When I Miss Living in the City

One of the things I miss most about living in the city as opposed to the suburbs is the food. True, we didn't move to the middle of nowhere, but we live far enough that I can not make a snap decision to go out. A few weeks ago I decided that I had to have a Philly cheese steak sandwich. All throughout college I lived a few blocks away from a small middle eastern deli/hookah bar called Sunny's. They made the best Philly and fries that I have ever had... and the best part was they were open until 3 am. I miss them...


So anyway. I deiced that I could recreate this sandwich... or at the very least make one as good as a Charlie's Sub.... That is not aiming high to say the least.

So I searched online for hours... and I learned two things... One this really isn't something you make at home, and two if you do you need a meat slicers.

I sat there for a moment trying to decide on a second option for my dinner. But then I though to hell with it. I will figure out how to make something close....


AND I DID.


I gathered the following:

1lb of flank steak (well actually 4 lbs because we were at Costco, thank you bulk items.)

1 onion

1 green bell pepper

1 red bell pepper (because I already had one)

fancy buns

Swiss cheese *side lesson.

and whatever seasoning I already had in my stock (I am going broke on seasoning, that shit gets expensive.)

So my lack of electronic slicer was my first issue. My elegant solution was to ask Scott to cut it as thin as he could. One because raw meat still freaks me out, and two because I stuck at even cutting. It turned out okay.

Then I sliced the onion and bell peppers into large pieces. I tossed in garlic, salt, pepper, paprika, and season-all and cooked it till the meat was well done.

Finally I toasted some buns then topped them with meat mixture and Swiss cheese.

It tasted nothing at all like I was aiming for, but it wasn't bad at all. I am not sure it would be fair to the city of Philly to call it a Philly Cheese Steak, but I am not quite egotistical to call it a Heather Cheese Steak, so my creation  is just stuck in food limbo.

Either way, it was pretty good.

And if anyone wants to get me a 9 month early birthday present, I would love a meat slicer.



**side lesson: If you are going to go to a deli and ask for 5 slices of Swiss cheese, Lunds it not the place to do it. Snobby meat lady will judge you and make you feel like a hobo who does not belong in the fancy grocery store with carpet. Then once she has completed that, she will questioning you about the way you want it cut, and no, thin is not a proper answer.