whether Italian Beef's primarily a Chicago-area thing and I just take them for granted because I've lived here all my life?

I've never heard the term before.

I just spent a large part of the last 90 posts making various noises with my mouth as I read. I'm very glad I live alone.

Me too.

There is nothing wrong with brussel sprouts! They're just like little cabbages.

Not helping your case here. They're like little cabbages with added slime!

One of my former roommates once went through a 14 page menu at Cafe Roux and couldn't find a single thing that sounded good to him. I could have eaten a different dish every night for two months and not gotten tired of the place.

I've never heard the term before.

It's thinly sliced spicy beef on italian bread with mozzarella cheese and/or peppers often accompanied with additional "juice" to dip it in. Great stuff, though undoubtably bad for you. The local pizza place gives you the option of having it on garlic bread instead. (Basically the same bread, just toasted with butter and garlic before the the meat and rest gets slapped in)

ETA: Though traditionalists will tell you the only place to get a "real" italian beef is from one of the greasy spoons downtown. Having had one from both places, the only difference I can tell between the two is one look around the latter just clarifies what you're about to eat is bad for you.

I've never heard of Italian Beef either, but now I want some.

After describing it, I do too. I may have to make a stop on the way home from work tomorrow.

(ETA: Don't you just hate seeing a typo immediately after you hit the "post" button?)

How do they cook the meat, Kalshane? If it's thrown down on a griddle-thing (griddle isn't quite the right word, but I can't think of the real one) and cooked in front of you, it sounds like a close cousin to a cheesesteak. Otherwise, it sounds like a fancy roast beef sandwich. Either way, it sounds yummy.

I'd really like to have a proper cheesesteak again one of these days. I don't get quite as nostalgic for them as I do Alabama barbecue, nor even a proper Italian hoagie NOT from a Subway or Quizno's, but they're still good stuff.

Sure, I get home and everyone else goes to bed.

Guess I'll just go stack some cats.

Kalshane, Italian Beef is a Chicago specialty.

It's very yum, though. You can get a knockoff at Quiznos incidentally.

love brussel sprouts - and although there is a relationship to cabbage, they are different.

never tried raw beef, otherwise I pretty much like everything people mentioned to eat. Even stuff I haven't had.

it took me way to long to figure out the different clicks.

Anyone can learn to program, but not everyone can be a programmer. You should authentically enjoy the work if you're going to prosper in a career as a programmer."

this was the conclusion of everyone in my one programming class.

DH ( whom I admit is brilliant) does not have as CS degree. However he took advanced math classes and some programming. He ( along with his brother in the middle ) has a brain that seems to be wired like a data base - except without the limitations. his BA is in hisory - His masters is in English with an emphasis in linguististic. Even with programming languaes he doesn't know - he can often see problems because he recognizes things like never ending loops - etc. When he worked for a buy out firm the partners had him read legal contracts to find things like loop holes. He is a senior sys. amin ( UNIX) . did I mention he is brilliant?

I've finally grown into liking asparagus. But it took a while.

I'm a weirdly picky eater.

Lee. don't stack cats. pay attention to us!