At the end of spring break, Kate and I flew to Philly to visit our sons at college. Jeremy is at Philadelphia U and Connor is at St. Joseph’s University. Too busy with a full class load last semester, I never got down. I wanted to check out his on-campus apartment, and, of course, hang out with him.
On Saturday morning we toured the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey, and then headed to the line-out-the-door popular Pop Shop in Collingswood. It is a retro 1950’s eatery with a soda fountain, jukebox and over 30 variations on the grilled cheese sandwich alone. The menu is roughly the size of the Free Press.
Connor had tackled the Grease Truck – 2 Angus beef burgers, a foot-long hotdog, onion rings, fries, lettuce, tomato and condiments all sandwiched in a foot-long roll.
When he declined dessert I assumed he was full. He was, but it turns out he was passing up the ice cream, whipped cream and cherries served in tall, heavy soda fountain glasses with long spoons because he was saving himself for the homemade caramel cheesecake back at his apartment.
“Cheesecake?!” Looking quite pleased with himself, he said his friend made it for him. He then encouraged us all to get dessert there because he wasn’t sharing. After finding out that Megan Gorzkowski (who is teaching Connor some Polish phrases in honor of his heritage) likes to make cheesecake, Connor struck a deal with her to trade dinner for a dessert. He made one of his specialties, the recipe straight from one college to another follows.
Chicken Rub/Steak Rub/Fish Rub
From Spice Supreme we use::
Garlic and Pepper Seasoning
Steak Seasoning (Larger quantity than all other ingredients)
Chili Powder
Other ingredients:
White and Black Pepper
Parsley Flakes
Oregano Leaves
Chef Paul Prudhommes, Magic Blend, Poultry Magic (Use a decent amount of this as well)
Crushed Roasted Garlic and Sea Salt
Ginger
Old Bay Seasoning
There are no measurements everything is completely eyeballed.
We have a mortar and pestle so we just kind of dump and mix.
Mix and crush thoroughly until it’s completely blended.
Pound chicken (whole boneless chicken breasts) and apply generously to both sides.
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