by Pat Rapacchiano

Created on: September 17, 2008

The Philly Cheesesteak has a long history, the Cheesesteak's are not only popular among Philadelphia residents, but all over the world. I have sampled the Philly Cheesesteak on many occasions. I must say although the Philly Cheesesteak is good, I have had better.

I guess I am one of the few that never understood as to why people rave over the Philly Cheesesteak. The original Philly Cheesesteak was made with a melted processed cheese almost identical to Cheese Wiz. Cheese Wiz is a salty processed cheese product full of preservatives and sodium. Of course, the Cheesesteak is no good for you, it has little nutritional value and is high in fat and calories. However, once in a while a Cheesesteak won't hurt you, it good as treat once or twice a year.

I feel that Cheesesteak's that are made with real sliced American or Cooper Sharp Cheese are much tastier than melting Cheese Wiz on top of the steak. Again, I will say no cheese is really good for you, but processed imitation cheeses are worse.

I will say though, it does appear that the Philly Cheesesteak is made with real chipped steak instead of frozen minute steak which is processed and contains fillers. But other than that I don't why people think the Philly Cheesesteak is so wonderful.

When something has a long and colorful history and becomes popular, people seem to give it a high opinion in this case the Cheesesteak. In addition, at the time the Cheesesteak became popular, there probably wasn't too many places where you could get a Cheesesteak sandwhich. Philadelphia was one of the first cities to discover and popularize the Cheesesteak sandwhich.

I am under the impression that people who say Philly has the best Cheesesteak's probably never tried a Cheesesteak from anywhere else.

I have had excellent Cheesesteak's in New Jersey as well as in other states. How do they compare with the Philly Cheesesteak? That is hard to say because that is based on opinion. I will say that I wouldn't make the trip to South Phila just to have a Cheesesteak, besides many restaurants have successfully duplicated the Phila version of the Cheesesteak and it available on their menu.

You don't have to cross the Bridge into Pennsylvania to find a good Cheesesteak. I would rather not mention some of the places that I have found to serve a super Cheesesteak. If you look around you can surley find a sandwhich better or equal to what was originally discovered in Philadelphia many years ago.

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