Can I Make You Some Sandwiches ? Favorite Sandwiches
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If you're ever in Chicago, look for a Duks. They're a local fast food chain that's a Chicago institution. They're very tiny stores and often tucked away under the elevated platforms. Their food is good, cheap, and fast. I particularly like the Italian beef sandwiches, but they serve the famous Chicago hotdogs and polish sausage dogs, too. I left Chicago 10 years ago and I still miss them!
My vote goes to a Duks Italian beef, 'dipped', with grilled onions and sweet peppers.
I lived one block over from this Duks on Ashland Ave. back in the 80s. Fantastic place, and always an adventure to visit. Part carnival, part restaurant.
never been, but i live in st.louis so . . someday. but i worked for a radiator warehouse owned by a chicago family, Wickless. it was Auto Air/Radiator Supply - AARS. we had stores (warehouses) all over chicago - glenview was the original but then niles, south holland, forest park, mundelein, and half a dozen others. also milwaukee, madison, quad cities etc.
they sold out and then that company sold to bigger companies, typical nowadays. we sold a/c parts, radiators and a full line of ac/delco and motorcraft. one of many parts jobs i had. anyway, if/when i get to chi town i will find a DUKS !! thanks
Buzzword
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First favorite:
Asiago focaccia slice
Thick slice of smoked turkey
2 thick slices of bacon
Thick slice of smoked Gouda
Romaine lettuce
Chipotle mayo
Asiago focaccia slice
Second favorite:
Chopped brisket soaked in a sweet barbecue sauce and crammed into a big fluffy roll with melted Swiss cheese and pickles.
Asiago focaccia slice
Thick slice of smoked turkey
2 thick slices of bacon
Thick slice of smoked Gouda
Romaine lettuce
Chipotle mayo
Asiago focaccia slice
Second favorite:
Chopped brisket soaked in a sweet barbecue sauce and crammed into a big fluffy roll with melted Swiss cheese and pickles.
i can almost taste it -
both sound perfect !!!! i'm hungry now, it's lunchtime here -
post pics when you can everybody -
Can't rep it yet. But, this is one of my favorite sandwiches that Nana used to make me. We would split the sandwich. And, of course, since it was in the 70s, she used Wonder bread.
Looks good. Except that I don't like Arby's sauerkraut. It's too sweet for me.
Breathe
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Now we look for the thickest white bread we can find to make them. But you only get a good tomato during the summer and early fall, when the tomatoes are fresh picked, and if you don't grow them, you have to get them from a farmers market - those nasty, mealy tasteless tomatoes the chain grocery stores sell are inedible. I won't touch them.
right. we found a nearby neighbor that grows in her yard and sells them and they were absolutely delicious and fresh of the plant this summer - there's nothing like home-grown, Missouri has some good 'uns
genuineoriginal
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| How to Make a $1500 Sandwich in Only 6 Months | |
The person posting the video claims, "I spent 6 months and $1500 to completely make a sandwich from scratch. Including growing my own vegetables, making my own salt from ocean water, milking a cow to make cheese, grinding my own flour from wheat, collecting my own honey, and killing a chicken myself."
I was impressed.
I agree with you about the tomatoes. I don't buy them from the store either. I wasn't able to grow any this year due to too much rain. But, I got some from a fruit/veggie stand.
Breathe
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I buy a strain of heirloom tomato from Grainger County in Tennessee from a little man who drives over into Tennessee to get them. Pricey - $90 a bushel - but I only buy 4 or 5 at a time, so they don't seem so expensive. I'm really snobby about my tomatoes. :chuckle:
yes, like you were saying, those grocery store tomatoes are mealy and have no taste, almost as bad as fast food tomatoes ! we always went down by the river, near where the Meramec & Mississippi meat, but they had a flood this spring/summer. we were blessed to stumble upon even better home-grown maters closer to home even. i miss 'em already
sounds interesting. i like both, but . . .together ? :idunno: