These pepperoni rolls are a favorite memory from times my family traveled to Fairmont in our old station wagon for a visit to my grandparents, We'd stop by on the way back home for a few warm paper bags of these delicacies. They never made it back to Florida. I loved Fairmont (was born there in the 50's) and am happy with my Appalachian beginnings.
2:26 0.8 miles from my home in Barrackville, WV. A beautiful area with wonderful people, culture, quiet and so dear to my heart. Thank you for visiting.
So, I grew up (20yrs) in Barrackville, I spent a lot of time on that covered bridge, if you climb the right-hand arch, you'll see some writing of mine and friends, one of the miners that survived Monongah was my neighbor Gary Martin
pepperoni/sausages baked into bread dates back to Europe and Italy at least 400 years prior to WV being a state. The WV tourism board just made up a lie to post on advertisements to try and get people to come here... No one comes. The best pepperoni roll you can find near fairmont, is actually in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.... Jimmy and NIno's Sunseri in the Pittsburgh Strip... the stuff they try to pawn off on tourists in wv are basically wonder bread and cheap sams club pepperoni.
Someday i see the entirety of the State (WV) becoming a National Preserve... As for pepperoni rolls, try those with slices next time. (Instead of quartered strips/chunks) Abruzzinos used to make the best. Yann's hot dogs in Fairmont was great too. They were so popular people who moved out of state would have rhem shipped to them on special occasions (football games, etc,...)! Skip the ketchup though or you would incur the wrath of the owner! Sadly, the owner passed in 2021 He is an icon in Fairmont history!
Wow, amazing info you have on the local culinary history! I did enjoy the quick meal of a pepperoni roll and if I ever return I’d love to try one with the sliced pepperoni. Have often thought whether it’s possible to just order a box of 24 or so to be shipped to share the joy with others. Not something one can easily find up in the northeast!
IMHO, Tomaro's pepperoni buns (as they used to be called) are the best. I'm a pepperoni bun purist. Making them with slices of pepperoni is an innovation from the 1980's. The proper way is to use sticks of pepperoni. The pepperoni needs to be so greasy that it turns the bread orange. The addition of things such as cheese is also a 1980's innovation. I want mine with nothing but pepperoni and bread--the way it should be! The name transitioned from "pepperoni bun" to "pepperoni roll" in the mid-1970's. As for Yann's, you have to get their hot dogs with the hot sauce. That's not my recommendation--that's the owner's rule. If anybody ever said to him, "I'll have my hot dog without the hot sauce," his response would be, "The hell you will!"
I went to the place where they created the pepperoni roll. I got a bag. I must say - I wasn't impressed. However, there is a place in Thomas, WV that was voted the second best place to get one so I had to go get one and compare the taste...and it was better. You should make sure to get an authentic WV hot dog as well. And if you want to see some covered bridges - the state with the most - go to PA.
Western Marylander here! Thomas us a great place! A local band here in Western Maryland once took people to Thomas on a bus trip! The Shanty Irish / Allegany County ,MD!
Colasessano's was the BEST in town until they sold. Now like Country Club, they have all gone down hill from the glory days when the rolls used to be amazing.
One thing you failed to point out in Fairmont is all the psychiatrist's offices. Fairmont has a high unemployment rate due to the closure of the coal mines. Everybody there goes to psychiatrists to get meds to forget their problems. You'd think alcohol would be cheaper--unless you have really good medical insurance. As for the invention of the pepperoni bun, I found those two people you were talking to through the window to be refreshingly honest. As they said, the pepperoni bun was invented by (Italian) housewives for their husbands to have lunch down inside the coal mines. There are several bakeries in both Fairmont and Clarksburg which claim to have invented the pepperoni bun. A few of them have an official story on their web sites that tell how they invented it. A few of those own themselves, in that their stories make reference to the existence of the pepperoni bun before they "invented" it. I insist that neither Fairmont nor Clarksburg is the home of the inventor of the pepperoni bun. It was invented in Star City. (Not Morgantown--Star City!) IMHO, Tomaro's pepperoni buns (as they used to be called) are the best. I'm a pepperoni bun purist. Making them with slices of pepperoni is an innovation from the 1980's. The proper way is to use sticks of pepperoni. The pepperoni needs to be so greasy that it turns the bread orange. The addition of things such as cheese is also a 1980's innovation. I want mine with nothing but pepperoni and bread--the way it should be! The name transitioned from "pepperoni bun" to "pepperoni roll" in the mid-1970's.
I didn't realize that coal was that big of an economic factor in the Fairmont area anymore. When I lived there, the two largest employers were Fairmont Regional Medical Center and FSU. (I think maybe the county school system was third, but I'm not entirely certain.) There was a huge coal bust in the 90s and I know it didn't really rebound to its former robustness afterward.
Good luck. You can have a great quality of life in Marion County. You'll find home prices to be very reasonable. The property taxes will be ridiculously low compared to what you're paying in Dade or Broward. (Unfortunately, thereisa state income tax, but it is fairly reasonable. The schools are good, health-care is okay, but WVU Ruby Hospital is only a half-hour away. Pittsburgh is only 2 1/2 hours away if you want a big city experience or a reasonably-priced flight. (Nearby Clarksburg also has an airport, but destinations are very limited and fares are naturally more expensive.) Hope everything goes well with your move.
@@daggy174 I bought a house in Parkersburg. Best decision I ever made in my life. The Homecoming parade yesterday was awesome. Got a big house on more than half an acre with a detached 2 car garage and an outbuilding as big as the garage. Very few neighbor (all of which are great people) and Taco Bell is only a couple of miles away for less than a doublewide would cost in Florida. Almost heaven? Nope. This is heaven on earth.
Western Marylander here! We have Pepperoni rolls here! We also had many coal mines!
These pepperoni rolls are a favorite memory from times my family traveled to Fairmont in our old station wagon for a visit to my grandparents, We'd stop by on the way back home for a few warm paper bags of these delicacies. They never made it back to Florida. I loved Fairmont (was born there in the 50's) and am happy with my Appalachian beginnings.
What a great tale of memories! Those things really do the trick for satisfying one’s savory cravings.
Dug into ancestry and my grandfather was born there. Planning a girl's trip for a weekend in spring/summer
2:26 0.8 miles from my home in Barrackville, WV. A beautiful area with wonderful people, culture, quiet and so dear to my heart. Thank you for visiting.
Grew up in Barracksville WV where the covered bridge is.
So, I grew up (20yrs) in Barrackville, I spent a lot of time on that covered bridge, if you climb the right-hand arch, you'll see some writing of mine and friends, one of the miners that survived Monongah was my neighbor Gary Martin
What a connection you have to the area, very interesting to hear these stories!
I remember 1960 Fairmont. Went to College there.
pepperoni/sausages baked into bread dates back to Europe and Italy at least 400 years prior to WV being a state. The WV tourism board just made up a lie to post on advertisements to try and get people to come here... No one comes. The best pepperoni roll you can find near fairmont, is actually in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.... Jimmy and NIno's Sunseri in the Pittsburgh Strip... the stuff they try to pawn off on tourists in wv are basically wonder bread and cheap sams club pepperoni.
Someday i see the entirety of the State (WV) becoming a National Preserve...
As for pepperoni rolls, try those with slices next time. (Instead of quartered strips/chunks) Abruzzinos used to make the best.
Yann's hot dogs in Fairmont was great too. They were so popular people who moved out of state would have rhem shipped to them on special occasions (football games, etc,...)! Skip the ketchup though or you would incur the wrath of the owner!
Sadly, the owner passed in 2021 He is an icon in Fairmont history!
Wow, amazing info you have on the local culinary history! I did enjoy the quick meal of a pepperoni roll and if I ever return I’d love to try one with the sliced pepperoni. Have often thought whether it’s possible to just order a box of 24 or so to be shipped to share the joy with others. Not something one can easily find up in the northeast!
IMHO, Tomaro's pepperoni buns (as they used to be called) are the best. I'm a pepperoni bun purist. Making them with slices of pepperoni is an innovation from the 1980's. The proper way is to use sticks of pepperoni. The pepperoni needs to be so greasy that it turns the bread orange. The addition of things such as cheese is also a 1980's innovation. I want mine with nothing but pepperoni and bread--the way it should be! The name transitioned from "pepperoni bun" to "pepperoni roll" in the mid-1970's.
As for Yann's, you have to get their hot dogs with the hot sauce. That's not my recommendation--that's the owner's rule. If anybody ever said to him, "I'll have my hot dog without the hot sauce," his response would be, "The hell you will!"
Need to do a tour of Clarksburg West Virginia someday!
I’m curious now. Tell me, what’s waiting in Clarksburg? Any significance worth noting?
Italian Heritage Festival Labor Day weekend! Huge Italian popu!action and culture!
@@TheCoverageProject In Clarksburg Twin Oaks Pizzeria!
I went to the place where they created the pepperoni roll. I got a bag. I must say - I wasn't impressed. However, there is a place in Thomas, WV that was voted the second best place to get one so I had to go get one and compare the taste...and it was better. You should make sure to get an authentic WV hot dog as well. And if you want to see some covered bridges - the state with the most - go to PA.
Western Marylander here! Thomas us a great place! A local band here in Western Maryland once took people to Thomas on a bus trip! The Shanty Irish / Allegany County ,MD!
Colasessano's was the BEST in town until they sold. Now like Country Club, they have all gone down hill from the glory days when the rolls used to be amazing.
My first husband was from Barrackville
I used to live here in fairmont and i hated it so much 😭
One thing you failed to point out in Fairmont is all the psychiatrist's offices. Fairmont has a high unemployment rate due to the closure of the coal mines. Everybody there goes to psychiatrists to get meds to forget their problems. You'd think alcohol would be cheaper--unless you have really good medical insurance.
As for the invention of the pepperoni bun, I found those two people you were talking to through the window to be refreshingly honest. As they said, the pepperoni bun was invented by (Italian) housewives for their husbands to have lunch down inside the coal mines. There are several bakeries in both Fairmont and Clarksburg which claim to have invented the pepperoni bun. A few of them have an official story on their web sites that tell how they invented it. A few of those own themselves, in that their stories make reference to the existence of the pepperoni bun before they "invented" it. I insist that neither Fairmont nor Clarksburg is the home of the inventor of the pepperoni bun. It was invented in Star City. (Not Morgantown--Star City!)
IMHO, Tomaro's pepperoni buns (as they used to be called) are the best. I'm a pepperoni bun purist. Making them with slices of pepperoni is an innovation from the 1980's. The proper way is to use sticks of pepperoni. The pepperoni needs to be so greasy that it turns the bread orange. The addition of things such as cheese is also a 1980's innovation. I want mine with nothing but pepperoni and bread--the way it should be! The name transitioned from "pepperoni bun" to "pepperoni roll" in the mid-1970's.
I didn't realize that coal was that big of an economic factor in the Fairmont area anymore. When I lived there, the two largest employers were Fairmont Regional Medical Center and FSU. (I think maybe the county school system was third, but I'm not entirely certain.) There was a huge coal bust in the 90s and I know it didn't really rebound to its former robustness afterward.
In your video you show a house I'm seriously considering buying. I'm moving to West Virginia from South Florida
I live in Florida in the Tampa Bay area. Hope you enjoy West Virginia. I would love to live in the mountains again.
Good luck. You can have a great quality of life in Marion County. You'll find home prices to be very reasonable. The property taxes will be ridiculously low compared to what you're paying in Dade or Broward. (Unfortunately, thereisa state income tax, but it is fairly reasonable. The schools are good, health-care is okay, but WVU Ruby Hospital is only a half-hour away. Pittsburgh is only 2 1/2 hours away if you want a big city experience or a reasonably-priced flight. (Nearby Clarksburg also has an airport, but destinations are very limited and fares are naturally more expensive.) Hope everything goes well with your move.
@@daggy174 I bought a house in Parkersburg. Best decision I ever made in my life. The Homecoming parade yesterday was awesome. Got a big house on more than half an acre with a detached 2 car garage and an outbuilding as big as the garage. Very few neighbor (all of which are great people) and Taco Bell is only a couple of miles away for less than a doublewide would cost in Florida. Almost heaven? Nope. This is heaven on earth.
Dude! turn the camera around... we want to see the sights not your face lol.. same thing like the guy who did Brownsville PA, what's the malfunction?
You said Appalachian totally wrong