sand-miches

[jinxd_13]

Originally Posted by SteelersFan09

I second that.

You have to but ask....

[Tallysmom]

Originally Posted by jinxd_13

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.

The basis of home made mac and cheese is a butter and flour roux that you add milk to, cook till thick and then add the cheese to, cook to melt and then you dump that into cooked macaroni, add buttered bread crumbs to top and then bake.

Deep south roux almost always have lots more ingredients and are usually much darker brown in color because you really cook the flour.... a mac and cheese roux is not browned like that, because you're making a white sauce and adding cheese.

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by jinxd_13

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".

My mother made the best potato soup. I've failed miserably at trying to replicate it.

If anyone has a great potato soup recipe straight from Ireland, I'd love to have it!

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.

Title it "The Finer Side of Pittsburgh Cuisine" so the thread doesn't get moved!

(Although, I'm afraid you'll find recipes that start with "buy a bag of fozen perogies......" so I'm not sure if Pittsburgh cuisine can be classified as 'fine' )

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[Tallysmom]

Originally Posted by Hopes

My mother made the best potato soup. I've failed miserably at trying to replicate it.

If anyone has a great potato soup recipe straight from Ireland, I'd love to have it!


Title it "The Finer Side of Pittsburgh Cuisine" so the thread doesn't get moved!

(Although, I'm afraid you'll find recipes that start with "buy a bag of fozen perogies......" so I'm not sure if Pittsburgh cuisine can be classified as 'fine' )

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Au contraire, mon amie! One of our family favorite cookbooks is the Three Rivers Cookbook.

Amazon.com: Three Rivers Cookbook I (Three Rivers Cookbook): Books: Norma Sproull

Absolutely every one of us (mom and three daughters) has the stuff on hand to make Don Brockett's Linguine and Clam Sauce. I make Natrona Heights Barbecue Sauce about twice a year -- and one night it's on chicken and the leftovers make ham barbecue sandwiches -- with CHIPPED HAM! (Since onion and I don't like each other, I skip and triple the garlic!)

Now -- the second and third cookbooks were take a can of soup recipes, so I don't recommend them... but that first book was great. And the line drawings of the 'burgh are gorgeous.

There's even a recipe from Jack Bogut for planked chicken... and if you remember Jack Bogut...

[airstrip]

My Mom and I have always made the Lasagne from the Three Rivers Cookbook I. It is definitely the best lasagne I've ever had. I've never tried the Natrona Heights BBQ sauce, but you can be sure I will. This Three Rivers Cookbook I (the original) would be perfect for jinxd 13 in her quest for the local flavor. Good suggestion!

And, yes, I do remember Jack Bogut ... it seems to me he was the guy who got to announce the morning school closings, due to snow, so he was a bit of a hero to us kids. Wasn't there a radio guy named Roy Foxx too? I'm not sure if that is the correct name. He would be on at night and if the snow was already bad enough, they might cancel school the night before. That was really exciting. This was in the 70's, of course, when we had some pretty bad winters. I'm getting off track here, but thanks for the trip down memory lane. How fun

[guylocke]

I think what's neat about Pittsburgh is how many unique and cultural difference there are too, regarding food. My mother and my father are both native Pittsburghers, my mother was part of the German culture and my father was part of the Italian culture. When they started dating, my mum was horrified at the fact that my dad put grated cheese in his soups, especially Italian soup, which my mum had never had before, and loves now! She is even in charge of the family secret recipe for Italian soup, and it is seriously to die for. It is the best I have ever had in my life. Olive Garden's Italian food is mostly crap, by the way, ESPECIALLY their wedding soup. LOL.

But anyway, my mum actually went home and told my grandparents that she wasn't sure she could date a guy so weird!!!!! HAHA!!

Of course, my mum introduced potato pancakes and oktoberfest to my dad, who fell in love with it all, and now they belong to a German club with an Italian last name. LOL. We have a secret recipe for potato pancakes, too, and they are so good. The best ones you can get in town are definitely at the Kleiner Deutschmann in Springdale. They have amazing, authentic, German food. It's the pink restaurant! It just so happens, it's run by gay men, too. No wonder it's so nice. :P

[Ken_B.]

I remember my mom making chipped beef and creme for dinner when we was young, I thought it was bacause we were poor lol, probably so - less chipped beef and more creme :-)