OT: Fat Sandwich
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Primanti Brothers is in Pittsburgh and has been there since the 30s serving sandwiches to steel workers (back then) that simplified a quick lunch - just shove the fries and slaw on the big Texas toast sandwiches. They're damn good.
I kind of agree with RBS05 in that, yeah, the Fat Darrell wasn't the original Fat Cat, but it was the sandwich that really began the "phenomenon" of the Fat Cat sandwich, so it should get some credit for that.
Are you sure I was there? While I can recall many instances where you may have annoyed a young co-ed, I don't recall it ever getting that heated. Maybe I was already eating mine and didn't notice. Certainly unlikely that I was hammered, as I've almost always been the "designated less-than-hammered driver..." My last recollection of a Fat Cat with you guys was when our other friend was taking surreptitious pix of "The Gap." I've had plenty since, as I'm on campus a lot more than y'all.
Took off well before that. Just got the screen time then.
The "arms race" with regards to Fat sandwiches was in full swing by that time.
Fine, then market it as such, NOT as the "original." It's a flat-out lie and, IMHO, any marketing saying it is should be stopped immediately (and recanted, to be honest).
To me the "screen time" and media coverage is the phenomenon and rightly or wrongly, the Fat Darrell has been the centerpiece of that.
Oh, btw, it's not even close to being the "best" Fat Sandwich (IMHO). [cheers]
Well it's always ends up about you in these types of threads so I guess that makes it true. LOL
You, P and Mok were all there already at the table; I was last in line. You guys all heard her, but only Mok knew the rant was directed at me. Somebody, I thought it was you, make a similar joke to the one you just made about my effect on young women.
It's possible that wasn't the last time I got fat sandwiches. But it's the last one I remember. I don't recall the gap pix night as well. Unless that was the same night. I think it was like the last night or two before the trucks were moved out of the lot.
I don't really give a shit - just expressing an opinion, which I think is still allowed...
I'm thinking this was a late night run, correct? If it was that one, I vaguely recall you talking about being yelled at, but I assume I was too engrossed in gorging to care. The other, last visit to the Grease Truck lot area, as a group, occurred on an early summer evening, just before sunset and P was quite busy snapping pix. Foreshadowing, I guess...
I don't think he minded the gap at all - in fact, one could say the rapt attention he paid to the gap eventually led to the downfall of Western Civilization or at least Western Metuchen Civilization.
To be fair to Darrell, I commented on the video that the Fat Cat is the original. It got 150+ likes, including Darrell himself who further commented that his invention wasn't a drunken feat but he was just hungry.
It is definitely the best one no matter which way you slice it.
It is definitely the best one no matter which way you slice it.
not really...fat sandwiches were always big at Rutgers, perhaps nationwide they didnt know about it and then copied but pretty much everyone in NJ knew about it. I also agree with others who think Daryll trying to take credit is wrong
I ate my share of fat cats but my go to was the gyro extra white sauce at Jimmys....I dont miss the morning aftertaste though
Well it sounds like a gastronomical delight one way or another!
The South has a few of those as well. But nothing quite like a Fat Cat!
The South has a few of those as well. But nothing quite like a Fat Cat!
Well done. You win. LOL
Maybe, but I have to say that this is an awesome clip. At the risk of making it more about me, lol, this reminds me of one of the funnier stories in our family history. I was 9 and was a chess nut at the time and the first time I beat my older brother, who was only a casual chess player, but a grade A sore loser, and he picked up the chess board and winged it at my face from 2 feet away. Well I started pouring blood from my mouth and ran downstairs crying and my mom asked what happened and through the tears, I simply said that I beat Mark at chess. Took her awhile to figure out how winning a chess game translated to my profuse bleeding. Might be time for an OT thread on abusive siblings, lol...
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In 1996, I arrived on The Banks with a willingness to learn a big appetite. Recent grads and upperclassmen I knew sent me to the greasetrucks for a Fat Cat. It seemed all the trucks had the same few Fat sandwiches:
FatCat - on a subroll with fries by this time
Fat Koko & Fat Sam - cheesesteak instead of burgers. one included mozz sticks
Fat Moon - Chicken fingers, bacon egg and cheese on a sub
The next Fall, an aquaintance of mine's roommate changed his plans (might have transferred) and my buddy ended up with a transfer-in student as a roommate. His name was Darrell (of Fat Darrell fame). Sometime that year the Fat Darrell was born - along with the my new favorite the Fat Knight (cheesesteak, chicken fingers, mozz sticks, fries, marinara) and few others. Who remembers the Red Death Burger (fat cat drenched in hot sauce)? If you ever had one at 2AM, you would remember how it felt the next day.
Word spread of this guy Darrell and the sandwich he created and lots of kids tried to come up with their own Fat Sandwich to get it posted on a menu on a greasetruck as their 15 minutes of fame (or is it infamy?). To me this was the point at which the "original" Fat Sandwich menu was taken over by Look-at-me culture.
Anyway, that's the way I remember it.
FatCat - on a subroll with fries by this time
Fat Koko & Fat Sam - cheesesteak instead of burgers. one included mozz sticks
Fat Moon - Chicken fingers, bacon egg and cheese on a sub
The next Fall, an aquaintance of mine's roommate changed his plans (might have transferred) and my buddy ended up with a transfer-in student as a roommate. His name was Darrell (of Fat Darrell fame). Sometime that year the Fat Darrell was born - along with the my new favorite the Fat Knight (cheesesteak, chicken fingers, mozz sticks, fries, marinara) and few others. Who remembers the Red Death Burger (fat cat drenched in hot sauce)? If you ever had one at 2AM, you would remember how it felt the next day.
Word spread of this guy Darrell and the sandwich he created and lots of kids tried to come up with their own Fat Sandwich to get it posted on a menu on a greasetruck as their 15 minutes of fame (or is it infamy?). To me this was the point at which the "original" Fat Sandwich menu was taken over by Look-at-me culture.
Anyway, that's the way I remember it.
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