A Cheese steak is a South Philadelphia (PA) delicacy. It is an amount (4-8 oz) of minute steak (thin, frozen beef) fried on a griddle (solid cooking surface) with a glop of butter or oil. As it cooks, the grill person breaks up the meat with the edge of the metal (non-slotted) spatula(s) until you end up with a pile of nicely cooked meat roughly the length of the Amoroso's torpedo roll you are going to put the meat on. The cheese is laid on top of the pile and melts into the meat. The type of cheese is stricly by personal preference. I like provolone, myself, but the 'tradional' choice is Cheese Whiz, a blended cheese that comes in a number 10 can. After the cheese melts, the sliced open roll (very fresh) is laid on top of the meat/cheese pile and the talented grill person can take his spatula and put it under the meat and keep any of the mm-mm-gooooood contents from falling out, and flip the whole thing over.
Some people like fried chopped onions mixed in with the meat after it is cooked, before the cheese is added. A bit high in fat content, but what the hell. Too bad I haven't had one since before my cardiac bypass surgery in January. I miss them, but I like my arteries better. A local place (here in South Jersey) makes their own variation which is especially good. They turn the fresh roll into a toasted garlic bread roll in the pizza oven while the meat is cooking. Really good!!! Check them out at www.santinis.com and order yourself a Cheesesteak Santini! Tell them Brian sent you!! --- Dolphie Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We call that kind of thing a submarine sandwich in these parts but > they are > not that popular, most certainly not in the region of a hamburger or > a > chicken fried steak. ===== I've got you to see me through, looking out for what I do Spreading sunshine from the skies, placing rainbows in my eyes Got you watching out for me, making sense of what I see When my world is wearing blue, I've got you to see me through . ---by Eleanor McEvoy on her album Yola (2001) . Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
