A quick poll about Cheesesteaks

[EternalEnigma21]

You gotta put mayo on the cheessteak sub. It mixes all up with the grease and gives your wrist that nice little white-washed streak.

I've never been to philly and dont give a rat's ass what some philly douchebag says about some steakum sandwich... put mayo on that shit and shut up...

I could see not ruining a ribye sandwich or prime rib sub... but steakums???

You might want to just drown it in ketchup and call it a day!

[dmek25]

first of all, philly cheese staeks suck. no one puts cheese whiz on steak and declares its good. i see the mayo arguement this way, cheese steak no, cheese steak hoagie, umm um. yummy with mayo

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by steveo395

i live right near philly and i've never even heard of anyone putting mayo on a cheesesteak...sounds pretty crappy

definitely no mayo

Yeah, me too and same here. :tongue

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by dmek25

first of all, philly cheese staeks suck.

You're insane.

The cheesesteaks are the ONLY reason I'll go anywhere near Filthydelphia. It's the only good thing to come from Philly since Ben Franklin.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by canthetuna

You gotta put mayo on the cheessteak sub. It mixes all up with the grease and gives your wrist that nice little white-washed streak.

Sounds like bird poop.

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by JWsleep

A cheesesteak does not have Mayo on it.

BUT: I used to work at Jerry's sub shop. We had something called a "steak and cheese" that we'd eat with Mayo, Lettuce, Tomato, and hot peppers. It was good. But it wasn't a cheesesteak.

I'll buy this argument. While an authentic cheesesteak never ever has mayo on it (just some american or whiz and onions, maybe some peppers), a steak and cheese hoagie/grinder/sub has lettuce and mayo on it (tomato too if you want) and some grilled onions and usually provolone is the cheese of choice. most of the places outside Philly do not make it greasy enough, so the mayo is needed to make the sub a bit more wet.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

That's why you basically coat the grill in shit loads of vegetable oil before grilling! MMMMMm.

[BDBohnzie]

well, if a place was just serving cheesesteaks, yes you could do this. however, with the cornucopia of offerings most other places present, having a shit load of veggie oil on the grill just isn't feasible.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

This poll clearly reflects a non-Philly crowd's opinion of a cheesesteak. Many who are answering likely have never had an authentic cheesesteak from Philly. If I were eating the garbage they make down in Maryland and Virginia which they call cheesesteaks, I'd probably need mayo on it too!

Sorry to get all cheesesteak snob up in here, but jeez, mayo on a cheesesteak??

You are 100% correct.

[Stacks42]

YUMS in D.C. is the best place to go for a cheesteak in the area, sure you may get shot or stabbed ordering it, but it is well worth it.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Stacks42

YUMS in D.C. is the best place to go for a cheesteak in the area, sure you may get shot or stabbed ordering it, but it is well worth it.

You have to risk your life to get a REAL Philly Cheesesteak too.

[firstdown]

Talking subs here in Tidewater Va. all the Lowes hardware stores have these little moble Dominic's of NY sub shops. They cook them all day and everytime I go to Lowes I leave hungry. Its like they have a fan blowing the smell by the doors.

[celts32]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Did you like Geno's? I'm interested to hear what a Philly outsider thinks. Somehow they've become the mecca of cheesesteak places here in Philly but I think they're way overrated. The meat comes out a little too thick and chunky for my tastes. They do so much business there that I think they're getting lazy with the slicing of the meat, trying to turn out the sandwiches as fast as possible. I like it to be sliced ridiculously thin.

I'm a big fan of Delissandro's, which is on the northern side of the city. Then there's a place near my house in the suburbs which makes a great one. In fact I think I'll hit that up for dinner tonight!

I don't think Delissandro's is even close to Geno's. Delisandro's uses the chopped up meat technique which is something you can get all over the city...IMO the real good places use the thin slices of steak. Geno's is my 2nd favorite in Philly next to Steve's Prince of Steaks in NE Philly.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by celts32

I don't think Delissandro's is even close to Geno's. Delisandro's uses the chopped up meat technique which is something you can get all over the city...IMO the real good places use the thin slices of steak. Geno's is my 2nd favorite in Philly next to Steve's Prince of Steaks in NE Philly.

Interesting. I like the chopped up meat technique better. You can get the slices of American cheese to melt together with the meat, and the meat juice tends to ooze into the cheeze while it's cooking. You get a real homogenous flavor, the meat has cheese flavor and the cheese has meat flavor.

When you go to Geno's the standard issue is the chunks of meat cooked wit onions or without, and then served in a cheesesteak, and then the wiz is thrown on top. There's no blending of flavors there. It's just meat topped with cheese wiz. I like it cooked together better. Plus the Geno's meat isn't exactly prime rib, I think that's what gets me. It's chunky and meaty, but not that easy to bite through.

I think it was Dmek who said cheeze-wiz on a cheesesteak was terrible? I happen to agree. A lot of Philly people love the wiz, but I'd much rather throw a couple slices of American on that bad boy.

[vinva]

Steak and cheese sandwiches can have mayo. Cheesesteaks can not.

And Pat's is better then Geno's.