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Italian Beef
This past weekend I finally got around to making Italian beef on the grill. It's something that I've long thought about trying, but never seemed to get to. Italian beef is an institution in the Chicago area. Here is how it's described at Wikipedia : An Italian beef is a sandwich of thin slices of seasoned roast beef, dripping with meat juices, on a dense, long Italian-style roll, believed to have originated in Chicago, where its history dates back at least to the 1930s.
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Italian Sausage Sandwiches
This, my carnivorous friends, is a serious meal on a bun! If you love a run-down-your-arm Italian sausage sandwich, this recipe is for you. As I told my girls, there ain't no polite way to eat this. You just get a roll of paper towels, roll up your sleeves and get it in that hole under your nose however you have to. Of course, this would undoubtedly be better with grilled sausages, but I stayed indoors this time.
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Killer Slaw
There are some foods that are highly personal. They are the kinds of food that tend to evoke intense memories that are usually tied to one's upbringing. The first one that pops to mind for me is the Thanksgiving feast. That's about as intensely personal as it gets for me. Well, sauerkraut and pork is a very close second. Oh, and spaghetti is another. Then there's lasagna, but I digress...
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