Over the holidays we drove from Saskatchewan to Columbus, Ohio for a wedding. We spent Christmas in Chicago and got to enjoy wet hot Italian beef sandwiches. Wow, they were great! A big thanks to my wife who found the place, Al’s #1Beef.

  • gid
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    62 days ago

    Okay I’ve never heard of this before and I need to ask: what makes it “wet”?

    • @[email protected]
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      32 days ago

      The meat is basically slow cooked in a vat of fat, meat drippings, and broth. A wet Italian Beef is when you dip the bread of the sandwich fully into that vat, then pile the meat on top.

      • gid
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        22 days ago

        Thank you! I’ve never come across one but it sounds delicious.

        I think the closest I’ve had is getting a beef sandwich with a pot of gravy to dip it in myself.

    • @[email protected]
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      182 days ago

      Matt Damon, mostly.

      But also, the sandwich is dipped in the au jus the meat is cooked in.

    • @expatriado
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      102 days ago

      if you treat her nicely and you’re good with your hands, you may discover