No one really liked the old one all that much.

I'm from Western PA (south west of Pittsburgh, about 40 miles from New Ken) and I can't find sausages or deli meat like what I grew up with

Maybe it was Ricci's sausage?

They were pretty big in the 'Burgh and other Italian sausage tastes wrong to me - still even all these years later.

http://www.riccisausage.net/our-store.html

By the way if you start craving a chipped ham sandwich, and who wouldn't? You can get Isaly's Chipped ham shipped.

https://www.goldbelly.com/isalys?gclid=CjwKCAjwx7DeBRBJEiwA9MeX_A90T3ogh9_ROl2qTrizvhcErfXdt0VDNoYbpUXO5lV8X6j943Q2jhoCfdUQAvD_BwE

Good luck finding fresh Town Talk yellow dinner rolls though

DC. One of the 'standard' grocery store brands, just haven't found it or it's equivalent, so haven't made 'my' simple Ital saus w peppers + tomatoes served with pasta in years; was a family favorite.

I rarely cook now, as it's usually me, home alone, but do miss that dish.

Christ , I remember my mother giving me a dollar - A DOLLAR I TELL YOU- to go down to the local Isaly's to get a pound of chip ham, a loaf of that great Italian bread they had and a dill pickle (what a great pickle it was too) so she could make sandwiches for my dad's brown bag meal he took with him to the mill. And I still might have a dime left over for some ice cream.

I loved Isaly's and all thing with it, especially their famous pyramid ice cream cones and Klondike bars (still available at some local gas-and-go places.

I didn't look - I assumed it was a 5 pound package, which still would be spendy

No sausage bought today tastes like what we bought locally 'back in the day'.
We bought HOT Italian sausage that had the sweat pouring down our faces.