Maid-Rites in Chicago?

[Miller, Jerry]

I'm familiar with a Maid-Rite in Greenville, Ohio. The legend of its
sandwiches was that the meat had been soaked in pickle juice and beer; don't
know it that was true, but they did have an unusual flavor (and actually
pretty good, although I wouldn't want them every day).
The pork tenderloin sandwich someone mentioned has been widely available and
extremely popular in Indiana for as long as I can remember, although here is
commonly referred to as a "breaded tenderloin." I know that when I lived out
East you couldn't find such a sandwich, then I lived in West Virginia for
six years and thought it couldn't be found there, either, only to finally
discover they called it a "pork fritter."

Jerry Miller
Franklin College (Ind.)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis R. Preston [SMTP:preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 1:00 PM
> To:   ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Maid-Rites in Chicago?
>
> >Ron,
>
> You don't have to go to out-of-the-way places like Chicago. Last time
> I was in Ames I had me a couple of Maidrites (not to mention a gob of
> pork tenderloins, which I also nibble around the edges). Actually,
> last time I was in Christopher IL, I had me a Maidrite there too!
>
> dInIs
>
>
>
> ><<BTW, Ron, do you fold the meat over, or eat the over-hang around the
> bun?>>
> >
> >Oh definitely eat the overhang!
> >
> >The fact that they still sell Maidrites in Peoria is worth a trip to
> Peoria.
> >Does anyone know if there are Maidrite diners in Chicago? I DO get there
> from
> >time to time.
>
> --
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