Maybe a bun made of chocolate cake would taste better

 

Nothing beats a real Philadelphia Cheese Steak! I think if I ever get to the point where I know I'm having my "last meal", that's what I'd want.

And I'd wash it down with pint of Guinness!

- Jack

 

You had me until you said 'pint of Guinness'. Not a fan.

 

A number of years ago while in Princeton, NJ, I had to go to D.C. and decided to drive.

It was at this time that I happened to be hearing a lot about Gino's and Pat's, and the inevitable arguments about which was better. (It is worse than "red" morons v. "blue" morons arguing). I had never had either Gino's nor Pat's so, like the idiot that I am, I decided to stop in Philly on the way and try them both, one after the other.

I went to Gino's first and ordered a sandwich. As soon as I finished I drank some water and walked across that weird intersection and then ate an entire sandwich from Pat's. (Fortunately - or unfortunately - I had not had breakfast so I was able to finish both sandwiches).

I then continued my drive to D.C. Arrived at my hotel. Checked in. Went up to my room. Got violently ill.

So what have we learned here? Between Pat's and Gino's . . . you can have one, or the other, but not both at a single sitting.

By the way, in case anyone is interested . . . they were both good, but Pat's was better.

 

You have to drink Guinness in an Irish pub (in Ireland of course) and preferably with a big helping of fish and chips. Although the fish and chips in New Zealand are damned good too!

Actually, it was almost a tossup between the cheese steak and fish and chips. Philly won out!

- Jack

 

I was hungry until I saw this.

 

Well I'm surprised no one posted this yet.
http://www.heartattackgrill.com/menu.html

i have never been there but only heard about it.

anyone in/near Chandler Arizona ?
is it worth the trip ?

 

That looks totally disgusting!

 

NO, that TOPS disgusting! Bet they have an ambulance stationed at the door. Either for the heart attack victims or the violently ill.

 

Kobi- You know how to get with the program don't you? One of my DIL's is from Alabama and down there if it's not deep fried and dripping with grease, they won't touch it! Now you understand why there are so MANY fat people in the Mid-West (and South).

 

No thanks, I'll stick with my Peanut butter and Broccoli Burritos! Or maybe some Spam and whip cream for dessert!

But the Biscuits and Gravy sounds good.

 

Yeah, I don't understand why everything is "chicken fried" either.

 

Because when it is battered and fried, it is GOOD!

 

Special K, next time you're at a "fair", see if you can find some fried Oreos. The one we went to had both the vanilla (tan?) and chocolate oreos. Soooo tasty.

 

Interesting.



1 1 Mississippi 35.3 70.2 33.8 1.3 0
2 2 Alabama 31.6 68.1 31.6 0.4 0
4 2 Tennessee 32.8 68.9 31.6 1.3 2
3 4 West Virginia 31.7 67.5 31.3 0.2 -1
8 5 Louisiana 33.9 67.6 31.2 2.3 3
6 6 Oklahoma 32.0 67.4 30.6 1.1 0
7 7 Kentucky 32.3 66.9 30.4 1.4 0
10 8 Arkansas 31.4 66.5 30.1 1.5 2
5 9 South Carolina 30.0 65.7 29.9 0.2 -4
12 10 North Carolina 30.1 65.3 29.4 1.2 2
9 11 Michigan 30.3 65.5 29.3 0.5 -2
13 11 Missouri 30.5 65.5 29.3 1.1 2
10 13 Ohio 29.7 66.6 29.0 0.4 -3
14 13 Texas 29.5 66.7 29.0 1.1 1
20 15 South Dakota 30.2 67.0 28.5 1.6 5
18 16 Kansas 28.7 64.5 28.2 0.9 2
16 17 Indiana 29.9 65.0 28.1 0.7 -1
14 17 Georgia 27.7 65.3 28.1 0.2 -3
22 17 Pennsylvania 28.0 63.9 28.1 1.3 5
17 20 Delaware 27.5 63.6 27.8 0.5 -3
22 21 North Dakota 28.3 66.0 27.7 1.0 1
22 22 Iowa 28.4 67.1 27.6 0.9 0
21 23 Nebraska 28.0 64.7 27.2 0.4 -2
18 24 Alaska 25.4 63.2 26.9 -0.3 -6
25 24 Wisconsin 29.2 65.6 26.9 0.9 1
27 26 Illinois 27.3 64.3 26.6 0.7 1
25 26 Maryland 26.7 62.8 26.6 0.6 -1
28 28 Washington 26.9 62.4 26.3 0.9 0
35 29 Maine 26.4 64.1 25.8 1.1 6
33 30 Arizona 25.8 64.1 25.7 1.0 3
28 31 Virginia 25.5 60.5 25.5 0.1 -3
32 31 Nevada 26.4 63.0 25.5 0.5 1
31 31 Minnesota 25.3 63.1 25.5 0.2 0
36 34 New Mexico 25.5 61.7 25.4 0.9 2
39 34 New Hampshire 26.3 62.8 25.4 1.3 5
33 36 Idaho 25.1 61.3 25.1 0.3 -3
39 36 Florida 25.9 62.4 25.1 0.9 3
37 38 New York 24.5 60.0 25.0 0.5 -1
38 38 Wyoming 25.3 62.1 25.0 0.7 0
28 38 Oregon 23.6 60.6 25.0 -0.4 -10
41 41 California 25.5 61.2 24.4 0.7 0
42 42 New Jersey 23.9 61.8 23.9 0.4 0
43 43 Montana 23.7 62.0 23.5 0.8 0
44 44 Utah 24.0 57.9 23.2 0.7 0
48 45 Rhode Island 24.9 61.5 22.9 1.2 3
46 46 Vermont 23.3 58.1 22.8 0.7 0
47 47 Hawaii 22.9 57.8 22.6 0.8 0
49 48 Massachusetts 21.8 57.4 21.7 0.5 1
45 49 District of Columbia 20.1 51.7 21.5 -0.8 -4
49 50 Connecticut 21.0 58.9 21.4 0.1 -1
51 51 Colorado 18.9 55.6 19.1 0.2

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