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Mar 30Liked by Doug Mack / Snack Stack

This was such a cool write up on a very foundational childhood food for me, thanks as always Doug! I'd definitely take you up on the grilling pizza rolls if there wasn't snow in the forecast the next day or two, but hey, who knows what next week brings

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Mar 31Liked by Doug Mack / Snack Stack

Oh man, this was great! Thank you! Also, have to say... if you haven't had the Walgreens brand pizza rolls they are an absolute game changer. You would not BELIEVE how incredible they are compared to any other pizza roll out there!

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Mar 31Liked by Doug Mack / Snack Stack

God I love these. Appreciate you, Doug.

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Mar 31Liked by Doug Mack / Snack Stack

I both love and hate the fact that I am old enough to remember Chun King and Jeno’s-- banned substances in my mother’s kitchen!

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Mar 31Liked by Doug Mack / Snack Stack

What an illuminating connection between Chinese American and Italian American food that I never realized. Thanks for this fascinating and wonderful post.

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Apr 7Liked by Doug Mack / Snack Stack

I really want to see what happens when you grill pizza rolls now

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Apr 1Liked by Doug Mack / Snack Stack

Credit where it's due, pizza rolls were invented by noted cookbook author Beatrice Ojakangas, who was working for Jeno's at the time: https://www.upress.umn.edu/press/press-clips/beatrice-ojakangas-on-her-big-finnish-family-pizza-rolls

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