Sandwiches

[xoxoxoBruce]

50 sandwiches, 50 states is the title but it's 51 with DC.

Pennsylvania: Roast Pork With Broccoli Rabe

Although the cheesesteak is knocked off in every state, a hot roast pork sandwich remains Philly’s own. The place to get it is Tommy DiNic’s, a fourth-generation sandwich shop at the Reading Terminal Market, and you must order it with broccoli rabe and provolone. Unwrap the sandwich’s white-paper swaddling, and behold a foot-long monster glistening with grease and jus from the meat. A layer of melted sharp cheese gilds the inside of the roll, while the slight bitterness of its generous vegetable crown cuts the fat in each bite.

[glatt]

Of course I had to look up Maine's sandwich to see if they got it right. It interested me that they went for the lobster roll from Red's Eats. Not a bad choice. I've had one there. They are very good. Probably the best. But it's a sandwich for the tourists. It's too expensive for the locals to eat more than once every couple years. To be fair, I suppose Zagat's is for the tourists.

The real Maine sandwich is a Sam's Italian. They gave Connecticut and Rhode Island similar sandwiches, but they are both different from the Sam's variety.

[infinite monkey]

Cleveland isn't really Ohio, it's like a whole other country.

Iowa got loose meat sammiches, and I almost expected it for OH considering the little moneymaker Maid-rite in Greenville. Then I looked up maidrite and got the corporation and they're all over Iowa, and the only one mentioned for OH is a place in a gas station that I don't think even sells them anymore. There just isn't a place like the original.

Research doesn't help too much with the franchises vs the original in Greenville. Here's a little site that explains the original maid-rite though.

http://www.datasync.com/~w8je/maidrite.html

I suspect the maid-rite franchises throughout the Midwest are a lot like North Carolina claiming 'First in Flight.' You were a location, all right, Kittyhawk, but you ain't the Wright Brothers themselves.

[BigV]

My "state's sandwich", grilled salmon, is delicious. They've taken some poetic license with their descriptions, but the main event is wholly justified. I had lunch with my Mom at a restaurant in Pike's Place Market on Mother's Day, but not at the Market Grill. The sandwich looks yummy, I'll keep it in mind on my next trip down there.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by glatt

To be fair, I suppose Zagat's is for the tourists.

I wondered if there might be some monetary compensation involved in choosing particular locations, ... but the sandwich descriptions are interesting anyway.

[Gravdigr]

Kentucky - The Hot Brown

Over the years I've heard about the Hot Brown. I've never seen one. I've asked about them at a few places, never found a place that serves them. Also, and this one's a kicker, I've asked and asked, and I don't know anyone who's ever eaten one, and very, very few who knew what I was talking about.

Maybe a Louisville thing, but it definitely does not represent KY.