in the City of Brotherly Love?
We all know about the Philly CheeseSteaks...
Philadelphians Pat and Harry Olivieri are often
credited with inventing the sandwich by cooking
chopped steak on hoagie rolls in the early 1930s.
Pat's (www.patskingofsteaks.com)
and Geno's Steaks (www.genosteaks.com)
have a highly publicized rivalry. Both restaurants are
located across the street from each other on 9th Street
and Passyunk Avenue in of course south Philly.
What is so good about a Philly CheeseSteak vs.
a cheesesteak from somewhere else?
The steak meat used for Philly CheeseSteaks is thinly
sliced rib-eye or top round. The steak meat is also usually
cooked on top of sauteed onions for the flavor and to
prevent over cooking or more importantly from drying out.
In Philadelphia, most cheesesteaks go on an Amoroso roll.
Amoroso Baking Company (www.amorosobaking.com)
is a family-owned company that specializes in
baked breads and rolls. The company was founded in 1904 in
South Philly by Vincenzo Amoroso and his two sons.
Philly CheeseSteaks are known for having Cheez Whiz which is
a thick processed cheese sold by Kraft Foods and was first
used in 1953. Cheez Whiz is known to have been used because
it was easy and already a spread/melted texture.
They originated in Germany and after they immigrated to
Pennsylvania- Pennsylvania is known to make 80% of the nations
soft pretzels today. Pretzels sold in paper bags are best
rather than the ones wrapped in plastic because the plastic
makes the doughhard making them more often stale.
makes the doughhard making them more often stale.
by William Lawrence. In 1880, the name "Philadelphia" was used
and put into their brand name after the city that was considered at
the time to be the home of top quality food.
Cream cheese is good for bagels of course but you can also use
Philadelphia cream cheese when you are making a cream sauce
for your pasta dishes, cheesecakes & other desserts along with
adding it to veggies such as potatoes appetizers and more...
a Boston egg salesman got together and created a business and
produced baked goods in 1914. The baked goods were so good
that after tasting a few samples, Herbert's wife
said they were so "tasty" so they named the business
Tasty Baking Company (www.tastykake.com)
and came up with the catchy name Tastykake and the
rest is history!
