PENNSYLVANIA
In 1924, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture boasted that 85% of U.S. mushrooms were grown in Pennsylvania. Today the state still accounts for more than 60% of U.S. mushroom production.
In Hazleton, Pennsylvania it is illegal to drink a carbonated beverage while lecturing in a school auditorium.
Philadelphia is the home of the cheesesteak sandwich, the water ice, soft pretzels, and TastyKakes.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania is the Mushroom Capital of the World and home to the Phillips Mushroom Museum. The museum was established in 1972, and chronicles three generations of the mushroom-farming Phillips family.
Kane, Pennsylvania is known as the Black Cherry Capital of the World
On February 7, 2001, the Chocolate Chip Cookie was declared the official cookie of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
According to several sources, one of Pennsylvania's leading imports in recent years has been trash. In 1996, Pennsylvania imported more trash for its landfills that what the state produced on its own. The state sent some 6.7 million tons of Pennsylvania garbage to its landfills, and imported 7.9 million tons of trash from other states and countries.
The following was sent in by Thomas Evans (9/2008)
The Clark family made the Clark Bar, a chocolate covered peanut butter nugget candy bar, in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company has closed but the Clark Bar Neon sign is still is a lit on top of the company building and has become a landmark in the city of Pittsburgh.
Also you may include the chain of deli shops in the Pittsburgh area called Isaly's ( I Shall Allways Love You), noted for their Sky Scrapper ice cream cones (my favorite as a child) and fresh chipped chopped ham! By the way there was a great dairy based in the city of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, where I was born (12 miles outside the city of Pittsburgh) called Menzi Dairy. Very historic and their logo is pure artwork. Many a child drank from their red and white milk cartons at school and orange drink also!
Thank you,
Thomas Evans
Former resident of Pittsburgh, now a retired chef in Alexandria, Louisiana.
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