"cheeseburger slider"

[Wilson Gray]

Are "pizza sliders" advertised beyond the boundaries of Pennsylvania?

FWIW, my wife believes that the "slider" originated as a form of
gourmet(!) food in NYC. "Everybody knows that!"

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On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> o...m...g... WHAT a horrifying thought. (Sorry, caps-lock inversion.)
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> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Jonathan Lighter
>> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > slider
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>> Here in PA, a "slider" is a tiny hamburger, perhaps even smaller than
>> a White Castle hamburger, but *far* less delicious.
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>> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
>> to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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