Village Voice 
(www.villagevoice.com),  NY Sun jazz columnist Will Friedwald (unclefreeds at nyc.rr.com), Lewis 
Porter of Rutgers (Lrpjazz at aol.com), and Gerald Cohen's friend at 
debjazz at uchicago.edu.  Everyone should get the message within 24 hours.  
   Eventually, I'll even e-mail the devil--otherwise known as the Chicago 
Tribune reader ombudsman.
   Keep in mind to look for "jaz" and "jass" as well as "jazz," and that 
explanations later than 1915 can still be very useful.

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LEXICAL DATABASE SOFTWARE

   I'll soon need some for my food dictionary.
   Try this query over at DSNA, the Dictionary Society of North America.

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POSEIDON BAKERY

   Something to munch on while watching TROY.
   The CHICAGO TRIBUNE and the NEW YORK TIMES both represent cities with 
large Greek populations and should help as I research these Greek food terms.

(GOOGLE GROUPS)
From: Sheryl Rosen (mandycat at webtv.net)
Subject: Re: American pastry stinks! 
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
Date: 1998/10/03 

Curly Sue wrote:
>OK, I can go to a Greek bakery and try>baklava. I can go to a Jewish bakery 
and>try rugelach, both of which I have done as>I live in NYC. Well, I like 
both of those>pastries but not enough to go out of my>way to a) buy them often or 
b) make them>myself. >Now what? Did I choose the wrong>things? I'll test it 
out tomorrow. I live close>to a Greek bakery but usually put my>blinders on 
when I go by :>

Do you live near Poseidon bakery, on 9th Avenue???? Oh..I loved the stuff 
when I worked in NYC!  Every May, my friends and I would go to the 9th Avenue 
Food Festival..... and I always got dessert at Poseidon's stand.... 
Kourabides..(the yummy almond crescents, topped with powdered sugar), their Baklava...and 
the their honey-soaked farina cake....mmmmmmmmmmmmm!

(GOOGLE)
New York's Premier Alternative Newspaper. Arts, Music, Food ...
... By Gabriella Gershenson. Poseidon Bakery 629 9th Ave. (betw. 44th & 45th 
Sts.), 212-757-6173.
The Poseidon Bakery in Hell’s Kitchen was empty when I arrived. ... 
www.nypress.com/17/6/food/foos2.cfm - 34k - Cached - Similar pages 

The city guide to entertainment, restaurants, events, hotels ...
... bakeries in the city. Poseidon Bakery 629 9th Ave, New York, NY A
slice of Astoria, just off Times Square. Cupcake Cafe 522 9th ... 
newyork.citysearch.com/ roundup/38738?cslink=profile_edroundup_1_2_noncust&
ulink=profile_2_edroundup_2... - 56k - Cached - Similar pages 

eGullet.com -> Great NYC Bakeries
... Group: Members Posts: 40 Member No.: 14493 Joined: 11-January 04, If you 
like Greek
pasteries I recommend Poseidon Bakery (212-757-6173) on 9th Ave between 44th 
... 
forums.egullet.com/index.php?showtopic=41714 - 49k - Cached - Similar pages 

Manhattan User's Guide > Archives > Greek Dossier
... Foods Between Ninth Avenue International, 543 9th [40th/41st] 
212.279.1000, and
Poseidon Bakery, 629 9th [44th/45th] 212.757.6173, you should be able to ... 
www.manhattanusersguide.com/ archives_content.php?contentID=041403&
category=arts - 30k - Cached - Similar pages 

Compare Prices and Read Reviews on New York City at Epinions.com
... Poseidon Bakery is my favorite Greek Bakery in Manhattan. Many people “
discover”
Poseidon Bakery at... Read the full review. Product Rating: ... 
www.epinions.com/trvl-Dest-United_States-New_York-NYC/ 
display_~reviews/1_~opinion_list/pp_~3?0=sec - 52k - Cached - Similar pages 

Chowhound's "What's My Craving?" Message Board: Re(2): Phyllo ...
... Posted by Chorus Girl on January 27, 2004 at 10:21:06 Message: My God, is 
the
Poseidon Bakery still in business? I used to buy baklava there 1963-1966. ... 

www.chowhound.com/boards/crave/messages/15823.html - 5k - Cached - Similar 
pages 

(GOOGLE)
http://www.poseidonbakery.com/about.html
http://www.wheresyourhead.com/poseidon/about.html

http://www.poseidonbakery.com/pastries.html
http://www.wheresyourhead.com/poseidon/pastries.html
>Baklava--The traditional Greek pastry of layered chopped almonds, walnuts, 
and crisp phyllo drenched in honey.
>Trigona--An almond paste triangle wrapped in phyllo with honey syrup.
>Afali--Also known as "Bird's Nest" has a roll of chopped pistachios 
surrounded by phyllo and dipped in honey.
>Kataif--Often mistaken for shredde wheat, Kataif is a treat of shredded 
dough surrounding crushed walnuts and almonds dipped in honey.
>Galactobouriko--Our famous rich custard pastry.

http://www.poseidonbakery.com/ps.html
http://www.wheresyourhead.com/poseidon/ps.html
>Tiropita--Cheese pie with ricotta, cream cheese, feta and mint.
>Kreatopita--Beeef pie with special seasonings.
>Menina Mash--Vegetable pie with spinach, potatoes, cabbage, onion and 
spices.

http://www.poseidonbakery.com/hs.html
http://www.wheresyourhead.com/poseidon/hs.html
For Christmas--"Christopsoumou"  A triditonal Greek delight made with yeast, 
eggs, butter and secret flavors.
New Year's--"Vasilopita"  A traditional New Year's specialty.  Baked with the 
year written on top of the bread "2003" and a coin baked inside for good 
luck.

http://www.poseidonbakery.com/cookies.html
http://www.wheresyourhead.com/poseidon/cookies.html
>Finikia--A crushed almond and walnut cookie dipped in honey.
>Kourambiedies--A rich butter almond cookie, buried in powdered sugar...it 
melts in your mouth!
>Koulourakia--A light, crispy cookie with sesame seeds, a favorite with 
coffee.
>Patellie--Sesame candy with almonds and pistachios

TRIGONA + BAKERY--109 Google hits, 3 Google Groups hits
AFALI + BAKERY--2 Google hits (about Poseidon), 0 Google Groups hits
KATAIF--308 Google hits, 7 Google Groups hits
GALACTOBOURIKO--89 Google hits, 22 Google Groups hits
GALAKTOMBOURIKO--52 Google hits, 0 Google Groups hits
GALAKTOBOUREKO--959 Google hits, 123 Google Groups hits
TIROPITA--2,030 Google hits, 139 Google Groups hits
KREATOPITA--232 Google hits, 17 Google Groups hits
CHRISTOPSOMO--341 Google hits, 9 Google Groups hits
VASILOPITA--1,870 Google hits, 42 Google Groups hits
FINIKIA- + GREEK--759 Google hits, 23 Google Groups hits
KOURABIEDES--1,840 Google hits, 115 Google Groups hits
KOULOURAKIA--1,800 Google hits, 95 Google Groups hits

OED:
TRIGONA--not in OED
AFALI--not in OED
KATAIF--not in OED
GALAKTOBOUREKO--not in OED
TIROPITA--not in OED
KREATOPITA--not in OED
CHRISTOPSOMO--not in OED
VASILOPITA--not in OED
FINIKIA--not in OED
KOURABIEDES--not in OED
KOULOURAKIA--not in OED

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ONION BLOOMS

ONION BLOOMS--234 Google hits, 5 Google Groups hits
BLOOMING ONIONS--977 Google hits, 248 Google Groups hits

   "Onion blooms" were sold at the Texas Grill at the Ninth Avenue fair.  I 
discussed "blooming onions," but not "onion blooms."

(WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)
Frederick Post - 3/8/2002   
...The students learned how to fry BLOOMING ONIONS and later were..
Frederick, Maryland Friday, March 08, 2002  764 k       

Oshkosh Daily Northwestern - 7/6/1954   
...with an unusual entry consisting of ONION BLOOMS and quack grass which..
Oshkosh, Wisconsin Tuesday, July 06, 1954  970 k    

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CALIFORNIA ROLL

   I just checked the OED for its date on this.  "California roll" is not 
there!!
   Sixteen years ago I got a "No Standing Anytime" parking ticket, and no 
sign was there, and I requested city records, and that took eight months, and the 
records showed that no such sign was ever there, and I was still found 
guilty, and I also had to pay penalties for the city being eight months' late, and I 
appealed, and everything was affirmed, and so I do parking tickets, in a room 
with no air, for little money, and I've done more parking tickets than anyone 
in this history of the Parking Violations Bureau...