sand-miches (Pittsburgh, Springdale: wedding, school closings, closing)

[supersoulty]

I never had a Primanti Bros sandwich until about 3 years ago. Ever since then, I get at least one everytime I am in the Burgh. I love em.

[jinxd_13]

OK here it comes. this is where I get ostracized for being the ignorant southerner that I am but I gotta know...what exactly does chipped mean? i mean, I am assuming it has something to do with how it is "sliced" but what?

Don't laugh too hard. I bet ya'll couldn't make a good Roux to save your lives:P

[guylocke]

I am assuming it has something to do with how it is "sliced" but what?

Don't laugh too hard. I bet ya'll couldn't make a good Roux to save your lives:P

Oh jinxd the way you word things so endearingly could never allow me to be mad at you!!! LOL. :P

Chipped for you would be sliced razor thin or when you go the deli you would probably say "shaved."

Chipped is from Western PA and parts of Ohio, but is often recognized in many places. When I was in Florida I would unintentionally ask for chipped ham or turkey and they would know what I meant.

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by boylocke

Chipped for you would be sliced razor thin.

It's more than that though. We don't call it "chipped ham" if it's virginia ham sliced razor thin. It's a certain type of ham---the Isley's ham, sliced razor thin.

[fleetiebelle]

We don't call it "chipped ham" if it's virginia ham sliced razor thin.

My mom would always get chipped ham, chipped turkey, and chipped beef from the deli. But then, I'm not from here.

I've never had chipped anything since living in Pittsburgh, but I remember it being sliced so thin that the meat just falls apart.

[suzeeq521]

Oh, yeah, everything is chipped.

Chipped beef in gravy!

I'll never forget going to a diner with a friend and seeing a shaved beef sandwich. You could tell we were total yinzers, because we thought that it was the funniest thing ever.

And of course some of us can make a good roux. How else would we have such good things like potato soup or mac & cheese?

[guylocke]

It's more than that though. We don't call it "chipped ham" if it's virginia ham sliced razor thin. It's a certain type of ham---the Isley's ham, sliced razor thin.

I agree with some of the other people, chipped wasn't exclusive to Isley's ham. At least, not where I was from. If you asked for ANY lunch meat at all and they asked you how you wanted it sliced you would say "chipped."

At least, that's how it was when I grew up. Although "chipped ham" is what made it all famous, and Isley's was the preferred choice, in my house, "chipped" just meant "shaved," essentially.

[Hopes]

I know Pittsburghers chip anything, but when I hear "chipped ham," that dreadful Isley's ham immediately comes to mind.

[jinxd_13]

Originally Posted by suzeeq521

Oh, yeah, everything is chipped.

Chipped beef in gravy!

I'll never forget going to a diner with a friend and seeing a shaved beef sandwich. You could tell we were total yinzers, because we thought that it was the funniest thing ever.

And of course some of us can make a good roux. How else would we have such good things like potato soup or mac & cheese?

Mmmm..potato
soup. That sounds like just what the Dr ordered for my first winter in the Burgh except I believe that is spelled "tater soup". We need to start a recipe sharing thread so I can educate myself on the finer side of Pa cuisine. I imagine the recipe for those crazy Sammiches:

...add slaw
add fries
Squash it!
LOL
Right now I am trying to figure out what Roux and Mac and Cheese have in common.

And Boylocke, you saying that I word things endearingly endears you to me. My sister-in-law, who also fancies herself a wit and a wordsmith, always tells me I got a pretty mouth as in, "look at all the wonderful words fallin' from your pretty mouth". I love her.

[SteelersFan09]

Originally Posted by jinxd_13

We need to start a recipe sharing thread so I can educate myself on the finer side of Pa cuisine. I i.

I second that.