"Lew Bryson" > wrote in
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> "Scott Kaczorowski" > wrote in message
>> How 'bout another one: The Philly cheesesteak
>
> As for the reason you can't get a real Philly cheesesteak
> more than 50 miles from Philadelphia

I said: "So, here's another example of something that
doesn't translate well (IMO) and yet is successful locally.
Fine."

But...I'd like to know that, too, because I find it
impossible to believe that an authentic <anything> can't
possibly be made more than 60 miles from The Source. Hell, I
believe you can get fugu in Los Angeles, and I know you can
get perfectly authentic Hawaiian at Bruddah's in Gardena
(they even have musubi fer g'ness sake). And apparently you
can get a pretty good cheesesteak in Burbank.

Those at 60+ miles are not to your liking/tastes because the
tastes in those areas are different from yours. The same
thing as with Steve's Chicago style pizza. It's a
regional/local thing. That's all. Has nothing to do with
grill manufacturers, or how the beef is treated 30 seconds
before they're offed, or whether or not the onions are sliced
under a black light, or what the expiration date on the Whiz
is, or...

The market may not demand It in a certain place, so It is
either different or rare.

I am *SO* going to take your ****ing miserable hide to Lares
and El Tepeyac if you ever haul your miserable ****ing hide
out this way. (And maybe La Golondrina and maybe even El
Mercado in Boyle Heights. The gorditas...you will want to
rub my feet in gratitude and I will let you.)

> What about spiedies?

Marinated bits of meat on a skewer...What's the word I'm
looking for?...shish-ka-something, I think.

> Beef on weck?

Roast beef sandwich without produce? What? Is the roll The
Thing?

> Michigans?

Whats?

Dude! Get some salad in your life. Seriously.

> Any of you
> *******s think you can make THEM where you live?

Of course I can. Can't you? Or are the rolls treated like
narcotics outside of 60 miles?

It's steak on a roll. That's ALL it is. Peppers, Whiz,
mushrooms...whatever. Sounds really tough to make to me.
Dang near ****ing impossible in fact. My mind reels at the

complexity of such a thing...


Scott Kaczorowski
Long Beach, CA