Its Super Bowl Party Time!

Congratulations to the AFC and NFC football champions, the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers respectively!  It's time to get ready for the second  party of the new year.  Super Bowl Forty-Five will take place in Arlington, Texas at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium on Sunday, February 6th.

I have found over the years that the best Super Bowl parties are the ones with the best food.  Since the game takes place during the dinner hour its good to have something substantial, but a sit down dinner just doesn't fit the bill.   What better way to celebrate the Super Bowl than to highlight a sandwich that eats like a meal from the cities of both teams? 

One of my sisters graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and she told me about a restaurant not far from the campus that featured one of the best sandwiches she'd ever eaten.   The restaurant is called Primanti Brothers.  She and her classmates would make their way to the restaurant as often as they could for that wonderfully filling sandwich.

These sandwiches are very filling.  I made them for lunch for my family and we were still full at dinner time!  Celebrate the Steelers by putting these sandwiches on your party menu.  Even if you're not a Steelers fan you'll become a fast fan of this sandwich!

The Pittsburgh Sandwich (Like Primanti Brothers)
Italian bread, sliced
mayonaise
tomato, sliced
Amish Slaw *recipe to follow
steak fries (thats right!)
5-6 slices lunch meat (your choice)
sliced provolone cheese
softened butter

*Amish Slaw                                
1 medium head cabbage, cored/thinly sliced or shredded
1 medium onion, finely chopped                     
1 carrot, grated                                                 
1 cup sugar                                                     
1 cup vinegar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp celery seed
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp deli mustard
3/4 cup vegetable oil

Toss together cabbage, onion, carrot and 1 cup sugar.  Set aside.
In a small pot combine the vinegar, salt, celery seed, 1 tsp sugar, mustard and oil.
Bring to boil, and cook for 3 minutes.  Cool completely
Pour cooled vinegar mixture over cabbage mixture and toss to coat.  Refrigerate at least eight hours or overnight.  *I make this slaw the day before.

Prepare steak fries according to package directions, salt lightly.

Butter and lightly toast bread.
Spread bread with mayonaise.
layer the meat, cheese, tomatoes, slaw, warm fries

Top with other slice of bread and serve.