tsar4 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 ...and I worked on Chicago's South Side for a few years. Sounds tempting. https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/gym-jim-shoe-sandwich-chicago-southside "A Gym Shoe starts with a hoagie, Italian roll, sub, or any bread of the sandwich shop’s choosing. That might sound like standard fare, but that’s kind of the point. Standard fare makes up the entire meal; it just happens to harmonize ingredients that most people never think to combine. To do the sandwich justice, the guy behind the deli counter has to create a cultural mashup. He shaves off Greek gyro meat, often lamb, from a rotisserie-style spit. Then he grabs handfuls of roast beef, a meat so English that the French have called Brits les rosbifs since the 18th century, and corned beef, a product of Irish and Jewish immigrant neighborhoods. The sandwich master piles all three meats onto the bread, sometimes crisping the beef in a hot skillet first. Next come layers of chopped iceberg lettuce, sliced tomato, tzatziki (a Greek yogurt sauce locally called GUY-ro sauce), and, occasionally, mayonnaise and mustard. But it doesn’t end there: Swiss cheese, onions, sweet peppers, and giardiniera (a hot, pickled Italian relish) are all fair game. Customers receive their gargantuan hodgepodge wrapped in aluminum foil and accompanied by a “can pop” (soda) and fries. Those who love sweet barbecue dip ask for “mild sauce” on the side." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 omg....OMG. OOOOOMMMMMMMMGGGGGGG yes please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberbully Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 So my normal sandwich plus lamb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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