Philly Cheesesteak Taste Off

At a recent MD&M East (Medical Design & Manufacturing) trade show in Philadelphia where we were displaying Winatic Corp.’s medical magnetics products, we decided that we should try the Philly cheesesteaks at the most popular joints and conduct our own a taste test. We thought if the Food Network can do it, why not us? The two judges consisted of one native Philadelphian and one from out of state.

We started with Geno’s Steaks on the first night. It was very good. The next one was Chickie’s & Pete’s; it would win for atmosphere and is probably known more for their crabs than cheesesteaks. The third restaurant we tried was Tony Luke’s. We went there right before a Phillies game and of course it was packed. It probably had the best location, being right off the highway. Finally, we wrapped it up with the original, Pat’s King of the Steaks. The historical marker gave it away.

We tried the traditional Philly Cheesesteak at each place and I have to admit, every one of them was great and each had their own specific strengths. We would go back to any of them in a heartbeat. They were all better than any cheesesteak sandwich I could hope to find in Florida.

So here is our ranking:

1. Geno’s Steaks
2. Pat’s & Tony Luke’s (Tie)
3. Chickie’s & Pete’s

Again, they were all delicious. It came down to the meat and we thought that Geno’s had the edge in this area.

Blogger Makes it More Difficult

It wasn't that Blogger was easy to use before. We use Twitter and Hubpages far more for our posts than we have ever used Blogger. It is a pain to log on and post, and in a world where events are transpiring at an ever increasing rate it just doesn't move fast enough.

Now, they decided to revamp the entire website. This appears to make it even slower than before. They were, however, nice enough to leave an icon where one could access the old format. This is where this particular post is being generated.

Transformers vs. Transformers

As you may or may not know, Electro Technik Industries, through some of its subsidiaries (Raycom Electronics & Hytronics Corp) manufactures transformers. The type that transmits electrical energy from one circuit to another, not the transformer deemed a living robotic species from the planet Cybertron.

So in order to make it easier and clear up any confusion, here is a list of things our, passive electronic component transformers, do not have or will not do:

1. Your children will not play with our transformers.

2. Our transformers, although brilliant in their own right, will not star in a feature blockbuster movie.

3. Our transformers will not save the Earth from a galactic invasion, but we can save you 15% on your component costs.

4. Our transformer sales will not increase three-fold during the Christmas holiday season (although our fingers are crossed).

5. Our transformers will not befriend Shia LaBeouf.

6. If our transformers change shape, we have a quality problem, not a new weapon to fight evil.

7. Our transformers don't have cool names like Megatron and Optimus Prime, the closest we get is a power transformer.

8. None of our promotional videos are coming out on Blu-Ray.

9. Megan Fox won't fall for one of our engineers (although they have their fingers crossed).

10. We will not be approached about creating a new video game for our product and its subsequent downloadable App.(the closest we get is AutoCAD).