OK Jim, your paying for dinner Monday…[:-^]
I went downstairs for dinner, and it turns out my dad decided in his infinite genious to make cheese steaks. So cheese steaks and tasteykakes for me today!
I’ll tell ya smeagol, there’s always got to be one lucky guy in the crowd. I haven’t had one for …sssssssooooooooo long.
Bud, you got a deal. I’ll buy dinner. If you’re late, I can’t guarantee it will still be there.[BG]
Jim[4:-)]
I think your Dad’s reading your post’s Smeagol [:-^]
Hay Jim if your paying I will have one of everything … [BG]
Bud
From Lansdale, now in Clarksville, TN.
You don’t realize how much you miss a good Steak Sandwich or Hoagie until you move away from the Philly area. [dinner] When you go into a place and ask for a cheesesteak with sauce and onions, they look at you like you’ve got three heads or something. [banghead] I’m with MikeV, a cheesesteak with Cheez Whiz on it sounds truly vile! [xx(]
mmm… cheesesteak [dinner]
now the question of the day… Pat’s or Gino’s?
BOTH ![:-^]
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now the question of the day… Pat’s or Gino’s?
BOTH !
I’m not sure that’s even allowed! lol!
One for Lunch and the other for Dinner, what could go worng ! [:D]
So tell me guys, is what I said true?
Is Cheese Whiz on a cheesesteak the traditional way to eat them in Philly?
I saw a Food Network show once (I think it was Throwdown with Bobby Flay) and they had a guy from Philly making them and he said what I posted above about Cheese Whiz being the way people expect them in Philly.
I couldn’t eat one that way. [yuck]
For me NO NO NO and NO but I guess some places do use it.
I don’t mind the Whiz, but i can’t stand fried onions. Since that’s a staple of Philly cheesesteaks, i think i’m missing out. But that’s the best part… options!
You can hardly taste fried onions my friend.
It’s the texture more than the taste, I think… Go figure [alien]
Anyway, what are the best LHS in the area (especially around the Blue Route, since i travel from Conshy back to S. Jersey all the time), in everyone’s opinion? i’ve frequented a few shops in Jersey, and i’d like to check out some in PA. Thanks!
Hi, I’m from Moorestown, N.J. which is just over the Betsy Ross bridge from Philly. In regard to the Cheesesteak debate; there is no set rule about which cheese is standard, as a matter of fact I see most people order American cheese. I go to Jim’s Steaks on South Street if I am over there late and don’t feel like driving over to Pats or Geno’s. If you are in the Northeast then you may want to check out DELVAL Scale Modellers. We meet the 1st Friday of the month in the Artisan’s Hall on Roosevelt Blvd., [somewhat across from Nazareth Hospital] on the South bound side. The meetings are held upstairs and are well attended with a wide range of skill levels and modeling genres. The meetings start at 7 pm
Are those the two that are so famous? How good are they?
I am envious to say the least. [BH]
Personally, I perfer homemade cheese steaks to ones bought from resturants, getting more custom then you ever could there.
Im suprised there are so many of us, I know the baron is from around here to, I JUST missed him at last year’s toy soldier show.
Next time theres anything of modeling interest around here we should all go.
I’m not sure when Cheez Whiz became popular in cheesesteaks, when I was growing up there in the 60s and 70s it wasn’t even a consideration.
Another thing I thought was pretty disgusting was the Cheesesteak Hoagie! Lettuce and mayo on a Cheesesteak!?!?!?! Whoever thought that one up oughta’ be drawn and quartered! [soapbox]
Im with you!
Its meat, cheese, (if your so inclined, I dislike them) fried onions, mushrooms and peppers (same as onions)
as far as im concerned
Check out Penn Valley Hobby up in Lansdale (probably easiest to go up the Northeast Extension rather than 309). I first started going there in the early 70s, and when I retired from the USN in 1995 I lived about a block and a half away (very dangerous for the wallet!). It’s a true Mom 'n Pop store an well worth the visit IMHO:
http://www.pennvalleyhobbycenter.com/
Herb’s Hobbies up in Doylestown was pretty good (in the mid-late 90s anyway). Most of the time the prices were just a tad below retail, and the clearance section was well worth a visit.
This should help get you there: