Why this blog exists

One of the first plugs I got for this blog came from Michael Haz who said he liked it because it was about tits.......and sandwiches.

Lisa sent me some enhanced photos of our trip to Brennan & Carr's so I wanted to share them with you.

Of course she had to give me some embarrassing candid shots like this one of me slurping down a mozzarella stick.

She loves to get those shots where I look like a big dummy. It makes her giggle when I look stupid. Which I have to admit is most of the time.

So enjoy the sandwiches. Oh yeah. And the tits!

Tits and sandwiches!

Some blogs get obessesed with one subject and go off the rails. Little Green Footballs and the Muslims. Andy the Beagle Boy Sullivan and Sarah Palin's vagina. The Evil Blogger Lady and her Asshole Buddies wanting to get married and stuff.

I want to keep my eye on the ball. Well on big round things. Tits and meatballs.

And now that hero does not look like what you think it looks like.

Shame on you!

I think Chief Bald Eagle might be barking up the wrong tree.

You see there is a funny thing about Corporal Agarn. He loves sandwiches.

Just sayn'

I am sorry Doctor but the lab results confirm it.

"There is no way this can be correct."

"I am afraid that is right. I know you might find it hard to believe but the paperwork doesn't lie."

"It's simply impossible. No way Jose. Or Pedro. Or whatever the fuck your name is. It is just not possible."

"I am telling you it is correct senor. You order a pastrami on rye with mayonnaise. It says it right here."

"Do I look like a rube to you. A yokel. DO I LOOK LIKE I COME FROM WISCONSIN!!!!!"

"No then you would have ordered it with cheese."

Hey Loafing Oaf just posted his tribute to Sarah Palin.

That boy just ain't right.

Hey what would happen if you pinched a loaf in a loaf.

Hey they had some really terrible sandwiches in Cincinnati. Just sayn'

OH NO!!!! Philly won the World Series and the Super Sandwich Bowl.

In a down to the wire photo finish, the Philly Cheese Steak has won the Super Sandwich Bowl.

Our final score;

Philly Cheese steak 26

Hot pastrami on rye 25

oyster po-boy 10

meatball hero 8

We had the biggest turn out ever: 69 votes. I guess that makes us the 69er's.

Somehow that seems appropriate.

Our pickles are at half mast because a hero has passed.

He was the man who turned the overstuffed pastrami sandwich into a New York landmark.
And the Broadway legend who could bestow the ultimate accolade on the city's celebrities - by creating sandwiches named after them.
Milton Parker, owner of the Carnegie Deli, who died last week, was a man who lived large and did his best to make sure his fellow New Yorkers did the same.
"Milton didn't know what cholesterol meant," recalled his son-in-law, Sandy Levine, the Carnegie's manager. "The doctor would say, 'Milton, you have to drop 30 pounds.' He'd say, 'Yes, yes,' then come in here and eat and eat. But hey, he lived to be 90."
Parker had great fun deciding which bold-face names would appear on his menu.
There's a Woody Allen special ("lotsa corned beef and pastrami"). And one named for the late comic Henny Youngman (Nova Scotia salmon and cream cheese on a giant toasted bagel, with lettuce and tomatoes).
In 2006, talk-show host Jerry Springer got a pastrami, corned beef, tongue and Swiss cheese creation in his honor.
"I have a general rule: I never eat anything bigger than my head," Springer told The Post yesterday.
"But I broke the rule when I ate the sandwich he named for me."
Parker was a presence at the front of the deli on Seventh Avenue near West 55th Street, greeting old-time customers and hungry tourists with the same warm smile.
"He created the gargantuan sandwich," recalled Levine. "One pound of meat, piled six to eight inches high. You got the quantity and the quality."
When Parker sat down to dine, however, he'd always start off with a foot-long frankfurter.
At his memorial Monday at the Riverside Chapel, Parker's daughter Marian placed one on his coffin.
"I said, 'This hot dog is for you, Dad,' " she recalled.
In 1976, Parker bought the Carnegie with a partner, Leo Steiner, who died in 1987, and helped turn the place into a showbiz hangout. Milton Berle, Jackie Gleason and half the members of the Friar's Club were regulars.
Parker wrote a book called "How to Feed Friends and Influence People: The Carnegie Deli," explaining his deli management style.
Among his rules: Keep it simple, do not be greedy, and have fun.
"He loved to eat," remembered waitress Rosie Ruenanukool, a 24-year employee.
"His wife was always saying she didn't want him to eat so much, so he'd live longer. So he'd hide the food under his napkin."t

The man ate a freakin' hot dog and deli every day of his life and lived to be 90 freakin years old.

Screw you health nazi's.

I want a hot pastrami on rye two knishes a plate of pickles and Dr Brown Black Cherry soda. Stat.

Our Pastrami is Hot, Hot, Hot.

Pastrami is hot, hot, hot as it moves out into the lead. Just like Philly, beat out the Giants and the Meat Ball hero and then lose it in the big game.

Here is an example of Katz's deli that Nichevo was talking about. Notice the pickles which is an important part of the experience.

Chickenlittle had a great idea!!!

Chickenlittle had a great idea for a new series: "Celebrities Eating."

The only problem is when I did a little research it seems that there is already a site devoted to just this subject. So it would be bad form to just rip them off. So check them out at www.celebrities-eating.com/ and get a load of some of the great photo's they have there. It's a hoot.

Hey the pastrami on rye is hanging in there!

The pastrami on rye is hanging in there as a strong second.

I used to enjoy eating a pastrami on rye in my first job. I was just a kid about 13 and I went to work with my dad on the weekends when he did taxes to pick up extra money. He worked for this old jewish accountant who became my friend and mentor for many years. Now he was the first guy I ever saw who pulled the lunch ploy. What that was he bought breakfast and lunch for the whole office. Seems very nice right. But what that did is made sure everyone ate and was done in about ten minutes or maybe twenty at the outside. Nobody took an hour. He would send me out to get sandwiches and it was always a big treat when I would go to the Blarney Stone to get corn beef and brisket and pastrami sandwiches. I kinka liked the brisket a little better but the pastrami was good stuff. We washed it down with Dr Brown's cream soda or black cherry or his celery tonic. Man that was good eating.

Hey the Steelers won the Super Bowl but Philly is still winning the Sandwich Bowl!

Jeeez Cheeze Wiz, can't we stop Philly once this year. They are still winning the sandwich poll. Now people have accused us of only featuring idealized sandwiches on this blog, but I will have you know that the sloppy cheese steak is nobodies ideal.

Hey here is a reprise of how to make Trooper Yorks spicy Balls. So you can try it and make a freakin' sandwich and change your vote.

Here’s a simple meatball recipe.

1 lb of chop meat1 lb of veal
1 lb of ground pork
8 garlic cloves
1 cup of bread crumbs
½ cup of pecorino Romano cheese
1 head of parsley
5 eggs

Mix the meats in a bowl till they are as scrambled as Hugh Hefner’s wits. Then break the eggs like Hillary would break Bills balls now that they lost and mix them into the meat. Clean and chop up the garlic into little pieces like Michele does to Baracks balls whenever he has an independent thought. Mix the minced garlic in the meat. Squish it around like a Democrat Congressman talking about the war so it’s nice and squishy. Then add the breadcrumbs.

Also clean and chop the parsley, remember to leave off the stems which can be bitter (like those broads you meet late at night at the bar talking about their ex-husbands, you know like McCain’s first wife). Drop the parsley in the mix. Mix up that mess until everything is combined in one hot mess.

Take some out and roll it in your palms like you were rubbing up a baseball to make a round ball approximately the size of a spaldeen (a rubber ball used in stoop ball you hicks). Make sure it sticks together with enough breadcrumbs. It should stick together like Vito Fossella and that slutty Army bitch.

Place it in a frying pan and fry under a low flame turning often so all sides brown. Eat at least two of them out of the frying pan. Plop the rest of them in the red sauce to give it flavor. Enjoy.

Hey even though Titus say's he loves fish nobody seems to like the oyster po-boy.

Even though Titus says he likes the fish instead of the meat, the poor oyster po-boy sandwich is lagging behind in our poll. Of course Meade said he voted for it and that he also loves to stick his tongue right in that fishy sandwich, but he is just doing that to curry favor with the ladies.

He is quite shameless.

Anyway here is an oyster po-boy recipe.

This oyster po' boy would also be delicious with Come Back Sauce instead of mayonnaise.
Ingredients:
1 quart oysters
3 large eggs
3 cups cornmeal
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon Cajun Seasoning
1 teaspoon black pepper
4 French bread rolls, about 6-inches each, or 2 baguettes, cut in half crosswise
2 medium tomatoes
shredded lettuce
mayonnaise or Come Back Sauce
dill pickle slices
salt and pepper
Preparation:In a medium bowl, beat the eggs; stir in oysters and let stand for 5 minutes.
In a large food storage bag, combine the cornmeal, flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, Cajun seasoning, and 1 teaspoon pepper.
Take an oyster from the beaten egg, let excess drip off, and toss in the bag. Shake until well coated. Repeat with remaining oysters.
Fry the oysters in batches for about 3 minutes, or until golden brown.
Split 1 roll or section; spread with mayonnaise or Come Back Sauce.
On the bottom of the roll, arrange layers of shredded lettuce, oysters, tomato slices, and sliced pickles. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Repeat with remaining rolls, oysters, and filling ingredients. Enjoy!

(About.com Southern cooking)

Oh yeah baby you can do it. You can get all that meat in your mouth you know you can!

Oh yeah baby. You know you want it. Don't worry, just open wide. It will fit you never mind. That's it, you can take it all. You love this meat don't you. Oh yeah baby.

Hey isn't it bad enough that Philly beat the Giants, do they have to win the pool too!

Start with good beef. Pat’s uses sliced rib-eye. Jim’s uses USDA choice top round western steer beef.
Shave the beef very thin so it cooks quickly and remains tender.
Use a fresh high quality Italian roll - Amoroso’s is a favorite.
Decide if you want your steak with or without fried onions.
Decide if you want a steak or a cheesesteak. If you elect a cheesesteak you need to decide on American cheese, provolone or the Philly favorite "cheez whiz."
Any add-ons? Mushrooms, peppers, pizza sauce, tomatoes? You decide. It’s your sandwich.
Start to cook. Sauté the onions, peppers and mushrooms until soft.
Fry your steak until brown but not crispy or burned. You can mix in the fried vegetables now or add them at the end.
If you elect American cheese or provolone place the cheese on the meat until slightly melted. If you choose Cheez Whiz just smear it on the roll.
Place the roll over the meat/cheese/vegetables and scoop it into the sandwich.
Garnish your sandwich with pizza sauce, hot or sweet peppers or pickles as you choose.
Enjoy your Philadelphia cheesesteak.
Tips:
Using the best beef available is the key.
Don't overcook the ingredients.
If you don't cook, go to Pat's, Geno's or Jim's. Which one is best? It's a regular Philadelphia debate.

By John Fischer Aboutdotcom Philladelphia/South Jersey.

So AJ what do you say? This is your native cuisine. Is this the real deal or what?

That's a spicy meatball!!!!

How can the great meatball sandwich be lagging so far behind in my poll. I made a big pot of meatballs this Christmas. I made it the old school way with beef, veal and pork and made about 100 meatballs that everyone went to town on with the meal. Then we had great meatball sandwiches for the next couple of days. I even had one for breakfast.

Damn, I love a good meatball hero.

Titus, do you know what they make a Cuban sandwich out of?

Titus was dissing the oyster sandwich so I want to show him what a spicy little Cuban looks like. Of course I bet he knows..

This spicy pulled pork sandwich is of course made of hog.

So to speak.

It almost made the cut for the sandwich poll. I guess that makes it cut hog.

Hey meat or fish baby?

OK here is our new poll. What is your favorite sandwich? You know the one if you have one to take to the game and you have your choice you will wrap up in the wax paper and bring it to the stadium with a couple of brewski's. Now assume that it will be hot because there is a stand right outside so there is no issue as to the taste. The one when you go up to your buddy's tailgate party that you ask for.

Which is your favorite out of these four taste treats:

The Meatball parmigiana hero.

The Philly Cheese steak hero.

Hot Pastrami on Rye.

The Oyster Po-boy.

Chew on that one for a while.

Keep it simple I say, that's the look.

Gloria Wandrous: Mama, face it: I was the slut of all time.

BUtterfield 8 (1960)