Originally established more than 100 years ago, Philippe's claims to be the inventor of the French dipped sandwich – a split beef-filled French loaf dipped in roasting pan juices – and is an old-fashioned, sawdust-on-the-floor, jar-of-boiled-eggs-in-beet-juice kind of place.
Ask your butcher to split two long beef shinbones in half lengthwise, then cut them into pieces anywhere from 4 to 10 inches long, according to your taste and the size of your plates.
Ashak are a slightly different version of the same, filled with spinach and scallion, bathed in tart yogurt and a spicy tomato sauce, dotted with ground beef, yellow split peas and dried mint.
I like those extra chews!" Jones's Yankee pragmatism and culinary creativity are being drawn upon now that her country and city freezers are filled with random cuts from the 300 pounds of beef she split with her partners, her cousin John Reynolds and her stepdaughter Bronwyn Dunne last year.
Red Apron does a 50-50 split between pork and beef with a 75-25 split between meat and fat.
There are comforting choices, including chicken noodle, split pea and Black Angus beef chili (turkey chili, too).
The minimum order was four dozen; I split that between chicken and beef fillings and paid $55.80, including two-day shipping.
The menu, like the restaurant itself, is split into two: one side beef, the other tuna, with preparations for both almost identical.
I was never let down by the hot dogs, bought from Chicago's irreplaceable Vienna Beef, which were split down the middle, griddled and laid in a toasted potato bun with or without the classic Chicago garnishes.
Enjoy traditional entrées like beef empanadas and split a bowl of rum punch for two.
