As a youngster growing up in South Florida, I recall my
parents bringing back very special sticky buns from their periodic trips to the
Chevy Chase MD / Washington DC area. Our
family was from Washington and relocated to South Florida in the late 60's. The sticky-bun delicacies were from a now closed facility
called Schupp's Bakery. The bakery
closed in 1985, just before I started college at Georgetown. I recall that the buns were packed in white
boxes, maybe 8 to a box, always coming with a bakery-white string neatly tying
the box together. Unlike traditional
round sticky buns, these were elongated and braided, rounded on the edges. They came with and without raisins, with and
without nuts. Mom and dad would bring
back boxes for us and anything we couldn’t eat, they would stick in the freezer
which would last for months. A quick
trip to the microwave (better in the toaster-oven if you had the patience) and
the addition of a pat or two of salted butter, and my sister and I would have a
perfect sticky bun for breakfast or after-school snack. I want to try to make these but I don't have
pictures or a recipe. Does anyone have a lead on finding someone still living from the Schupp's family?
Barney Danzansky
2 comments:
I went to junior high school with Don Schupp. He was a buddy. Funny with jokes. I recall he ran for class president but lost to someone more serious, and not as bright. Don't know if he is still with us. If he ever reads this, all best wishes, from
your buddy, Jim Harrod
I loved Schupps as a kid. For birthdays my mother would buy coconut cake or orange cake. They also made gingerbread men with raisins for faces and buttons.
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