Hey, Janesez - I was just told the best place for hoagies is TUCSON!!!!!

[JimmyJazz]

I thought you might find that interesting! Good luck trying to find a tasteykake to go with that hoagie in TUCSON, AZ!

[procrastinator]

1. Better than Philadelphia? n/t

[JimmyJazz]

2. My sentiments exactly!

Everyone KNOWS the ONLY place for a good hoagie is Philadelphia - Next thing ya know, he'll be telling me the best cheesesteaks can be found in New Orleans!!!!

[Patiod]

11. You can try to make one elsewhere

But they don't have Amoroso's rolls outside of Phila, and it's all about the roll.

/craving an Italian hoagie

[Phillycat]

15. It's the roll.

That's exactly right.

[JimmyJazz]

16. me, too (the craving thing that is)

South Street? I can be there in 30 minutes!

[Patiod]

21. I can be at Lee's in 2 minutes, Wawa in 5,

South Street might take a little while....

(this is not a good discussion for the end of the day when lunch is merely a distant memory)

[short bus president]

3. Never been to Philadelphia.

But I can personally vouch for the miraculous desert hoagies of Tucson. Maybe it's a store run by Philly transplants?

[JimmyJazz]

7. Then, sir, you have never had a hoagie!

South Street hoagies are the best EVAH! It's a scientific fact! ;)

[Phillycat]

14. Actually, I gotta go with Tony Luke's.

Cuban mix *drool*

For a cold hoagie, my fave is Koch's Jewish Deli, on 43rd and Chestnut. You'll wait in line, but it's worth it. Also, they feed you cheese slices and pickles while you wait. :)

[JimmyJazz]

19. Cheese slices and Pickles *drool*

The Kosher pickles that come in a barrel???? The best!

:hi: Nice to have this thread up this close to dinner!

[Phillycat]

20. I know, I'm fucking STARVING.

:)

[JimmyJazz]

27. Where are we meeting?

Oh, I want a cheesesteak sub: Cheesesteak with lettuce, tomatoes, ketchup and mayo - YUMMY!

[Phillycat]

30. Hold the ketchup and I'm right there with ya...

Unluckily for you, I just have to step out of my office and over to the cart to get a GREAT one.

In all seriousness, we should have a Philly meetup SOON. How do we organize that?

[OldLeftieLawyer]

46. Ketchup and mayo?????????????

You're not Italian, are you?

Oil and vinegar.

[Phillycat]

47. Not on a cheesesteak hoagie!

Oil and vinegar on an italian hoagie.

Cheesesteak hoagie is how she described.

So sayeth the Lord. :)

[JimmyJazz]

56. thanks for the props, Lord! n/t

[short bus president]

28. likewise, and it WOULD have to be

"Thanksgiving" for my dysfunctional fucking family tonight. Yay - republicans and turkey. At least there'll be beer when I get home. Ooh - and just for you PA folks - Yuengling Lagers. Buzz at the end of the tunnel, ya know?

[OldLeftieLawyer]

49. Yuengling

Growing up not far from Pottsville, we used to call that stuff "ratpiss."

Now it's sold as some sort of exquisite gourmet beer.

Break me up.

[short bus president]

68. Not quite "exquisite gourmet."

It's relatively new to the NC market, and it's inexpensive. And what can I say? I'm a lager drinker. Yuengling became my "poor man's Heineken" the first time I tasted it.

:9

[OldLeftieLawyer]

71. It's not bad

There are places in this country, though, where Yuengling Black and Tan is sold at ridiculous prices in very precious gourmet shops.

It's the water in Schuylkill County that makes the taste.

[Fridays Child]

4. Puh-leez, that's Tucson, not Tuscon.

:)

[Phillycat]

5. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's awesome. Of course, it's a sun-dried tomato & hummous hoagie, but still. It's the best. :evilgrin:

[short bus president]

8. Oh, you're thinking of the California hoagie

The Arizona hoagie is mostly oat bran, and it's served in a bowl so you don't have to put yer teeth in to eat it. :P

[Phillycat]

9. But luckily, it's a dry heat.

Or something. :) Who the heck lives in the desert, anyway?

[short bus president]

18. My Mom's family - all desert rats.

And I know there's at least one DUer who lives in Tucson who I'm still embarrassed I didn't look up last December when I was visiting. Dunno if I'll make it back there this December or not. Sounds like the food might be better just up the road in Philly. ;-)

[Phillycat]

22. Oh, yeah babe.

We got a lotta fat folks because the food's so damn good here!

[Dora]

43. I was raised in Tempe

and I've spent a lot of time in Tucson. I always thought all the fat folks were out of towners.

The heat keeps us natives sweatin' and slim.

[Phillycat]

44. Must be what it is! :)

[OldLeftieLawyer]

51. HUH??????????

Oh, darlin', I don't know who lied to you during your early years, but THAT IS NOT A HOAGIE.

Sundried tomatoes and hummus?

That's something else. Maybe a bad dream, or something. I don't know.

[short bus president]

6. Er... um... don't beat me for asking, but,

what's a "tasteykake?"

I thought that was just yer pet name for me...

:P

[JimmyJazz]

10. Hey! Tastykake! Yeah, I'm talking to you!

This is a tastykake:

[Phillycat]

12. Heh.

It's...here:

http://www.tastykake.com/HomepageTemplate.aspx?PostingID=21&ChannelID=2


Soooooooooooooooooooo yummy. The butterscotch krimpets are the BEST. If you get the kandy kakes, put 'em in the fridge. They're the BOMB chilled. :)

[OldLeftieLawyer]

52. The peanut butter

Used to be called Tandy Takes.

Oh, man, they just fit in your mouth.

Freeze them, and then ..........

I gotta go the store ------------------------------------------------------>

[JimmyJazz]

53. Bring some for all of us!

and add a junior coffee cake for me, please!

[Patiod]

13. Tastykake Lemon Pies......mmmmmm.....pie..............

:9

[underpants]

17. It's a freakin' sandwich! How different could it be???

THis is directed more at the Philly crowd than anyone else. Oh and spare I already know the answer.

[JimmyJazz]

23. Enlighten the rest of us, please!

It could be very different, btw - the difference between an authentic Italian gravy and, say Raggu...

[underpants]

33. It's...........a..................sandwich

Does everyone in Philly make them exactly the same? No of course not.

So just because it is from Philly doesn't make it necessarily better than say Little Rock

It's...........a..................sandwich

[JimmyJazz]

35. getting a little testy, aren't you? I mean look, our

sports teams are for shit, traffic is a bitch - Just try crossing the Com Bar Bri in rush hour traffic and Sylvester Stallone hasn't made a good Rocky movie since 1976 -- Therefore, if we want to take a little pride in a sammich, I think you ought to allow us this one little vanity! M'kay? Please? :7

[short bus president]

37. Don't forget the brotherly love!

I thought you guys had cornered the market on brotherly love? And don't you go making something dirty outta that, you perv!

[JimmyJazz]

39. sure - it's all about the love here in Philadelphia!

Does this mean you want to meet GOPisEVIL here?

[short bus president]

69. No, dear.

That's "hot dirty man-love." Not brotherly love. ;-)

[underpants]

38. Sounds great

Just peachy

[OldLeftieLawyer]

54.

I'm gonna pray for you.

"............a ............. sandwich"?

Jesus weeps when you think things like that, pants.

<sobbing>

[short bus president]

24. hey, I dunno about you, underpants, but

I've always found the Richmond cheesesteak to make an EXCELLENT meal. ;-)

[JimmyJazz]

29. oh, bite me!

My brother lives there and he says the hoagie there are terrible!

[short bus president]

31. Yeah, maybe

but the oysters are AWFUL!

[Phillycat]

25. Baby, you come on up here and I'll SHOW you how different.

:evilgrin:

[underpants]

34. -

:evilgrin:

[Patiod]

26. You poor thing, I feel for you

that you don't live somewhere blessed by both hoagies on Amoroso's rolls, and mushrooms cheesesteaks on Amoroso's rolls. Somewhere where you have to go to Subway for subs.

How sad for you :cry:

[underpants]

32. Oh spare me

It's a sandwich

[Phillycat]

36. Yes, but...

sometimes a sandwich is a sandwich. And sometimes a sandwich is...well, orgasmic bliss. I can't think of another way to put it. :evilgrin: Not that I tried very hard...

[Patiod]

40. Have you ever smelled a co-worker's hoagie

And ditched your brown bag lunch to go get one yourself? Just the smell of the mix of oil & onions & oregano can get me salivating.

Same thing happens with cheesesteaks.

It's Pavlovian.

[Phillycat]

41. Oh hell yeah.

With cheesesteaks, especially. That's the crap thing about working in an office. You're so much more likely to "cheat" for lunch. :)

[JimmyJazz]

45. after you have a big greasy cheesesteak for lunch, you might

as well top it off with dinner at Dante & Luigi's - where NO ONE sits with their back to the door!:P How much do you two hate me for this thread??? :7

[Phillycat]

50. God, my stomach...10 more minutes!!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

55.

See what you've done?

[rene moon]

42. We do have great hogies here

Luke's is fanastic as well as Greasy Tony's. Come out and try it sometime!

Tucson is my home:)

[JimmyJazz]

48. ack - nobody was really trying to be mean to Tucsonians!

It's just that we take such pride in our grease and our junk food! :hi:

[rene moon]

57. Well, we take great pride in our Mexican food

so I understand! But dont pick on Tucson---we are a blue city!!

[JimmyJazz]

59. I wouldn't and I wasn't !

:hi:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

58. Pagano's

A pizza place we went to when I was at Penn. I haven't thought of it for years. My god, were their pies good!

Or maybe it was just that we were hungry kids.

No, they were GOOD!!!

[JimmyJazz]

60. You are a Philadelphian! You called it a "pie" n/t

[OldLeftieLawyer]

62. Doesn't everyone?

You know, I've never noticed that before.

Now, I'll notice it until I die.

Thank you.

[short bus president]

67. But what about the Hoagie House?

I have no idea what street it's on. I can find my way there from my Nana's house by smell, though. And it's a bit of a trek from the foothills area.

So YOU'RE the one I feel guilty for not looking up last time I was in Tucson... :hi:

I'm sure I'll get out there again at some point. Mom's got a big family.

[GOPisEvil]

61. Uhhhh...no.

Mmmmm...did someone say Tastykakes? :9

[JimmyJazz]

63. i thought that might get your attention!

Krimpets for you, no?

[GOPisEvil]

64. Oh, baby...those are good.

The little KoffeeKake Juniors are yummy, too. :9

[JimmyJazz]

65. Did you take any back with you?

[GOPisEvil]

66. No, but I do know of a place I can get them here.

:-)

[kodi]

70. sure buddie, and the best champagne comes from idaho

try delasandros on henry ave for the best hoagies.