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PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 6 days ago

Grocery store in Harlem, New York, USA, 1940

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Grocery store in Harlem, New York, USA, 1940

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PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 6 days ago
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  • √𝛂𝛋𝛆@piefed.world
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    delicatessen (plural delicatessens)
    A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.

    Maybe it is regional or I’m oblivious, but I have never heard that term before.

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      Deli?

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        Yeah, but have you ever seen or heard someone use “delicatessen?”

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          A lot of old (or old style, also sometimes Jewish) delis still use the full word, especially in the eastern U.S.

          As an example, Katz’s Delicatessen in New York is one of the most famous.

          Here’s a sign for one in Philadelphia, and here’s one in Baltimore.

          Outside of that, no. I’m not even sure I saw the full word anywhere else unless they were referring to old east coast delis!

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          Yes

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          It was written above the deli counter at my grocery store.

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          Yes, as it is a word in my native language, Dutch. It means delicacies if I translated it correctly.

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          All the time. Most of of the delis have it in the name.

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      delicatessen

      👆 a truly wonderful film

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        Agreed! Work of art.

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      I had to look it up to learn that it’s what the deli in deli meat is short for

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