pepperoni rolls<\/a> are just a food you can get in some delis and convenience stores. However, they’re a local item that has only slowly spread, and at some point I discovered that people not from this area had no idea what I was talking about when I mentioned them. <\/p>\nDifferent bakeries and individuals in the Fairmont\/Clarksburg area claim to be the creator of the pepperoni roll, but no one particularly knows for sure. Nor, really, does it matter. They were a food created to take into the mines.<\/p>\n
No, I haven’t eaten one for years, but sometimes when I come across one, I remember the soft bread and the spicy pepperoni and the cheese and just for a second I am tempted.<\/p>\n
But only for a second.<\/p>\n
(I’d link to the WV Public Radio article, but that site is unbelievable slow and I can rarely get it to come up. So, no radio link for you.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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