I am not wrong. I have been to 15 counties on 4 continents and live in a city with the best food scene in the East US. I know food and the Chinese carry outs in DC have amazing cheese steaks. Georgia Ave is a good place to start.
Your experience in other continents is not going to convince me. Thats like saying "oh this is great clam chowder! Ive been to every county in Asia, so I totally know."
But like I said, I will investigate. God know's none of the actual sub shops around here get it right.
No it really isn't the same. First I spent my summers on the Chesapeake and vacationed at the Inkwell like a middle class black family should so I wold NEVER do that Asian chowder shit. Second I am well travelled enough that I can appreciate the qualities of a good cheese steak. I am right, anyone who disagrees is wrong.
Your experience in other continents is not going to convince me. Thats like saying "oh this is great clam chowder! Ive been to every county in Asia, so I totally know."
But like I said, I will investigate. God know's none of the actual sub shops around here get it right.
No it really isn't the same. First I spent my summers on the Chesapeake and vacationed at the Inkwell like a middle class black family should so I wold NEVER do that Asian chowder shit. Second I am well travelled enough that I can appreciate the qualities of a good cheese steak. I am right, anyone who disagrees is wrong.
I admire your certainty. We will revisit this topic. But if I pick a random carry out on Georgia and you tell me I went to a bad one then I'm calling shenanigans.
Eta- can you hear the quiet thread of hope/desperation that you're right and I can have good cheesesteaks whenever I want?
Texas claims they started it but they started the bean free version. Meat and chili and beans were eaten for centuries in Spain and Mexico. Hence why I find it so funny. It's like Christians claiming they have the definition of marriage when they took over a centuries old concept, changed it a bit, and then claim their way is the original way. End rant.
I do get it, Texas. I've had people here in Tacoma and Seattle tell me that they make good deli sandwiches. NO. A GOOD deli sandwich comes from an Italian deli. Otherwise - LIES. Also, try to explain to someone why the crust of a NY-style pizza tastes different than NY-style pizza here and see what happens (it's the water in the dough). My husband almost got into a rumble because someone dared question that NY dough is superior in NY-style pizza.
Oh, and I was asked if I missed anything about Wisconsin. I said cheese curds. The person said, "Oh, we've got those! Those little fried balls of cheese, right?"
FYI - a cheese curd is not fried. Yes, there are fried cheese curds that you can buy at places like the county fair and Culvers, but an actual cheese curd is fresh, warm, and squeaky. Also, delicious. Don't talk about my cheese curds like you KNOW THEM.
We all get serious about our food, man. And for what it's worth, I do love actual chile con carne, not the lies I grew up on. Homesick Texan is my jam.
I do get it, Texas. I've had people here in Tacoma and Seattle tell me that they make good deli sandwiches. NO. A GOOD deli sandwich comes from an Italian deli. Otherwise - LIES. Also, try to explain to someone why the crust of a NY-style pizza tastes different than NY-style pizza here and see what happens (it's the water in the dough). My husband almost got into a rumble because someone dared question that NY dough is superior in NY-style pizza.
Oh, and I was asked if I missed anything about Wisconsin. I said cheese curds. The person said, "Oh, we've got those! Those little fried balls of cheese, right?"
FYI - a cheese curd is not fried. Yes, there are fried cheese curds that you can buy at places like the county fair and Culvers, but an actual cheese curd is fresh, warm, and squeaky. Also, delicious. Don't talk about my cheese curds like you KNOW THEM.
We all get serious about our food, man. And for what it's worth, I do love actual chile con carne, not the lies I grew up on. Homesick Texan is my jam.
Also, I swear to god. Try to tell me that going to the cheese factory is not the most goddamn exciting moment in a kid's life (okay, and mine), and I will cut you.
As a true native of South Florida I hold no loyalty to any region's "right" way.
The first skyline outside of Ohio was a few blocks from my house because the owners wanted to retire in the area (of course! ). So, chili with cinnamon and cocoa definitely goes on pasta. Dont forget the oyster crackers!
Vegetarian chili is an oxymoron to Texans, and I don't care. I'm sure they'd hate it more if I used soy meat instead of beans. But meat chili without beans is ok, too.
I'm site by liking it all I've managed to piss off everyone. See? I really am a floridian if no one likes me
Post by sparrowsong on Feb 1, 2015 11:04:25 GMT -5
We had a chili cook off at work one day. Half the people showed up with chili chili (beans or not, whatever) and half showed up with green chili. I vote green chili for the win.
Thank God for tacosforlife talking the truth. Thank. God.
And definitely @songforyou too. She knows; she gets it.
Look, I'm not going to tell New Englanders how to make Clam (*shudder*) Chowder. I'm not going to tell Marylanders (including my own amazing stepmom and my father's Baltimorean relatives) about Crab Cakes. For years, I felt my Hungarian BFF's pain every time we walked into a London pub offering up their meat-glop over pasta version of Goulash. I know why my H gets so ornery about "French" Fries and, God knows, Belgian Waffle misrepresentation. And, after this thread, I'm not going to begin to act like I know a thing about Cheesesteaks*.
And I'm not going to tell Floridians how to.... How to do whatever it is they "do."
Texas can rightly claim our Chili (Con Carne). We CAN. And I can further delve into why, i.e.: the beef, the spices, etc. and why it is NOTHING LIKE AN EFFING MANWICH. Or worse yet, I will sit down and teach my mother how to work her laptop and she will come on here and EXPLAIN THINGS to all y'all!
But, really, y'all can all keep your "chili." In Texas, we'll keep our Chili.
*though my cousin did help his Philly born friend start this ::ducks and covers::
Texas claims they started it but they started the bean free version. Meat and chili and beans were eaten for centuries in Spain and Mexico. Hence why I find it so funny. It's like Christians claiming they have the definition of marriage when they took over a centuries old concept, changed it a bit, and then claim their way is the original way. End rant.
Also, Texans were calling Chili con Carne "stew," even though it had no beans.
"Needing hot grub, the trail cooks came up with a sort of stew. They pounded dried beef, fat, pepper, salt, and the chile peppers together into stackable rectangles which could be easily rehydrated with boiling water. This amounted to "brick chili" or "chili bricks" that could be boiled in pots along the trail."
It makes me a little sad that California doesn't have an iconic food to defend against all heretics. We get a little uppity about the Mexican food but that's all. Well, at least we have the good weather.?
It makes me a little sad that California doesn't have an iconic food to defend against all heretics. We get a little uppity about the Mexican food but that's all. Well, at least we have the good weather.?
I was just thinking I'm glad I can fall back on wings and beef on weck.
Thank God for tacosforlife talking the truth. Thank. God.
And definitely @songforyou too. She knows; she gets it.
Look, I'm not going to tell New Englanders how to make Clam (*shudder*) Chowder. I'm not going to tell Marylanders (including my own amazing stepmom and my father's Baltimorean relatives) about Crab Cakes. For years, I felt my Hungarian BFF's pain every time we walked into a London pub offering up their meat-glop over pasta version of Goulash. I know why my H gets so ornery about "French" Fries and, God knows, Belgian Waffle misrepresentation. And, after this thread, I'm not going to begin to act like I know a thing about Cheesesteaks*.
And I'm not going to tell Floridians how to.... How to do whatever it is they "do."
Texas can rightly claim our Chili (Con Carne). We CAN. And I can further delve into why, i.e.: the beef, the spices, etc. and why it is NOTHING LIKE AN EFFING MANWICH. Or worse yet, I will sit down and teach my mother how to work her laptop and she will come on here and EXPLAIN THINGS to all y'all!
But, really, y'all can all keep your "chili." In Texas, we'll keep our Chili.
*though my cousin did help his Philly born friend start this ::ducks and covers::
I was nodding my head until I hit the asterisk. This is the second time in this thread that I've felt betrayed by someone I thought I could trust lol!
(hug) (hug2)
FTR: I did duck and cover. And I will not vouch for it's authenticity, only it's yumminess and playing an integral role in my Freshman 15. Other than that, I will NOT cross you people on your Cheesesteaks!
Meh, I have no real feelings one way or another. Give me your chili with beans, or without, your cheesesteaks with or without the whiz. I will eat them all.
Ok I went and looked up this Texas Chili business. I had never heard of such a thing before being that I've spent my while life living no farther south than Virginia for college but that sounds gooooood.