
The Chopped Cheese’s Sharp Rise to Fame - samclemens
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/nyregion/chopped-cheese-sandwich-harlem.html
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douche
Looks delicious, like a low-rent cheesesteak.

The sandwich I wish would grow some legs is the ham hoagie. Apparently this is
a sandwich that only exists in north-western Maine (I've never been able to
find it anywhere else), but it is simple, cheap and delicious. Take a sub
roll, and load it up with provolone cheese, sliced ham, and bacon, optionally
some mustard and mayo, and toast it until the cheese melts.

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marcusgarvey
Sounds similar to a grinder from Philly.

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brightsize
Or a grinder in pretty much anywhere in New England.

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OtterCoder
How is a sandwich review in any way 'imperialistic'?

Guy has opinions about a sandwich, guy exercises his fourth amendment right to
share that opinion. Other people disagree, which is also fine. End of story.
How is this even news?

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sithadmin
>guy exercises his fourth amendment right to share that opinion.

Wrong amendment.

But I do find thinking about the implications of the Fourth Amendment for
sandwich reviews to be infinitely more amusing than the article at hand, so
thanks for that.

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qq66
Opening the bread to inspect the contents: illegal search.

Holding it with one hand: illegal seizure.

Reviews based on the above: subject to the exclusionary rule. All mentions of
the contents must be stricken from the record.

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slackstation
If a simple sandwich gets famous and then goes up in price, it isn't the fault
of people outside the neighbourhood, it's the fault of they guy who runs the
bodega on the corner. He realizes that he can do business where last week a
chopped cheese went for $4, this week, he can sell it for $10.

He's making a profit from the demand. People get mad that things get popular
but, that's just a small downside for an otherwise hyper-efficient capitalist
system works. Also an option is making them at home for next to nothing.
Bread, ground beef, provalone cheese, some spices and thinly sliced lettuce?
It's not like this would be that hard nor expensive to make.

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justareader
please rtfa.

what the article describes is nothing like what you are arguing about. There's
nothing about the price going up at the original bodega.

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fred_is_fred
Serious question - how is this different from a cheesesteak?

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DrScump
The meat is hamburger (ground beef), not steak.

