OT : "Philly" Cheesesteak

[superjohn]

This is how I roll. I have a deli slicer at home . You can't get roast pork in CT . I've got my wife hooked and she doesn't even really eat meat. ( my daughter is vegetarian so I go big on the once a week or so can eat it here)

Before broccoli rabe and then after

You have your own deli slicer? I think you just became my hero.

 

[JSM1970]

And the Chicagoland Italian Beef kills 'em both. Actually all 3 are awesome.

We make the Tony Luke's roast pork recipe at home every few months in the crock pot. It comes out great.

To do a really good Italian Beef or Cheesteak at home you really need to buy the meat sliced at butcher or have a slicer, Italian Beef is all about getting meat back in juices.

In Chicago love Portillo's and Al's Big Beef.

Pat's, Tony Luke's and Geno's are great and DeNic's awesome for roast pork.

this is an absolute truth, my friend

 

[August_West]

I love a great cheesesteak but agree that the roast pork is slightly better. I've sat down and polished off a couple at a time, I'll do one Wiz wit and one pizza steak w/mozz. Chicago is known for Italian beefs which are good but I prefer the cheesesteak. A lesser known Chicago sandwich you only get on the southside is the Italian breaded steak sandwich, it's a huge mess but pretty awesome.

I LOVE!!!! I beef.
Als? Mr beef? Portillos ? Johnnies?

I like mr beef and als

 

[Rocktheworld]

These mid-season threads got me pumped for July.

 

[Waquoit]

And according to them, Pat and Geno's are the most famous, but not the best.

I believe that. We went a couple of years ago and tried both. I was really pulling for Geno's over Pat's, remembering Auriemma's commenting during the Final Four against Tenn. that Geno's looked bright and new and Pat's looked old and worn. Pat Summitt was not happy. But the both of us agreed that Pat's was the clear winner, though we thought we did just as well at our tailgates versus Temple and Nova. And Geno's still had the "English only" signs so screw them.

 

[Rocktheworld]

And the Chicagoland Italian Beef kills 'em both. Actually all 3 are awesome.

I got one down the street from me in Vegas. Definitely gonna pig out this weekend. Only eating meat once a week; seems this will be worthy

 

[August_West]

You have your own deli slicer? I think you just became my hero.

Yup an old globe, gifted to me when I left a NY deli I was working at in the early 90s closed. Worth like 2000 bucks. Weighs about 20o lbs. wife won't let me keep on kitchen counter anymore so I make her help me haul it up from basement when needed.

It is one of the best things in my life.

I make Italian beef and use the slicer for that too. My parents were from Berwyn they jones that stuff.

 

[huskypantz]

Also totally agreed also on Jim's Steaks.

I don't think the cheesesteaks are greatly different, but I prefer Jim's on South Street, because South Street.

 

[06029]

Johns Roast Pork. By the IKEA in South Philly. No one else comes close. James Beard winner. They also make a mean cheese steak.

 

[August_West]

Johns Roast Pork. By the IKEA in South Philly. No one else comes close. James Beard winner. They also make a mean cheese steak.

That's the place my philly friends took me to and swear by. Incredible.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Yup an old globe, gifted to me when I left a NY deli I was working at in the early 90s closed. Worth like 2000 bucks. Weighs about 20o lbs. wife won't let me keep on kitchen counter anymore so I make her help me haul it up from basement when needed.

It is one of the best things in my life.

I make Italian beef and use the slicer for that too. My parents were from Berwyn they jones that stuff.

You're talking about your wife, right?

 

[August_West]

You're talking about your wife, right?

lol . Actually ........... Haha.

I couldn't live without either. Even just cutting produce, like slicing tomatoes shredding lettuce Etc is so much easier and better on slicer. I'm like Kramer on that Seinfeld episode, I'll open mail with it.

Also I have saved thousands over the years. I never ever buy deli meat. Make a roast on a Sunday? I'll get one twice as big as needed and then slice up the remaining for sandwiches during the week. Instead of paying 9-10 bucks a lb. I pay 3-4 . I make my own pastrami in my smoker ( a rip off recipe of katzs) and then slice it up. It's almost perfect. Wife's turkey leftovers ? I cut the breast out of the bird and put in on a slicer. Cheese? We buy 5 lb blocks and slice.
I wouldn't trade that thing for really anything.

 

[7774]

Yup an old globe, gifted to me when I left a NY deli I was working at in the early 90s closed. Worth like 2000 bucks. Weighs about 20o lbs. wife won't let me keep on kitchen counter anymore so I make her help me haul it up from basement when needed.

It is one of the best things in my life.

I make Italian beef and use the slicer for that too. My parents were from Berwyn they jones that stuff.

Sounds like you need to keep the slicer upstairs and haul the wife up from the basement when needed.

 

[intlzncster]

I make my own pastrami in my smoker ( a rip off recipe of katzs) and then slice it up. It's almost perfect. Wife's turkey leftovers ? I cut the breast out of the bird and

Turkey leftovers. Surprised ya let that touch your machine.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

much like the Eagles and Flyers, and most every other professional and college team in the greater Philadelphia area, the cheesesteaks, in my humble opinion, are vastly overrated...as a Northeastern PA resident, I would take a "coal region" cheesesteak over any style offered by the city of brotherly love.

on a side note to anyone attending the game at Temple, do yourself a favor, and do not drink the Philly tap water...not sure that anyone down there would, if they saw what has historically emptied into the Schuylkill upstate

13,
You anywhere near Old Forge?

 

[August_West]

Turkey leftovers. Surprised ya let that touch your machine.

Trust me it gets sanitized immediately after

 

[Chin Diesel]

Trust me it gets sanitized immediately after

You're talking about slicer, right???

I'm on a roll.

 

[gtcam]

This is how I roll. I have a deli slicer at home . You can't get roast pork in CT . I've got my wife hooked and she doesn't even really eat meat. ( my daughter is vegetarian so I go big on the once a week or so can eat it here)

Before broccoli rabe and then after

AHHHHH Move Me Brightly in the background - now that is a feast

 

[August_West]

These mid-season threads got me pumped for July.

I hate the Sunday / Thursday AAC game rotation

 

[jibsey]

I love a cheesesteak as much as anyone but the major leagues of meat sandwiches is reopening in Manhatten tomorrow, The Carnegie Deli.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Shorty's in NYC is legit.

And just like in Philly, their Roast Pork Special is even better.

Good beer selection, too.

I have hit their food truck a few times in the Seaport, it's good.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Went to a conference in Philly once and a few of us trudged down and did the double - 1 from Pat' s & 1 from Geno' s back-to-back. Good experience in a bucket list type of way. By the way, the neighborhood that they are in is a lot nicer now than it was back in the '90's when I stopped by on a road trip. Also, can't remember the name; but, I went to a cheese steak place in Philly over by the Navy Yard just off the highway that I think was better than both Pat & Geno' s a few years back driving through.

 

[IMind]

Most hole in the wall pizza places around here (Eastern PA) make respectable cheese steaks, it's nearly impossible to get great pizza. I agree it's the bread. Amaroso's is ubiquitous... or a very close approximation. Roast pork is basically non-existent outside of Philly though. The worst thing on earth though is that bastardization they call a "chicken cheese steak" it's vile.

 

[Ewekon]

You have your own deli slicer? I think you just became my hero.

You used deli slicer and hero in the same reply. Well played!

 

[OkaForPrez]

@August_West youre halfway to a book man.

 

[August_West]

You used deli slicer and hero in the same reply. Well played!

I didn't catch that and if I did he obviously would have won the "post/handle " of the day award

 

[Oregon Owl]

Sounds like you need to keep the slicer upstairs and haul the wife up from the basement when needed.

Now that is funny. Not nice, but 5* funny.

 

[August_West]

Now that is funny. Not nice, but 5* funny.

We are not nice around here. I accept being mocked as long as its funny. That was funny.

 

[CL82]

Yellow mustard. Gotta have yellow mustard on a cheesesteak.

Oh, and Jim's is better than Pat's or Geno's in my humble opinion.

It's weird...you can get good wings outside of Buffalo. Not sure why you can't get a good cheesesteak once you venture more than 60 or so miles outside of Philly.

Jim's is a good steak and definitely a better eating experience. I used to like to go upstairs and watch people go in and out of "Zipperhead's" while I ate.

That said, the mustard comment is blasphemy.

 

[August_West]

Jim's is a good steak and definitely a better eating experience. I used to like to go upstairs and watch people go in and out of "Zipperhead's" while I ate.

That said, the mustard comment is blasphemy.

LOL Zipperheads.

You ever go around the corner on South Second St to Walts King of Crabs?