Pastrama (1914); Chicken Kiev; Chicago Piano & Chicago Typewriter

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PASTRAMAM/PASTRAMI (continued)

   Congratulations to Sam for finding that 1912 "pastrami" variant in
Newspaperarchive.  Here's one more "pastrami."


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
BEEF MEN ALL DENY FIXING HIGHER PRICE; District Attorney Opens Food Inquiry
Before Magistrate McAdoo. KOSHER DELICATESSEN UP Dealers Charge That Five
Manufacturers Have Raised Prices -- Mayor's Committee Acts.
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Aug 21, 1914. p. 5 (1
page) :
   ...from the local market came the complaint of the Kocher delicatessen men
that the manufacturers had put up prices.  Pastrama, they said, had been
raised from 36 to 42 cents a pound, salami from 18 to 22 cents, bologna from 15 to
16 cents, roiled beef from 36 cents to 40 cents and breasts of beef from 36
cents to 40 cents.

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GREEK SALAD

   Nothing much new, even with the Chicago Tribune added.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
    1.  'DUKE' AGAIN CHOSEN MAYOR OF 2D AV.; Wins in Ballot Held in Abe's
Restaurant Kitchen, While Chickens Disappear. WINNER PAYS FOR THE FOWL And
Departs Amid an Ovation as Madiskl Concedes His Second Defeat.
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Sep 4, 1922. p. 8 (1
page) :
   Rabeles's Sunday dinner patrons are fond of roast chicken and roast duck.
A Sunday dinner on Second Avenue is not complete unless it begins with
chopped chicken liver, chopped herring or Greek salad, marked on the menu as
"appetizer."

    2.  Comic 6 -- No Title
Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Apr 18, 1923. p. 23 (1
page)
WINNIE WINKLE, THE BREADLINNER:  Better Add Pork and Beans, Winnie
Panel Three:  WE'LL START WITH RUSSIAN CAVIAR THEN SCOTCH BROTH, SPANISH
MACKEREL, ENGLISH MUTTON-CHOP, GREEK SALAD, ITALIAN SPUMONI, FRENCH PASTRY AND
TURKISH COFFEE!

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KNISH

   See also my "knisch" post in the ADS-L archives.  Nothing new in the
Chicago Tribune here.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
RIVINGTON ST. SEES WAR.; Rival Restaurant Men Cut Prices on the Succulent
Knish.
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jan 27, 1916. p. 7 (1
page)

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CHICKEN KIEV

   For what it's worth.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
News of Capital Night Clubs
By Mary Harris. The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Oct 26,
1938. p. X16 (1 page) :
   A rare morsel is Troika's breast of chicken a la Kieff.  The commendable
Mr. Kieff seems to have been the Ziegfeld of chicken breast.

Front Views and Profiles; "De Gustibus..."
June Provines. Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Oct 6, 1939.
p. 28 (1 page) :
   Chicken Kiev at The Yar--breast of chicken with so much butter inside it
spurts out when your fork goes in.

Chefs Reveal a Fondness for Plain Dishes
Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Mar 16, 1939. p. 18 (1
page) :
   Michael A. Thompson, who has been a chef for twelve of his thirty-two
years, is in charge of the kitchen at the Yar.  His favorite recipe is chicken a
la Kiev, which he introduced to Chicago, he says, ten yearss ago.  It is
chicken-breast with sweet butter and prepared in a fashion which Mr. Thompson has no
intention of bandying about.  He says he's told a few other chefs how to make
it and that's enough.

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CHICAGO TYPEWRITER

   The HDAS (HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG) has 1963, citing Eric
Partridge).  I thought I'd do even better than the below.  I haven't checked
Newspaperarchive.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
Police Dump Guns in Sea; Confiscated Weapons Range From 'Shorties' to
'Chicago Typewriters'
Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Jul 18, 1940. p.
A10 (1 page) :
   Extracted from the hip pockets of sundry "bad eggs," or jerked
unceremoniously from shoulder holsters, some 1500 confiscated lethal weapons ranging from
"belly guns" to "Chicago typewriters" were dumped into the deep blue Pacific
yesterday.

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CHICAGO PIANO

   The HDAS has 1941.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
Chicago's Turn
The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Jul 14, 1938. p. 11 (1
page) :
   HELLO!  Whose cat has kittens now!  Only a week or two ago, the British
admiralty was proudly demonstrating to King George its new eight-barreled
antiaircraft guns, "Chicago pianos," calculated to blow hostile bombing planes to
kingdom come.  And named, forsooth, after the sawed-off shotguns and the
"Tommy-guns" of Chicago's former gangsters.
(...)  _(Chicago Herald and Examiner.)_