Philadelphia: Cheesesteaks

MaggieL · 11-30-2001, 03:51 PM

Damn...that's a toughie. Even after trying in several distant locales, I can't remeber *ever* having anything that truly captured the essence of either a cheesesteak *or* a hoagie anywhere else on the planet. Conventional wisdom is that it is largely an issue of the rolls used, and I'm loathe to disagree.

There's also the influence of a certain native wild abandon towards fat, oils and starch that is the perfect local blend of German and Italian cultures.

11-30-2001, 03:51 PM	#1
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Damn...that's a toughie. Even after trying in several distant locales, I can't remeber ever having anything that truly captured the essence of either a cheesesteak or a hoagie anywhere else on the planet. Conventional wisdom is that it is largely an issue of the rolls used, and I'm loathe to disagree. There's also the influence of a certain native wild abandon towards fat, oils and starch that is the perfect local blend of German and Italian cultures. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

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