New York Fam, how do you make a chopped cheese? Do yall make 'em at home?

[ViCiouS]

I ain’t heard of no chopped cheese up until a few years ago.

Can any New Yorkers confirm if this was a thing growing up or years ago?

an ex put me on to my first chopped cheese back in 1999 - Farmer in the Dell (Ft Greene)
they also do a similar sandwich using salsalito turkey and swiss / pepperjack blend

Nope because delis were mostly run by papi back then having a grill was rare. Ahk is more entrepreneurial and expanded the food selection.

I started going to grade school in the 70s - bodegas are hit or miss but to this day every real nyc deli I've been - no matter if jewish italian boriqua dominican always had grills - blt, fried eggs, scrambled egg, chicken cutlet fried pastrami, etc etc

 

[killagram]

I met a New York transplant at jury duty down here in New Orleans and he mentioned it and sounded good, once he explained that it was a sandwich and not chopped pieces of cheese. Do yall make them shits at home or get them from a corner store?

Just made one...with special sauce...season your meat with old bay, garlic powder and onion powder..1T of each per pound...brah

 

[killagram]

Chopped cheese is a gatdayam glorified sloppy joe. With less sauce and more cheese..



I used to fuck with it..but then I started to care about my arteries and over all health

Cook with lean Angus ground beef...brah

 

[tallblacknyc]

I ain’t heard of no chopped cheese up until a few years ago.

Can any New Yorkers confirm if this was a thing growing up or years ago?

I literally posted a summary on it in this thread.. over 30+ yrs

 

[tallblacknyc]

The original chop cheese is with boars head burgers.. Lawry seasoning, adobo, american cheese 3 slices, toasted hero bread, fried onions, ketchup on the burger, mayo on the bread…. Nigs wasn’t putting tomatoes and lettuce on it like that( we was kids)

 

[tallblacknyc]

Thanks for the info, I just never heard anyone speak about them and was curious.

Pay attention cam used to literally do music vids back in the days in and around hajis.. lot of people who weren’t in the know just didn’t realize that was hajis and what it’s known for back than

 

[jack walsh13]

You don't have to get cheez whiz on your cheesesteak. The usual choices are american or provolone. You can get what you want. I prefer American cheese...

Agreed.

 

[rebel]

walk across the street to hajji's

 

[REDLINE]

I literally posted a summary on it in this thread.. over 30+ yrs

Sorry man I guess I didn't see it.

I had no idea it was a thing for that long.

 

[Duece]

walk across the street to hajji's

Considering I live in New Orleans, according to Google maps Hajji's is about 1,512 miles away from me and would take about 21 days on foot.

so the journey begins

 

[DJCandle]

I was at Hajii’s last week. Still fire as usual even tho they use Turkey bacon. They season the bacon which makes it less noticeable.

I’m down for the halal from my ahk’s.

 

[DJCandle]

an ex put me on to my first chopped cheese back in 1999 - Farmer in the Dell (Ft Greene)
they also do a similar sandwich using salsalito turkey and swiss / pepperjack blend

I been doing Farmer in the Deli’s chopped sandwiches at home more and more. Simple concept but well worth the effort it takes to make.

The chopped takes it to another level.

 

[tallblacknyc]

I was at Hajii’s last week. Still fire as usual even tho they use Turkey bacon. They season the bacon which makes it less noticeable.

I’m down for the halal from my ahk’s.

Another thing the original chop cheese sandwich maker name was tone.. pr cat that look black… Carlos r.I.p was the second chop cheese maker.. Frankie the Mexican was the 3rd chop cheese maker.. if you never had one of these make a chop cheese sandwich for you , you really never taste an official tissue chop cheese… tone left yrsss ago, Carlos r.I.p passed yrs ago.. Frankie came back and I think they say make sandwiches in the morning/afternoon… all them other nigs ehhhh.. also back in the days we had real boars head bacon, you could get a $1 worth of roast beef added to the chop cheese, etc… once again you ate it with a side of chips

 

[tallblacknyc]

By the way up the block on 2nd ave is my fave pizza shop… they menu crazy as far as pizza and many other food items. That shit is cheap date galore if you wanna grab a bite to eat for some joint.. mad meals for under $20 bucks.. broads go crazy for the chicken Parmesan, shrimp Parmesan, etc with spaghetti.. shit like $14( maybe more now) big ass plate of food that could last for 3 diff meals.. mad other shit on menu.. the nigs that know, know.. slide through cop a meal take shorty back to crib… or have broad buy shit for you… you could eat there for weeks without eating the samething twice…. Oh yeah Ricardo’s steakhouse across the street if you feeling hood fancy

 

[catdaddy]

What is chopped cheese?

 

[Duece]

What is chopped cheese?

Read the thread, lol.

 

[jawnswoop]

Cooper Sharp is the go to now

 

[EPDC]

Lived in NYC from 97 - 01, in Queens and Brooklyn. I can't say I've ever had a chopped cheese. Lolz I only heard of them like 7-8 years ago off that one video that was posted here with the young kid from the Bronx reacting to colonizers discovering them.

Must have been an uptown thing.

 

[REDLINE]

What is chopped cheese?

@tallblacknyc and y'all thought I was bad!

 

[DJCandle]

Lived in NYC from 97 - 01, in Queens and Brooklyn. I can't say I've ever had a chopped cheese. Lolz I only heard of them like 7-8 years ago off that one video that was posted here with the young kid from the Bronx reacting to colonizers discovering them.

Must have been an uptown thing.

 

[EPDC]

Yep! That's the video. lolz, I never heard of a chopped cheese before that LMAO and I was a poor college student going to school in Brooklyn from 97-01.

 

[Camille]

The MSG in the Adobo and it being available 24 hours a few steps from your front door for a few bucks is what makes it special.

I've never had chopped cheese but when someone posted the video below I got the stuff to make it, just never did. I did end up buying a few seasonings but didn't really care for them. I came across Loisa brand that has Sazon and adobo without MSG or salt that seemed to have better ingredients. I liked the smell and taste of them better and have been using then for other dishes.

Amazon.com

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09QQST2FY?tag=vp314-20

B09QQV5WTK is the product page on Amazon if the links don't show. They also have a version with salt.

 

[bham_brotha]

There's a dude that moved down here from NYC and opened up a store making these. I... honestly couldn't even remotely understand the hype of it.

 

[tallblacknyc]

There's a dude that moved down here from NYC and opened up a store making these. I... honestly couldn't even remotely understand the hype of it.

If you had a long day in elementary school and you mad hungry after school and you got a bus pass and 5 bucks.. going to the store to get a big ass hero with ground beef, American cheese, onions, ketchup, mayo and a bag of Doritos and it only cost you 3 dollars and 10 cent you go crazy. Now throw in a 50 cent soda and maybe even a dollar ice cream for later on and you still got change left over you think you just hit the lottery… or instead of ice cream you got these 25 cent 3 pack of linden butter crunch cookies that you threw in the oven or microwave for 20 secs that will melt. Get a couple of those you golden.. under $5 you got eats, drink, a snack, and a later snack.. that was the hype.. childhood cheap eats

Other ny childhood cheap eats.. beef pattie with cheese.. or you might freak it with beef pattie with cheese inside coco bread…. 4 chicken wings for under $2 at the Chinese restaurant, or maybe add fries whole thing $3

 

[jawnswoop]

Never heard of that kind of sandwich in Philly. I'm a cheese steak guy. But it does look interesting to try. I just don't want to be eating all that shit. Maybe once or twice a year.

 

[DJCandle]

Never heard of that kind of sandwich in Philly. I'm a cheese steak guy. But it does look interesting to try. I just don't want to be eating all that shit. Maybe once or twice a year.

Some say the chopped cheese is NYC’s answer to a Cheesesteak but I never seen that comparison make sense. Ground beef, nor matter how chopped and seasonsed, ain’t touching shaved ribeye. That’s not even the same league for me.

That being said, I love em both.

They each have their own lanes.

 

[Duece]

There's a dude that moved down here from NYC and opened up a store making these. I... honestly couldn't even remotely understand the hype of it.

You're from Birmingham, maybe if he added some grits or something

 

[J.A.]

aint shit but a chopped up hamburger

 

[killagram]

Some say the chopped cheese is NYC’s answer to a Cheesesteak but I never seen that comparison make sense. Ground beef, nor matter how chopped and seasonsed, ain’t touching shaved ribeye. That’s not even the same league for me.

That being said, I love em both.

They each have their own lanes.

Agreed...my nigg

 

[DJCandle]

Yep! That's the video. lolz, I never heard of a chopped cheese before that LMAO and I was a poor college student going to school in Brooklyn from 97-01.

Fam if you was broke in college, you shoulda DEF been eating chopped cheese back then. That’s a hood classic. Working class food for $4. Personally, I used to call em drug dealer food cause that’s who I would always see coppin em lol

 

[EPDC]

Fam if you was broke in college, you shoulda DEF been eating chopped cheese back then. That’s a hood classic. Working class food for $4. Personally, I used to call em drug dealer food cause that’s who I would always see coppin em lol

I never really got cooked at bodegas and Arab joints. I would grab a bag of chips before getting something cooked at one of those spots to be honest. Lolz I used to fuck up the bagel van for an everything bagel and a coffee regular by the train station on my way to LIU though.

 

[Duece]

I never really got cooked at bodegas and Arab joints. I would grab a bag of chips before getting something cooked at one of those spots to be honest. Lolz I used to fuck up the bagel van for an everything bagel and a coffee regular by the train station on my way to LIU though.

That shit I can understand because I know people down here that don't fuck with cooked food at corner stores and gas stations, while there are others who will tear it up.

On that thought, I made another one and enjoyed it but that's it for now because 206 pounds is too heavy

The kids can do with those patties as they wish.

 

[EPDC]

That shit I can understand because I know people down here that don't fuck with cooked food at corner stores and gas stations, while there are others who will tear it up.

On that thought, I made another one and enjoyed it but that's it for now because 206 pounds is too heavy

The kids can do with those patties as they wish.

The way those bodega cats be chilling all over the store and stocked items used to gross me out, not knowing if they be up on the counters in the prep areas of those corner store spots.

 

[jawnswoop]

aint shit but a chopped up hamburger

Damn, you didnt have to say it like that.

 

[Duece]

aint shit but a chopped up hamburger

True but think about it like this, you and I are New Orleans natives and I'm sure you kept French bread around, regularly or semi-regularly. Either you were making a po-boy or some sort or that shit was going stale and you made lost bread or you tossed it.

After the transplant described what a chop cheese was, I figured that's something else we could put on the French bread for something quick to eat, that's situated better on the bread than a solid patty.