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Circa 1960 N.Y.C. My cousin had a fleet of Chow Chow cup trucks in which he sold Chinese food off of . not pints and quarts. but in an edible bowl ,containing Chow mein, egg rolls etc. The buisness faded with the perliferation of Chineese take outs in the 1960′s.I think in todays market it can fly once more, he owned the Chow chow cup outright built up routes and sold them in the metropolitan N.Y. and near upstate area of N.Y., .End
How did the Chow Mein get placed in the chow chow cup? Was it spooned in or was it dispensed from a machine ? Need to settle a bet.
it was spooned on either in the eatable cup or on a hamburger bun
Don – is there any way or is there anyone who might have a recipe for the noodle cup itself? A friend who grew up in Queens was talking about the “Tucky Cup” at lunch today and I would love to make a few for she and her husband as a surprise. I’ve looked all over the Internet and no recipe can be found! Thanks!
I’ll look into it for you
Wendy- If you haven’t found that noodle cup recipe, it’s basically a wonton dough recipe, as in fried wontons. Food trucks are making a huge comeback with new food channel exposure and an economy that is ready for it once again. I was thinking of inquiring just how I could get info on the original Chow Chow Cup. They were great and very inexpensive, about fifty cents, as I remember, back in the day!
Was your cousin by any chance Alan Nussbaum?
I will get back to you on that. Don
yes i believe that was his last name sorry for the delay
I remember these Chow Chow Cup trucks coming to Ganz Bungalows in Divine Corners, N.Y. in the early 60′s.
They also came up to Holiday Park in Woodborne. So did Ruby the knish man.
Yes, Alan.
I remember Ruby very well with his old black 50′s Plymouth with the knish heated unit in the trunk of the car. He removed top of the trunk and it was a tall chrome heated unit he had mounted in the trunk with slide out shelves in it for the knishes. He used to have his knish bakery next to my grandfathers building in Hurleyville..I remember them at 15 cents each.
Regards,
Warren in Miami, Fl.
They had great french fries. But the best thing they had was a hot dog wrapped in an eggroll wrapper and deep fried. So bad for you but so delicious.
I have been searching the web for a recipe for the chow chow cup – I loved them! I remember the first time I found one in the Brooklyn neighborhood where I grew up. I was walking down one street and heard this “haunting” Chinese music and couldn’t wait to get to the next street to find the truck. Bought them whenever I could. Would love the recipe for the chow mein they had inside them – I have one of those pie makers by Emeril and would love to recreate something similar in it! Any ideas? outside of NY you can’t find good chow mein like they had in the chow chow cups!!!