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America’s third largest city, Chicago rises up majestically along the shores of Lake Michigan. Carl Sandburg described early 20th century Chicago as “hog butcher for the world” -- the invention of refrigerated railroad cars meant that meat could be processed, packed and shipped cold to the East. Today, Chicago has one of the finest fine-dining scenes in America. It also offers an enormous array of simpler, crowd-pleasing fare, like the unique Chicago hot dog (an all-beef dog on a poppy seed bun piled high with mustard, sweet pickle relish, chopped onion, tomato wedges, dill pickle, sport peppers and a dash of celery salt. But no ketchup!) There is no shortage of ethnic foods here either - everything from Polish perogies to Puerto Rican jibarito steak sandwiches. Italian beef sandwiches are a Windy City favorite. Sadly, Chicago recently lost one of its mainstays of German cuisine, when the Berghoff closed its doors after more than a century of business. Another claim to fame: Chicago-style, deep-dish pizza – created in 1943 at Pizzeria Uno.
 

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Juicy Roasted Chicken

Reviewed on Oct. 14, 2008 by MOLLYSMAMA
MMMMMMM.... good! The secret is don't use light margarine - or anything that's got water in it. I use 1/2 olive oil & 1/2 butter - melted together and then brushed over chicken & splash the rest inside. I add an onion inside with the celery. Adding any broth or water makes for more stringy, chewy, dry chicken. Also, don't cover it, you don't wanna trap any steam. I cook it low & slow at 325 until the thermometer reads 170-ish deg. Then take it out to rest & let the temp. rise to 180. Chicken heaven! This works with cut up chicken pieces too!
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Peanut Butter Pie 2000

Reviewed on Oct. 14, 2008 by mehoney
this is really a good recipe. We liked it the first time.the second time, I was looking for a bit of a change. so I used a pakage of instant chocolate pudding omitted one cup of the milk on the box instructions and mixed half of the prepared pudding into the pie filling. I reserved some of the whipped topping and used the other half the pudding in it, whipped it with the mixer til it was fluffy and spread that on top of the pie. DELICIOUS!!
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Artichoke Mashed Potatoes

Reviewed on Oct. 13, 2008 by jolley900
tasted pretty good but not worth the extra effort. Plain mashed potatoes with buter and sour cream are just as good.
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