Heart Attack...sandwich

If anyone is ever in South Jersey for any reason, or just passing through Cherry Hill, be sure to stop at Phil's Deli on Rt. 70. I made my first visit there recently and tried their signature Heart Attack steak sandwich. For Rutgers alums, the sandwich will conjure up memories of a grease truck sandwich. For those of you who have never stood in line in New Brunswick for one of those sandwiches, now's your chance.

The Heart Attack sandwich is a steak sandwich with American cheese, marinara sauce, mozzarella sticks, chicken fingers, and onion rings all on a hoagie roll. For an added fee, it can be accompanied as seen here with fries and a soda (just in case the sandwich didn't cause a total artery blockage). I got mine without the fries and was stuffed.

For those less daring, or those with actual heart issues, Phil's offers a number of sandwich options and has some of the highest rated wraps in South Jersey.

Bacon Wrapped Ribs...Yup!

Tomorrow afternoon I have a history department pot luck to go to, so I decided to make ribs for the occasion. I made two baby back slabs with a dry rub and sweet vidalia onion. The third slab I made was more of an experiment, one gone terribly right. It was a rack of bacon wrapped baby back ribs.

Bacon wrapped baby back spare ribs, with some sweet vidalia onions on top.

After massaging with a heavy on the brown sugar dry rub, I topped the meat with a chopped up jalapeno pepper. Then I wrapped the slap in bacon, using a full pack to cover all of the rib meat. After tucking the ends of the bacon, I put vidalia onion underneath and on top, then sealed it all in non-stick foil. After grilling for an hour and a half, flipping midway through, I took the ribs off the heat, opened the foil, and portioned them out. What I discovered was a delicious rib that was slightly salty from the bacon layer, slightly sweet from the heavy addition of brown sugar to an off the shelf dry rub, and just a hint of spice from the jalapeno pepper. This is definitely a make again recipe.

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