What is this thing you call a -cheesesteak-?
A cheesesteak is made up of thinly sliced, sauteed rib eye beef and melted cheese on a long, crusty roll. Common toppings include fried onions, hot or sweet peppers, sauteed mushrooms and ketchup. A cheesesteak hoagie is a combination of a cold hoagie (as subs are called in the Philly area), and the traditional hot cheesesteak. These have lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. It IS true that Rocky never ate any hoagies during his hard training for the fights against Apollo Creed in the Rocky 1 and Rocky 2 films (but his geezer manager Mickey did). And so did his wife Adrian ...
Pat Olivieri invented the cheesesteak in the 1930s. Olivieri was a hot dog vendor in south Philadelphia who, as the story goes, decided to grill some beef from the butcher and put it on an Italian roll. A cab driver caught a whiff and asked for a steak sandwich. Word spread rapidly through the cabbie rumor mill, and drivers from all over the city soon visited Olivieri for steak sandwiches. Cheese was added to the mix in the '40s. Duh. Burp. Excuse me. Bye ( which rhymes with Fry ).
... and to burn the sandwich off ya gotta park da car and go run up
them Philly steps as fast as humanly possible ...
and try not to trip...or you're gonna have to splurge on a basket bike.
