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DiNic's was severely disappointing. It has absolutely nothing on Tony Luke's. Read more.

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Revisiting an old post for my first ever trip to Philly, coming up. Great! Now all my research is done. And we're equidistant from BOTH gelato locations. SO excited. yay!

@JGordon:
Try this...have some always soft spreadable BUTTER around by keeping some in a little covered croc outside of the fridge. It won't kill you because it's at room temp, I promise.

I was really surprised by margarine at number three. I really thought that we had started to make some headway in the learning process as far as nutrition was concerned.

The oils in margarine are so processed and then combined with emulsifiers, food coloring, etc. And while I am sure that lower end butter has it's own over-processing cross to bear, at least there are excellent quality alternatives where the ingredients (CREAM, SALT) come from reputable sources. I'm not so sure that they make a margarine with the same guidelines. Maybe Healthy Balance.

Just use butter! In moderation! It's better for you.

If I don't have mayo on my sandwiches I feel like I'm in prison! Bring on that mayo!

I don't eat mayo plain, and I don't think that is what this survey is implying. When I am dieting, I choose to have mayo on my turkey/tortilla rolls instead of having cheese and/or dessert. (I have low-fat Duke's mayo at home, which is not as good as regular mayo, but nowhere close to the grossness of Miracle Whip.) Sometimes I will just use Laughing Cow cheese on sandwiches instead of mayo or regular cheese. It helps the sandwich from being dry and gives the flavor of swiss, for fewer fat grams and calories than just a slice of cheese.

Margarine? Pathetic.

Well, the first thing I thought about was a comment by youraudacity in reponse to the thead PerkyMac posted about eating after 10pm.
"it usually comes at 1... i'll totter downstairs barefoot and pretend i'm gonna be nice with a couple of leftover brussel sprouts and asparagus but then the next thing you know i'm head first into a jar of hellman's mayonnaise trying to wedge a piece of french bread down far enough to get a good goop and then tabasco is flying and 15 minutes later i have my tail between my legs for what i've just done."
That thread is: http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2009/01/its-10-pm-and-youre-starving.html
I identify and couldn't say it better. And hey, don't they dip fries in mayo in Amsterdam?

I will defend one and only one kind of margarine - I genuinely like the taste of Earth Balance buttery sticks, especially in baking. At least it's not hydrogenated.

Thank you for this fabulous post. I made it last night and was thrilled with the results — my eyes have been opened to barley! (But...could this be made with hulled barley, I wonder?)

Erin of What I Made Yesterday

I'd like to see a good Aussie Hamburger which ALWAYS has SLICED BEETS from a tin. In Sydney we always have standard burgers: fried onion, lettuce, tomato, beetroot (Beets) In some joints you have to ask for them. Extras include Fried egg, tasty cheese & fried bacon rasher. When I make one at home I have an open burger with mayo on one side, lettuce, tomato, beet(root),fried egg with melted cheese, slice fried bacon & squirt of tomato sauce-Other side is mayo, Avocado, tomato, large pattie with fried onion on top & another squirt of tomato sauce If Spike coud make me one I'd definitely eat at his place or any other Top Chef's eatery

braised lamb shanks...yum