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Article: FOOD FIGHT! THE GAME MAY BE ON THE FIELD, BUT THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS GASTRONOMICAL DELIGHTS RIDING ON THE OUTCOME.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- January 11, 2004
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Byline: Susan Lampert Smith Wisconsin State Journal
The bratwurst and the Philly cheese steak both consist of meat on bread, but they're from different worlds.
The two sandwiches symbolize the clash of the Midwest and the East.
Gov. Jim Doyle will send a load of Johnsonville brats to Pennsylvania if the Packers lose; Gov. Ed Rendell has promised a load of Pat's cheese steaks if the Eagles go down.
On one hand, ladies and gentlemen, you have the humble bratwurst, the kind of thing our Germanic immigrant forefathers thriftily made with leftover meat scraps, embellished with sauerkraut and mustard and set on a bun. Packers fans cook brats ...