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Apr

1

What Are These So-Called ‘Cheese’ Fries?

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PW’s Alli Katz noticed the strange culinary taste of a New York Times reporter, who is apparently mystified by these “pizza pies” as well:

Question to our Keystone State readers: What is it with this Pennsylvania fetish for bizarre world food combinations? In Johnstown, this New Yorker encountered the artery-clogging prospect of cheese-fries.

Cheese fries! I’m about the pickiest eater there is (natch) and even I don’t think cheese fries are all that strange of a food. Does the NYT’s Michael Powell know that some people eat cow tongue?

Update: Wait a sec. “And in Philadelphia, my college son Nick tells me they serve up a sandwich called the Roethlisberger, named after the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback[.]” That doesn’t make any sense. Where do they serve the Roethlisberger in Philadelphia?

NYT Reporter Mystified By Cheese Fries [Independence Brawl]
 
dmac | 12:32 PM | 4 Comments
Cheese Fries, Food, Fries, New York Times, Pennsylvania, WTF
 
  1. yank in london Says: Apr 1 1:35 PM

    If they want weird food they should come to the UK. It sounds like they would enjoy a Chip Butty!

  2. yank in london Says: Apr 1 1:36 PM

    If they want weird food they should come to the UK. It sounds like they would enjoy a Chip Butty!

  3. Superfecta Says: Apr 1 4:08 PM

    I love a good chip butty, although I limit myself to about one a year (and they are available all over NYC, although I doubt the NY Times is aware of that). Wish I could find a good one in Philly…

  4. chrissmari Says: Apr 1 10:09 PM

    Any short order place that does sandwiches and fries will do you a chip butty

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