Things Missed Most by Coal Region Expatriates
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Lebanon Bologna (a.k.a. Summer Sausage) and Sweet Lebanon
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Costas York Candy
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Maier's Italian Bread and Potato Bread
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Cen Cens (the candies that turn your mouth black)
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Bittersweet Ice Cream from Martz's in Shamokin
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Teaberry Gum, Teaberry Ice Cream
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Gibble's Potato Chips
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Birch Beer (not at all the same as root beer)
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Coney Island Hamburgers and Hot Dogs
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Guers Iced Tea (rhymes with "fears")
(unless you're from Panther Valley, then it's "Zims" - Zimmerman's Iced Tea)
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Pepper's Ginger Ale (hot 'n spicy, like ginger
ale should be!)
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Middleswarth Barbecued Potato Chips
(Buy them on the web!)
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Raudenbush's Raisin Bread
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Kielbasa - from any butcher that makes it.
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Bean soup from any block party
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Mrs.T's pierogies
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Tasty Kakes
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Hoagies
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Paska sales at Easter
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Bleenies
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Yuengling beer
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Block parties on summer nights
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Two Christmases: December 25th and January 7th
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