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Great blog! For me breakfast is black coffee. Anything else isn't attractive unless I've been up for a few hours. Unless I'm in Europe and there's a big spread of meats and cheese.

Exactly right, I think. This is as much a question of taxonomy as pizza.

If I were Wawa I'd put one one on Amelia Island. Lots of Philly folk here but no decent hoagies in sight.

Does Tyler Florence have any real restaurant experience? I've always seen him as a male Rachel Ray. I recall a Top Chef contestant (a Voltaggio perhaps?) cracking wise about TF, calling him a TV chef in response to some stupid comment he had made.

Wow. Big change going from being the boss to being not-the-boss. We'll miss you for sure. Quirky sounds cool; one question, how do you handle the IP issues?

I agree, its gross. But an olive plucked with perhaps dirty digits and then bathed in 40% alcohol is among the safer things we put in our mouths. And what about the hand that squeezes the lime in my G and T. ...

Beer. Nutrition, fluid and entertainment in one sealed unit.

I'd imagine that the trick with making turkey pastrami would be the cooking part. Turkey will rubberize pretty easily. I think sous vide would be the way to go. I do this with cold smoked but uncured turkey and it comes out nicely.

Turkey pastrami would be interesting.

Whilst talking about great sandwiches I'd add fried Lebanon Bologna and Cole slaw on toasted pumpernickel. A nice summer snack.

Note in response to a couple posts ...I cannot see any post that said that if a sandwich isn't a true Reuben it isn't any good. There are many wonderful sandwiches. I will defend to the last corned beef specials, meatloaf sandwiches, certain tuna salad sandwiches, roast pork with broccoli rabe, grilled cheese with bacon and tomato, the Italian sausage with onions and peppers, the hoagie, and of course cheesesteaks. But of the Reuben family, the original is superior. The others are nice but, to me, missing something.

Server who, when asked for the check, asks if I want dessert. No, damnit, I don't. I want to leave. And be quick with damn check because if you are a slug that last experience is what will be fresh in my mind when figuring the tip.

You are right about the slicing. Sort of thick is certainly ok. You are right about the taxonomy too. Only a Reuben is a Reuben. Only Frank Sinatra is Sinatra. Nancy and Frank Jr are in the family but just aren't as good.

Well said!

We can end this quickly. A Reuben may be corned beef (or pastrami if you are liberal about it), sliced thin, layered with saurkraut and Swiss cheese, dressed with Russian (or Thousand Island if you must). Grilled between two slices of buttered rye. The meat shouldn't be piled too thick. If you aren't sure, its too thick. The kraut should be drained and toasted on the griddle to dry it out and amp up taste. Any Reuben requiring a adjective ( eg Open-faced, California, Turkey) is not a real Reuben.

Was wondering about that myself. I suppose that a low energy xray plus an image analysis program could detect differences. Maybe.

I think that the easiest approach is to go to your supplier and tell them that they aren't supplying you with bone-free product and see what happens. Or get a new supplier, maybe.

No refrigeration? I guess if you are going to eat it all up at once...

I sampled TJs wine country chicken salad a couple days ago. It was very good indeed!

Its so frigging hot, tap water has a head. Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk 2

What are you pledging?

Here's my favorite recipe. Applewood smoked turkey breast cooked sous vide and fine diced Just enough mayo (Hellman's) Red seedless grapes fine sliced (enough so that every forkful has some grape) liberal dusting of chipotle powder Salt and pepper. Let sit in fridge for an hour or two Top with chopped candied/spiced pecans. Top that!

Lots of ignorance! But that applies to almost everything. People think that they know way more than they actually do. The average person who has never studied a subject truly deeply has no idea of the depth of knowledge in most areas. They do not know what they don't know and are arrogant in their ignorance. But in any event, bless their hearts.

The world is full of spores. Not a pleasant thought, but true. The stuff growing on veg is of minimal ability to infect people so no worry there.

I want to like Alton but he acts like such a putz.