I’ve never heard of them, but it could just be me. I looked for "pepperoni rolls near me " and it only gave me pizza places, none of which had a pepperoni roll on the menu. I’m in Los Angeles, which is pretty culinarily diverse, so I would expect there’s someone selling them, but it’s certainly not a common thing here.
I grew up in West Virginia and live in Denver now and I can tell you that it’s much easier to find them in Appalachia. I don’t think they exist as a thing in Denver and one place I saw selling pepperoni rolls was selling them as a pinwheel/cinnamon roll type and that’s not what I think of as a pepperoni roll.
Honestly they’re quick and easy to make and taste so much better when fresh. I buy frozen bread dough from the grocery store, let that defrost and rise. Once risen, break off pieces of the dough, and stuff with store bought pepperoni and a 2:1 mixture of mozzarella and cheddar cheese, ensuring that the fillings are contained inside the dough. Bake following the instructions on the package of dough, usually about 20-25 minutes on 350 or until golden brown on top.
So if you’re in Cali, do you have cheesesteaks like Philly, or do you call them steak sandwiches? The reason I ask is because many people outside of the region will say streak sandwiches but for those who are lactose intolerant, the Philly cheesesteak places around here have another item on the menu called steak sandwiches and they are without cheese. Just shredded steak and sauce on a roll. Which, aside from someone who can’t have cheese, is so unappealing.
SoCal uses “the” because we had some of the first freeways and they had names, the Ventura Freeway, the Santa Monica Freeway, the San Diego Freeway… They still do and we use them, but now they have Interstate numbers as well, so we’ll say “The 101,” “The 10,” and “The Fucking 405” respectively.
I’m pretty sure the distinction is not 💯%, but in California we have State Highways which are large through roads, but have some access from local streets. For example PCH, the Pacific Coast Highway, (CA1) connects all the beach towns but becomes the main street in each one. Some houses in Malibu have barely a driveway onto it, and in other places there may be beachgoers’ cars and RVs parked along the guardrail.
Freeways have free flowing traffic with access limited to onramps and offramps, no stop lights or tollbooths. (We have some Toll Roads but don’t call them freeways, and we have some FastPass toll lanes on freeways, using electronic monitoring, but the other lanes are toll-free.)
That’s a generalization and I’m sure there’s exceptions and overlap.
They are hard to mess up. Shredded steak wafers on a griddle, any shredded cheese, sauce is usually from a jar, can or the best is blended fresh tomatoes, and onions and peppers. I get mayo and jalapenos as well. I make steak-ums at home and store brand versions are pretty decent. The roll is where most places mess up-even around me( I am about an hour from Philly) the roll’s gotta be the perfect balance between baked and doughy. Not raw but a little chewy. Not like Jersey Mike’s if that has made it to the west coast. Or subway for that matter. Your homemade kneaded from scratch local authentic Italian restaurant that usually has a peculiar smell, ends up having the best tasting food.
I’ve never heard of them, but it could just be me. I looked for "pepperoni rolls near me " and it only gave me pizza places, none of which had a pepperoni roll on the menu. I’m in Los Angeles, which is pretty culinarily diverse, so I would expect there’s someone selling them, but it’s certainly not a common thing here.
I grew up in West Virginia and live in Denver now and I can tell you that it’s much easier to find them in Appalachia. I don’t think they exist as a thing in Denver and one place I saw selling pepperoni rolls was selling them as a pinwheel/cinnamon roll type and that’s not what I think of as a pepperoni roll.
Honestly they’re quick and easy to make and taste so much better when fresh. I buy frozen bread dough from the grocery store, let that defrost and rise. Once risen, break off pieces of the dough, and stuff with store bought pepperoni and a 2:1 mixture of mozzarella and cheddar cheese, ensuring that the fillings are contained inside the dough. Bake following the instructions on the package of dough, usually about 20-25 minutes on 350 or until golden brown on top.
So if you’re in Cali, do you have cheesesteaks like Philly, or do you call them steak sandwiches? The reason I ask is because many people outside of the region will say streak sandwiches but for those who are lactose intolerant, the Philly cheesesteak places around here have another item on the menu called steak sandwiches and they are without cheese. Just shredded steak and sauce on a roll. Which, aside from someone who can’t have cheese, is so unappealing.
I’m also in CA; I’ve always heard them referred to as Philly cheesesteaks
All right, I like asking about people in other states: do you say soda, pop or coke?
Soda for sure! Fun regionalism is that we call our freeways/highways “the 5” instead of I-5 in SoCal
I call them just their number. No letter. Like as in: you take 95 instead of I-95.
SoCal uses “the” because we had some of the first freeways and they had names, the Ventura Freeway, the Santa Monica Freeway, the San Diego Freeway… They still do and we use them, but now they have Interstate numbers as well, so we’ll say “The 101,” “The 10,” and “The Fucking 405” respectively.
Is a freeway different than a highway because the east coast has a lot of the first ones as well?
I’m pretty sure the distinction is not 💯%, but in California we have State Highways which are large through roads, but have some access from local streets. For example PCH, the Pacific Coast Highway, (CA1) connects all the beach towns but becomes the main street in each one. Some houses in Malibu have barely a driveway onto it, and in other places there may be beachgoers’ cars and RVs parked along the guardrail.
Freeways have free flowing traffic with access limited to onramps and offramps, no stop lights or tollbooths. (We have some Toll Roads but don’t call them freeways, and we have some FastPass toll lanes on freeways, using electronic monitoring, but the other lanes are toll-free.)
That’s a generalization and I’m sure there’s exceptions and overlap.
They’re available here, can’t speak to the quality because I’ve never had one in Philly to compare.
They are hard to mess up. Shredded steak wafers on a griddle, any shredded cheese, sauce is usually from a jar, can or the best is blended fresh tomatoes, and onions and peppers. I get mayo and jalapenos as well. I make steak-ums at home and store brand versions are pretty decent. The roll is where most places mess up-even around me( I am about an hour from Philly) the roll’s gotta be the perfect balance between baked and doughy. Not raw but a little chewy. Not like Jersey Mike’s if that has made it to the west coast. Or subway for that matter. Your homemade kneaded from scratch local authentic Italian restaurant that usually has a peculiar smell, ends up having the best tasting food.