Tuesday, August 25, 2009

The foods of Pittsburgh

As requested by Martha, here are some of the local foods I tried when I was in Pittsburgh. Incidentally, my mom, who has a Facebook page, saw my postings and said I seemed to post a lot about food. I didn't know my mom checked Facebook! I wonder if she reads this blog?

So first I went on the lookout for pierogies, a Polish dumpling (I think every culture has its version of dumplings). I figure if they're good enough for oversized mascot versions to race at a Pirates game, they're good enough to eat. I found Pierogies Plus on roadfood.com, so I went for a try. It was a bit out of the way, and it definitely was the epitome of "hole in the wall." I ordered a combo of stuffed cabbage, pierogies, and something else that had noodles and sauerkraut.


It took forever, but it was FANTASTIC. The pierogies were awesome, with the skin tasting like the dough was made just a few muntes ago (which it probably was). The stuffed cabbage was awesome too, stuffed with pork and swimming in tomato sauce (you can see some on the lid of the box). The noodles and sauerkraut I would've traded in for something else.

OK... as mentioned by Karen, Shannon, and Kenny, I had to try a Primanti Brothers sandwich. I went to the original Primanti Brothers before the Pirates/Brewers game and this is what it looked like:

The sandwich consists of a cheesesteak, cole slaw, and a pile of french fries packed between Italian bread. Karen had mentioned not liking the cole slaw, and I'm not a slaw fan, but I tried it anyway and the slaw actually is good. It doesn't have the mayo on it, so it's not overly rich. Actually provides some texture and a little bit of nutritional value.

As you can see on the right, there was a cameraman there filming. He said he was filming for Voice of America... Funny I thought Voice of America was a place where Target, Michaels, Chipotle, etc. was (for those non-Ohioans, there's a Voice of America park in northern Cincy... I should look up why it's called that). You can also see Primanti Brothers featured on Man vs. Food here.

And that's just Pittsburgh. :)

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6 comments:

  1. Shannon WagersAugust 25, 2009 at 7:49 AM

    VOA 's transmitter facility adjacent to the VOA shopping center. When it was decommisioned 15 years ago, there was a park across the street where Home Depot, Fridays and all the business are now. West Chester township was able to convert the VOA land to the new park and where VOA center is now. I played softball on the fields that are now Home Depot/ Fridays back when I was a teenager almost 20 years ago.

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  2. KarenAugust 25, 2009 at 2:05 PM

    you listened to my suggestion! wahoo!

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  3. KarenAugust 25, 2009 at 2:06 PM

    did you go up the hill on the sky car thingy?

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  4. AnonymousAugust 25, 2009 at 2:11 PM

    Dale,

    You sure post a lot pictures about food. Drive safely.

    Love,
    Mom

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  5. DaleAugust 25, 2009 at 4:58 PM

    Thanks Shannon for that explanation.

    Thanks Mom.

    Karen, I did go up on that thingy. Will hafta post that next...

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  6. KevinAugust 25, 2009 at 6:50 PM

    Thanks for the updates! Keep 'em coming. By the way, we took sweet revenge tonight on some poor unassuming team. Up by 10 after top of 4 and mercied them in the 5th. Sean pitched the last two innings of relief for fun. Lori went 3 for 3. Eric and I went 4 for 4. Brandon G and I had 4 RBIs. It was a good night. :-)

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