Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Pennsylvania and Delaware


The first two states to join the Union, and the last two states in our cooking project!   There are a number of foods associated with Pennsylvania, but my husband is from Philadelphia, and that means just one thing:  Philly Cheesesteak.   Always good if you get decent shaved beef.   A cheesesteak is shaved beef on a sub roll with melted provolone or American cheese on top.   We went for the provolone.   Onions and peppers are frequent additions, and we added both.

When we started the project, we started in backwards order because we had no idea what to make for Delaware.   Even queries of people who had lived in Delaware came up empty.  We got better at our research  though, because it turned out that Delaware was actually very easy!   To our surprise, we discovered that one of their state symbols is peach pie.  Yum!

So steak sandwiches and peach pie concluded our project.   We had a great time doing all of the research and cooking, discovered some interesting foods, and ate a lot of really good meals!