Mush; Brooklyn Historical Society; David Shulman

[Wilson Gray]

On Sep 24, 2004, at 2:36 AM, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

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> A Brooklyn post.
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> MUSH
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> For anyone doing a "hot dog" book or a book on regional Americanisms.
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> http://www.brooklyn.net/my_bklyn/my_bklyn_139.html
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>> How many of you remember the "mush"? For a nickel one could by a
>> frank with
>> mustard and sauerkraut; however for those of us who didn't have that
>> much
>> money there existed a two cents deal. It consisted of the hot dog
>> roll, mustard
>> and sauerkraut. I still love to see if any of the people who sell hot
>> dogs
>> know what a mush is because I am a vegetarian. Sometimes I can still
>> buy this
>> for as little a quarter.
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> http://www.lampos.com/brooklyn.htm
> Mush (pronounced MOOSH): A sandwich made on a hot dog roll with
> sauerkraut
> but without the frank.

In St. Louis, if the frank is added, what you have is a "frank(furter)
sandwich." In order to make a hot dog, you have to use a wiener.

-Wilson Gray

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> BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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> They'd promised to re-open the library in the fall of 2004.
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> Fuggedaboutit.
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> DAVID SHULMAN
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> Brooklynite ADS member David Shulman (almost 92) entered the hospital
> last
> weekend with shortness of breath.
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> I think he's OK again. He told me that he has some new poems...
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