This is correct!!!! The cloves allspice and cinnamon are flavors I tend to dislike (reminds me christmas) but blended into the meat hot creates something great. Without these unusual flavors, I don't think it's actually a plate. And simmer for hours to break the meat down for the right consistency.
Born and raised in Rochester; I’ve lost track of how many plates I’ve eaten. You’re my favorite cooking channel on TH-cam so it’s great to see you make this!
Rochester! Take a tour and try all the versions(Nick’s, Schalers, Tom Wahls…cheeseburger plates or Zweigle hot dog plates…and on and on and on…soo many plates so little time!) ❤❤❤
I went to University of Rochester in the 80's and went to Nick's many times in the wee hours of the morning. I remember there was an ordering procedure, similar to the soup nazi from Seinfeld. You would step up to the counter, be greeted by a grouchy Nick who would grumble and say "what do u want". Without hesitation I would say "gimme one cheeseburger garbage plate everything macaroni" then step to the left. We called the sauce "grease" which is really what it was but Nick would yell at us and say "its not grease, its sauce!" The hot dogs were called red hots. Great job Sam! brought back some very fond memories. Thank you
From my home town Rochester, NY. Garbage Plate created by nick Tahou on main st in Rochester. We have many different plates now from the rubbish to trash plate. Greatest food for after the bar hands down.
Rochestetian here, former hots employee for 10 years. Hot meat sause has onions in it, and 3 spices. Laurie's seasoning salt, peprika and cyanne pepper. Hot meat sause juice is lard and water. We made 30 gallons at a time
Great stuff, we have McSweeney's Red Hots/Michigans up here in the North Country. On a Glazier's red frankfurter or (if you don't want to burp up garlic all day) on an all beef hot dog, New England style bun, bury the onions, with a line of mustard...
Rochestarian here and I'm absolutely losing my shit right now that Sam the Cooking Guy is doing my hometown specialty! Now we all need to teach him about Zweigle's hots and Genny screamers!
@@blueeyes4233 zweigles are actually more like sausages good but not a "hotdog"....raised in Michigan and can confirm koegels are the best hotdogs ever
Sam what I like about you is that you leave all of the pretentiousness and fashion or formality at the door when you cook. You simply chase the flavors where they take you and you aren't afraid to actually fill the damn plate. By far the best cooking personality.
The only thing that sucks about this channel is that there isn't an "order now" that brings this meal to my door in 45 minutes! Thanks for all the great recipes brought in such an entertaining manner.
Thanks for doing Rochester proud. I have lived here since 1982 and love a good garbage plate. I photographed a wedding a few years back and late in the reception they brought out a make your own garbage plate buffet, brilliant!!!
About 10 years ago there used to be a plate food truck in L.A. not sure if it's still around. Flew out from Rochester to LA for a vacation. Wanted to try their plate. Couldn't find it.
Another Rochestarian here. Raised on Tahou's garbage plates. I gotta say Sam, you did us proud! I make my own at home now since I don't live in Rochester anymore, and I do take some liberties myself to enhance the flavor, but keeping true to the original. Your mac salad looks epic and I like what you did with the hot sauce. Only thing you missed was a bottle of Frank's Red Hot to accompany the plate, otherwise great job!
My husband and I are from Buffalo and absolutely felt like this is how the garbage plate should be!!! We always stopped for a garbage plate when visiting my husband's dad in Rochester...thank you for this awesome taste of home....aaaaaand we eat!!!!!
Rochester, Native!!! I couldn’t have gotten thru college without Garbage Plates! You did Rochester, right by this video! I always do one cheeseburg / one dog - homefries and mac salad!
Went to SUNY Oswego, in Upstate, NY. People from Rochester always talked about the Garbage plate. Utica people it was Chicken Riggies. Us Binghamton folks, all about the Chicken Speedies. And Buffalo, obviously Wings.
I'm not usually the "internet spelling corrector" guy but...... Spiedie is how it's spelled. Go ahead Sam, google that and add it to the list of regional foods to make, Also a +1 for the Chicken Riggies as well. Hell, he should toss in some Utica Greens as well while he's at it.
Born and raised in "The ROC" Rochester, NY. We call the meat sauce "meat hot". Love the shout out to an amazing dish for a late night with a couple "Genny Screamers". Some local beer from the Genesee Brewery! Great stuff, thanks for always keeping me invested into the culinary curiosity.
Really good recipe from upstate New York are Utica Greens. It’s Basically greens with peppers mixed in with tons of Prosciutto, Parmesan and bread crumbs mixed in.
Utica has it's " Chicken Riggies" and Rachael Ray did a plate on her show. Not a dish as famous as Nick's Garbage Plate but a local favorite around Utica.
Being from Buffalo, I’d like to thank you for giving Rocha-cha some love. The garbage plate holds a special place in my heart, and stomach. I’ll send y’all a picture of an authentic plate when I visit family in May.
Buffalo represent. I'm also from Buffalo and have had my fair share of garbage plates. Haven't made the trip in a while with covid and all but I think my cousins and I will have to go this summer.
Traditional "hots sauce" is seasoned with cinnamon, clove, and allspice along with black pepper and a little cayenne. That being said, yours sounds dope
I was in Rochester once with my band. We had been on tour and I got sick and hadnt really eaten much for a couple days. We stopped at Nick Tahou's and ordered some Garbage Plates and I swear I inhaled mine. I ate it so fast, everyone in the table stared at me and laughed. That Garbage Plate didnt only healed me, It also gave me the energy to end the tour. Ive tried to find a good plate here in Florida but can't find it.
@@staind620 in 2017, I had been to at least 3x of those ones. They opened the one in Alexandria, VA only 1 month before I moved away. Only a mile from my then home. Haha
Best part of a garbage plate is that there are so many different varieties. Motz sticks, chicken tenders, BBQ, etc. Makes them fun to make becuase you can put your own twist on it!
My husband who is not a native Rochesterian is a huge fan of yours. He alerted me to this video. I am a native Rochesterian. I appreciate your take and what's beautiful about a GP is that you can kind of get creative with it. I'm a GP traditionalist...two burger patties with cheese and all the works, mac salad, home fries, mustard, and a squeeze of ketchup. Great hangover food! LOL! We currently live in Florida so seeing this put a smile on my face.
I'm from Syracuse and my friends and I used to travel to Rochester at least once a month to go to different bars and clubs. The garbage plate was always my 2am drunken go-to and also for lunch the next day, to really kick the hangover before we left town. Great memories haha. Thanks for featuring this one!
From Rochester here... Nice re-creation. Going with the Mac Salad and Potatoes and not doing the cold baked beans. The main thing that is different between all of the restaurant is the Hot Sauce they make and use.
I remember the first time I had a garbage plate was hungover in the back of the car in the parking lot of walgreens in chili the morning before I went back to Canada. It was glorious😂😂😂
You are by far my favorite cook and to see you paying homage to my hometown favorite warms my heart. Went into Nick’s one night with a good buzz on and started to order. “I’ll have two hots, some Mac salad,some hot sauce.....” Nick starts yelling at me in his Greek accent.... “Garbage,garbage,garbage!!! “ That’s what we called it but I didn’t know HE did! LOL
You really need to eat one at 1am after drinking to get the full experience. I'm a local Rochesterian too, love seeing all the chat from locals! Nice job on this by the way, it looks good!
I went to RIT in 96/97 and that is the last time i had a garbage plate. I'm very excited to make this even though it has been so long I will not be able to remember if it is similar to Nick Tahou's but with two young boys and a 120 lb yellow lab I am all about food that can be shoveled. I bought Rochester plate spice from Stuarts spices in rochester so hopefully it comea out good! Thanks for doing this. True blast from the past that i think about every now and then.
Imagine your grandchild in 50 years saying "here's my Grandad's cast iron pan, it's been in our family for 50 years. It even has a picture of some creeper in glasses. My Grandfather was so weird" Your legacy will live for generations Sam!
Even better. It's a pan that has a creeper in glasses deeply embossed on the bottom, so it doesn't heat as evenly and as well as a cheaper plain cast iron pan. It's objectively worse than a cheaper version.
My wife was born and raised in Rochester and she said the only thing you got wrong was not using Zweigle’s hot dogs! (It’s literally a hot dog in a casing) great job with the recipe!
I was in New York city once, the constant smell of piss and vomit made me sick; I saw a homeless guy shit on the street right in front of a hot dog stand and no one did anything. You would have to be a wierdo to like that place.
@@nustada dude you know nothing about New York as a whole if you've been "in New York City once." Lemme guess, you went to the Statue of Liberty and Times Square. Yeah you missed about 99.9% of the city and it's wonderful cuisine. Why do you think NYC is consistently rated one of the foodie Capitols of the world? Because of the diversity and the fact you gotta be good to make it there. Plus, garbage plate has nothing to do with NYC. This is upstate NY goodness, not that you know anything about that either. You have gotten yourself into a world of shit with this comment mon ami!
@@alasdairgillis I went there for a competition at the Javits center. I did go to time square, the half naked women was about the best part aside from my winnings. The piss and vomit was constant though, it was everywhere. I guess you vultures are used to it. But you should travel, pretty much everywhere else on earth is better. I have never been to a worse place in my life. Aside from a few mortal tragedies, my visit to NYC was one of the worst experiences in my life. You people are fucking sick to even try to justify the existence of that shithole.
@@nustada You must have spent a lot of time in subway stations regarding the piss and vomit instead of Ubering. I guess you have never been to Seattle, San Fran, or LA with the worst homeless epidemics, which make the NYC homeless problem look like Kindergarten. Upstate New York is a beautiful place, ever traveled there? Where are you from? I'd love to do a little quip about how shitty your city is.
I have a cast iron pan. It has Lodge written on it. It’s at least 100 years old. I inherited it from my nana when she died at age 99 in 1990. It still works great.
Collin & Liz here from Buffalo, we are headed to Rochester tomorrow for a rugby match against them. May have to stop for a garbage plate on our way home!
Please do! Just a heads up most of our local spots have a version of this so depending on where you are in our area, there’s guaranteed to be one close by. It doesn’t have to be Nick Tahou’s. I recommend Steve T’s personally but the argument over the best plate in town is never ending for us.
@@kylewiant6380 Ok thanks. Personally i would have add it. It complements the fried potatoes, the sausage and the hamburger. The cold macaroni should leave i think. But it is what it is; a garbage plate :)
Thank you! You made my morning watching this video! I am a Rocherstarian and yes your way is a little different but as you said, when cooking you have to make it your own. You should come up to Upstate sometime! Also check out more local dishes like spiedies or chicken riggies.
The meat sauce is basically a simple version of what we do in northeast NY called Michigan's. I'd love to see a big youtuber actually research and make Michigan sauce hot dogs to get them exposure since they're SUPER regional to our little area.
We were so excited to see so many fans at Sam’s book signing yesterday and most of all to see Sam in person! So happy about Sam’s success. He brings so much joy to people. We really enjoyed our not not tacos!
The pasta looks like Ditalini to me. Pretty much a staple ingredient in my Italian Wedding Soup, Chicken Soup, 3-Bean Soup, or any soup that needs a bit of pasta to bulk it up. I'm a "Downstate" NY'er with ties to Syracuse, Oneonta, and Buffalo. The Garbage Plate is one of those road-trip "must-haves" for me any time I'm passing close enough to Rochester. Thanks for the vid!
Great to see a lesser known Western New York favorite getting some love! Also: I totally get not liking macaroni salad, I'd just go for french fries, or double the homefries.
I suggested this one a few months ago. Love that he actually made it. Looks great!! Got to cut it all up, mix it up and enjoy with a belly full of beer.
Lil tip for mac salad. Toss in a little splash of vinegar, or if you have some leftover pickle juice, throw that in. If you're feeling adventurous, pickling juice from pickled jalapeno slices. Maybe a tablespoon or two per pound of mac, whatever you like. Alternatively or additively, some kinda mustard in the mix jazzes things up. I don't use plain jane yellow mustard. Supermarket mac salad around here is usually loaded with sugar, overly sweet, and gross.
Max or Chance or whoever edits, AMAZING job. Sam, your food is incredible and you've inspired me to go all in on cooking. Just made your famous carne asada and 2 different of your street corns. Just insane flavor. Love your stuff
Oh good I am not the only one reminded of Jenna! She talked about garbage plates on her podacast a few times too. She used to eat them in college, her pre-vegan days.
Hell yeah man! Love seeing all my fellow Rochesterians in here! I myself get one at least every other week or so. Home fries, baked beans, mac salad, two white hots and a burg with loaded meat hot! That means meat hot with mustard, ketchup, some Frank's red hot, yellow onions, and sometimes relish. Nice fat piece of Italian bread with butter to mop up the leftovers, god damn it's rhe greatest thing in the world. On top of eating them for years, been making my own for years as well and pretty much perfected my meat sauce recipe. So awesome whenever I see TH-camrs spread this amazing dish all over the world.
You have done Rochester proud!! All your missing is the bread on the side. Other restaurants have made their version and the Mac salad is always different no worries you made your own style
My mom makes similar Mac Salad but she also puts small cubes of sharp cheddar in it and sometimes cubes of the film outer part of fresh tomatoes when in season.
I can’t believe I’m just seeing this…I lived, went to school, and worked in Rochester for years. Nick T’s garbage plate was a staple at the end of a drinking night.
This is the best time to eat a garbage plate, I live for late night drives where we have a big drunk group (with sober drivers) drive to Steve T's at 3am, and just go ham on a plate
Ours are different. Instead of the beef sauce we use chili w/ beans, and instead of mac salad we use homemade mac & cheese, and I often substitute a chicken-fried steak for the hamburger.
@@ADHDRvG I guess it didn't occur to you that in different regions they have different styles of "garbage plates". As Sam said, "much of its composition has to do with what you have on hand". 🤨
Sam, as someone who has spent a considerable amount of time in Rochester and Syracuse, there is NOTHING wrong with that garbage plate. Well done. You could compete with the top spots.
I was raised in Rochester NY and I love it when my city gets the love it deserves. Garbage plates all dayyy
Garbage plate w/ mud water
Born & raised in Roc too!!
Yup, been wait for him to do a Beef on Weck or a Chicken Spiedie!
@A G Maybe you saw it already, but Binging With Babbish on YT (great channel), who’s from Roch, did a garbage plate on his show.
At first Nick's did not appreciate the name. It was the locals in the neighborhood that labeled it a garbage plate. Later just accepted it.
Authentic Rochester Hot Sauce Ingredients
½ pound ground beef
1 ¼ cups water (as needed)
1 tablespoon white vinegar
½ teaspoon paprika
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon ground thyme
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
this one is actually correct. The top comment is confidently incorrect, not even close.
This is correct!!!! The cloves allspice and cinnamon are flavors I tend to dislike (reminds me christmas) but blended into the meat hot creates something great. Without these unusual flavors, I don't think it's actually a plate. And simmer for hours to break the meat down for the right consistency.
^^^^THIS IS RIGHT!!^^^^
Don't you dare let the world know about our recipes especially the hot sauce
My man!
Born and raised in Rochester; I’ve lost track of how many plates I’ve eaten. You’re my favorite cooking channel on TH-cam so it’s great to see you make this!
Rochester! Take a tour and try all the versions(Nick’s, Schalers, Tom Wahls…cheeseburger plates or Zweigle hot dog plates…and on and on and on…soo many plates so little time!) ❤❤❤
I went to University of Rochester in the 80's and went to Nick's many times in the wee hours of the morning. I remember there was an ordering procedure, similar to the soup nazi from Seinfeld. You would step up to the counter, be greeted by a grouchy Nick who would grumble and say "what do u want". Without hesitation I would say "gimme one cheeseburger garbage plate everything macaroni" then step to the left. We called the sauce "grease" which is really what it was but Nick would yell at us and say "its not grease, its sauce!" The hot dogs were called red hots. Great job Sam! brought back some very fond memories. Thank you
The sausage is called a "white hot" in Rochester, and lastly just missing a hunk of bread on the side. ;) Great job!
You mean the cut up bread they pull out of the black garbage bag?
Mmm zweigles
The bread! I was like it’s missing something......
@@Kaye727 It's not a plate without the bread!
Nooooo ??? a White Hot is a White Hot Zweigles, made with VEAL and Pork. Oh !!! ....the Zweigles disrespect is ....outta control!! lol
From my home town Rochester, NY. Garbage Plate created by nick Tahou on main st in Rochester. We have many different plates now from the rubbish to trash plate. Greatest food for after the bar hands down.
Hell ya dude! I went to Suny Brockport!
I have never eaten a garbage plate sober or before midnight haha.
Tahou's is for sale, I believe. The end of an era.
@@kiltedsasquatch3693 really?! Dang man. The original spot is closing?
@@kiltedsasquatch3693 yeah hes hoping whoever buys it franchises the restaurant and continues.
Rochestetian here, former hots employee for 10 years. Hot meat sause has onions in it, and 3 spices. Laurie's seasoning salt, peprika and cyanne pepper. Hot meat sause juice is lard and water. We made 30 gallons at a time
My arteries just retroactively clogged. I felt it.
Great stuff, we have McSweeney's Red Hots/Michigans up here in the North Country. On a Glazier's red frankfurter or (if you don't want to burp up garlic all day) on an all beef hot dog, New England style bun, bury the onions, with a line of mustard...
I used to work at Lyell ave in college... ive made soooo many vats of sauce lol
30 gallons holy shot
@@brianpancoast5411 I know my chest hurts and right arm just went numb reading that
Rochestarian here and I'm absolutely losing my shit right now that Sam the Cooking Guy is doing my hometown specialty! Now we all need to teach him about Zweigle's hots and Genny screamers!
People from Rochester have literally no idea how good Zweigle’s are and how bad the hot dogs are anywhere else in the country
boss sauce
@@joelp5093 never had Zweigles hot dogs but have you ever had a Koegels hot dog? I do not care for hot dogs in general - but Koegels are the great!
@@blueeyes4233 zweigles are actually more like sausages good but not a "hotdog"....raised in Michigan and can confirm koegels are the best hotdogs ever
@@joelp5093 all other hotdogs are pathetic :(
I can't help but think that an over-easy egg (or two) on top would be EPIC!
Most definitely not ketchup and mustard hot sauce maybe .
Please, kindly stay away from upstate NY 👍
I was just think about selling these at festivals and having the option to add an egg for a dollar
Please don’t ruin the garbage plate for us…
Please don’t ruin the garbage plate for us…
I used to drive limousine and I’ve seen this dish settle more drunk stomachs than I can count. Great Job Sam. I love your channel.
I used to drive drunk and I’ve seen this stomach settle more limousines than I can count. Great job channel. I love your Sam.
Sam what I like about you is that you leave all of the pretentiousness and fashion or formality at the door when you cook. You simply chase the flavors where they take you and you aren't afraid to actually fill the damn plate. By far the best cooking personality.
I concur, all the way 💯😎
@RESEARCH DONALD MARSHALL SHUT DOWN CLONING CENTERS ...huh?
@Nathan Sanders Yup, from way out here, on th Windswept Prairies
Sent Sam an email months ago to do the garbage plate, overjoyed he's finally done it - Rochester, stand up!
Damn right!!! Everyone I introduced to it loves it!
No white hot, instant fail. 😂🤣😂
He didn't do it because of your email
Rochester representing baby. About the only thing we're proud of eh?
Present!
the macaroni salad combo was the real gift in this episode
Yes I agree, it was a delicious recipe for macaroni salad in a video for something else, so it’s a hidden gem really
got me planning to make mac salad. But with Dukes
The only thing that sucks about this channel is that there isn't an "order now" that brings this meal to my door in 45 minutes! Thanks for all the great recipes brought in such an entertaining manner.
I am a Cali Girl born and raised, but lived in Rochester NY almost 15 years and this is amazing. This Plate I relied upon late night sometimes.LOL
Rochester here! Garbage plates FTW
Thanks for doing Rochester proud. I have lived here since 1982 and love a good garbage plate. I photographed a wedding a few years back and late in the reception they brought out a make your own garbage plate buffet, brilliant!!!
Omg we are from Rochester NY and grew up on Garbage Plates. So cool to see the west coast representing.
About 10 years ago there used to be a plate food truck in L.A. not sure if it's still around. Flew out from Rochester to LA for a vacation. Wanted to try their plate. Couldn't find it.
Another Rochestarian here. Raised on Tahou's garbage plates. I gotta say Sam, you did us proud! I make my own at home now since I don't live in Rochester anymore, and I do take some liberties myself to enhance the flavor, but keeping true to the original. Your mac salad looks epic and I like what you did with the hot sauce. Only thing you missed was a bottle of Frank's Red Hot to accompany the plate, otherwise great job!
That completes the whole meal. That and a fight in the parking lot at 2:30 am.
My husband and I are from Buffalo and absolutely felt like this is how the garbage plate should be!!! We always stopped for a garbage plate when visiting my husband's dad in Rochester...thank you for this awesome taste of home....aaaaaand we eat!!!!!
Rochester, Native!!! I couldn’t have gotten thru college without Garbage Plates! You did Rochester, right by this video! I always do one cheeseburg / one dog - homefries and mac salad!
White hots, and extra onions here. Sometimes texas hots. But who are the weirdos eating it with fries and beans?
Steve t’s got the best garbage plates
@@mundanestuff i tried beans once it went surprisingly well but it’s not an every time thing
@@morelifecoppo8606 hell yeah, brother
He needed a Zweigle on this plate, but he did well otherwise!
In the late '70's I lived in Upstate New York and visited Nick Tahoes for a Garbage Plate. Amazing.
Back when the mob ran the city
Went to SUNY Oswego, in Upstate, NY. People from Rochester always talked about the Garbage plate. Utica people it was Chicken Riggies. Us Binghamton folks, all about the Chicken Speedies. And Buffalo, obviously Wings.
I'm not usually the "internet spelling corrector" guy but...... Spiedie is how it's spelled. Go ahead Sam, google that and add it to the list of regional foods to make, Also a +1 for the Chicken Riggies as well. Hell, he should toss in some Utica Greens as well while he's at it.
Yessssss
Webster Warrior here. Went to SUNY Brockport! What up!
He definitely needs to make spiedies
@@CharlesOttman Haha. Oh man. I should have known better... I usually go to the Spiedie Fest every year.
I’m from the Rochester NY area!! These plates are legendary and this is so exciting!! YAY!!!
Born and raised in "The ROC" Rochester, NY. We call the meat sauce "meat hot". Love the shout out to an amazing dish for a late night with a couple "Genny Screamers". Some local beer from the Genesee Brewery! Great stuff, thanks for always keeping me invested into the culinary curiosity.
Really good recipe from upstate New York are Utica Greens. It’s Basically greens with peppers mixed in with tons of Prosciutto, Parmesan and bread crumbs mixed in.
Dude I moved to Rochester from CNY a few years ago, I haven't had riggies or greens in a MINUTE
Utica has it's " Chicken Riggies" and Rachael Ray did a plate on her show. Not a dish as famous as Nick's Garbage Plate but a local favorite around Utica.
Being from Buffalo, I’d like to thank you for giving Rocha-cha some love. The garbage plate holds a special place in my heart, and stomach. I’ll send y’all a picture of an authentic plate when I visit family in May.
U guys don t know how to eat in the usa lmao
@@ni7aa425 Then by all means, feel free not to eat our food.
Let's go bills
Buffalo represent. I'm also from Buffalo and have had my fair share of garbage plates. Haven't made the trip in a while with covid and all but I think my cousins and I will have to go this summer.
@@ni7aa425 stfu, adults are eating garbage plates.
Traditional "hots sauce" is seasoned with cinnamon, clove, and allspice along with black pepper and a little cayenne. That being said, yours sounds dope
Sounds like it needs salt
The hot sauce looks like a chili. Nope.
Truth. That is a true hot sauce
Agreed , it looks good but by far hes missing out on the true flavor of a rochester meat sauce.
Sounds like Cincinnati chili.
I was in Rochester once with my band. We had been on tour and I got sick and hadnt really eaten much for a couple days. We stopped at Nick Tahou's and ordered some Garbage Plates and I swear I inhaled mine. I ate it so fast, everyone in the table stared at me and laughed. That Garbage Plate didnt only healed me, It also gave me the energy to end the tour. Ive tried to find a good plate here in Florida but can't find it.
Now, if you were able to buy all the ingredients from Wegmans, the Rochester crowd would worship you Sam...
fuckin-a
Wegmans has made it as far south as Cary, NC! And yes they sell zweigles. -Rochester native
I encountered Wegman's living in NoVA. I really miss that store. They need to spread the gospel in the south.
@@staind620 in 2017, I had been to at least 3x of those ones. They opened the one in Alexandria, VA only 1 month before I moved away. Only a mile from my then home. Haha
I miss Wegmans so much
Best part of a garbage plate is that there are so many different varieties. Motz sticks, chicken tenders, BBQ, etc. Makes them fun to make becuase you can put your own twist on it!
Max: “Oh shit!”
Sam: “Don’t swear in front of the pan!”
*1 minute later*
Sam: “Celery and relish and shit like that in it.”
😂😂😂
He dint want to look like he was disrespecting the pan ...and shit
Hey he couldn't disrespect the pan. But that was funny though!
Thanks for that, My sound isn't working......
It's okay in front of us. Not The pan though. (=:
I was thinking the same thing except I was surprised he didn’t say “F” I just said shit lol
Is no-one gonna talk about the fact that Sam just grabbed boiled eggs from a bag
That’s just lazy! Ditto for the pre-peeled, boiled, and chopped potatoes.
I've just lately found out about them. Best thing since slice bread.
If you ever ate a garbage plate, you probably wouldn’t care if the eggs were out of a big cuz you have bigger things to worry about...
Sam is notorious for making one ingredient and using nothing but store bought items his channel is trash
@@jamesdizzle420 LMAO that obviously you haven't been watching his channel much because your comment is just pure trash and false.
My husband who is not a native Rochesterian is a huge fan of yours. He alerted me to this video. I am a native Rochesterian. I appreciate your take and what's beautiful about a GP is that you can kind of get creative with it. I'm a GP traditionalist...two burger patties with cheese and all the works, mac salad, home fries, mustard, and a squeeze of ketchup. Great hangover food! LOL! We currently live in Florida so seeing this put a smile on my face.
Long time fan first time commenter. Local Rochester guy and you blew that dish outta the water. The Mac salad rendition you did was impeccable.
I'm from Syracuse and my friends and I used to travel to Rochester at least once a month to go to different bars and clubs. The garbage plate was always my 2am drunken go-to and also for lunch the next day, to really kick the hangover before we left town. Great memories haha. Thanks for featuring this one!
I thought I was the only one lol ... Electronics Parkway
My man called us “Rochestonians” 🤣🤣
😂😂😂
Deadass 😂
The disrespect 😂😂
Also who’s going to Steve Ts tomorrow? 😂
1St time I've noticed Sam STONED lol
@@natalieodachowski898 I’m there homie 😂
From Rochester here... Nice re-creation. Going with the Mac Salad and Potatoes and not doing the cold baked beans. The main thing that is different between all of the restaurant is the Hot Sauce they make and use.
I never understood those savages that would get french fries and/or beans. Home fries and mac salad is the only correct combo.
as a fellow rochesterian it's awesome to see how proud we all are in the comments
I remember the first time I had a garbage plate was hungover in the back of the car in the parking lot of walgreens in chili the morning before I went back to Canada. It was glorious😂😂😂
As a Rochestarian I was psyched to see the garbage plate on your channel!
I'm so hyped to see my fellow Rochestarians in the comments.
We're called Rochesterians 🤣 This looks delish though👌
My immediate thought when I saw this was “uh oh... don’t fxck it up”
What’s the median lifespan there in Rochester, 45-years?
Wow 😂🤦🏾♂️
Hey Roc fam
@@GasPipeJimmy 🤣🤣🤣
Rochester born, here! Nice version, but where’s the white bread?
Babish needs to see this since he’s a native!
Where's the Sweigles Whitehot?
He’s from Mendon...
@@TheSublimeLifestyle Close enough. I’m from Brighton.
You are by far my favorite cook and to see you paying homage to my hometown favorite warms my heart. Went into Nick’s one night with a good buzz on and started to order. “I’ll have two hots, some Mac salad,some hot sauce.....” Nick starts yelling at me in his Greek accent.... “Garbage,garbage,garbage!!! “ That’s what we called it but I didn’t know HE did! LOL
You really need to eat one at 1am after drinking to get the full experience. I'm a local Rochesterian too, love seeing all the chat from locals! Nice job on this by the way, it looks good!
I love your twist on one of our Western NY staples.
Nice to see my hometown original being represented on one of my favorite food channels!! Thanks Sam.
when he was taste testing the macaroni salad, he said "oh damnit" like he really wanted to hate the macaroni salad but it was just too good.
I went to RIT in 96/97 and that is the last time i had a garbage plate. I'm very excited to make this even though it has been so long I will not be able to remember if it is similar to Nick Tahou's but with two young boys and a 120 lb yellow lab I am all about food that can be shoveled. I bought Rochester plate spice from Stuarts spices in rochester so hopefully it comea out good! Thanks for doing this. True blast from the past that i think about every now and then.
The Mac salad and the meat sauce are what makes the plate stand out!
Glad to see a hometown recipe in the mix on this channel.
Imagine your grandchild in 50 years saying "here's my Grandad's cast iron pan, it's been in our family for 50 years. It even has a picture of some creeper in glasses. My Grandfather was so weird"
Your legacy will live for generations Sam!
Lol I have my great grandparents cast iron skillets. They are probably 150 years old.
Even better. It's a pan that has a creeper in glasses deeply embossed on the bottom, so it doesn't heat as evenly and as well as a cheaper plain cast iron pan. It's objectively worse than a cheaper version.
@@willdavis3802 you must be fun at parties
Hahaha😂😂😂
If he takes care of this one the same way he did the previous cast iron he showed, it won't last 5 years before rusting out.
The food of my people. This is making me homesick.
Miss you Dracula
I hope and pray Rochester improves one day so I can return when I’m old and retire back to my hometown.
Sam, we are called "Rochesterians"
Thanks for the vid bois, this is amazing.
My wife was born and raised in Rochester and she said the only thing you got wrong was not using Zweigle’s hot dogs! (It’s literally a hot dog in a casing) great job with the recipe!
I grew up and live here in hawaii and this is pretty much a messier version of a plate lunch, mac salad and all. I dig it
New York has such interesting foods. I love New York and miss the East coast.
I was in New York city once, the constant smell of piss and vomit made me sick; I saw a homeless guy shit on the street right in front of a hot dog stand and no one did anything. You would have to be a wierdo to like that place.
@@nustada this is from Rochester, not NYC. Besides, NYC is huge and there's a lot of fantastic parts too
@@nustada dude you know nothing about New York as a whole if you've been "in New York City once." Lemme guess, you went to the Statue of Liberty and Times Square. Yeah you missed about 99.9% of the city and it's wonderful cuisine. Why do you think NYC is consistently rated one of the foodie Capitols of the world? Because of the diversity and the fact you gotta be good to make it there. Plus, garbage plate has nothing to do with NYC. This is upstate NY goodness, not that you know anything about that either. You have gotten yourself into a world of shit with this comment mon ami!
@@alasdairgillis I went there for a competition at the Javits center. I did go to time square, the half naked women was about the best part aside from my winnings. The piss and vomit was constant though, it was everywhere. I guess you vultures are used to it. But you should travel, pretty much everywhere else on earth is better. I have never been to a worse place in my life.
Aside from a few mortal tragedies, my visit to NYC was one of the worst experiences in my life. You people are fucking sick to even try to justify the existence of that shithole.
@@nustada You must have spent a lot of time in subway stations regarding the piss and vomit instead of Ubering. I guess you have never been to Seattle, San Fran, or LA with the worst homeless epidemics, which make the NYC homeless problem look like Kindergarten. Upstate New York is a beautiful place, ever traveled there? Where are you from? I'd love to do a little quip about how shitty your city is.
Rochesterian is the word you were looking for. Plate looks good if not entirely traditional.
I have a cast iron pan. It has Lodge written on it. It’s at least 100 years old. I inherited it from my nana when she died at age 99 in 1990. It still works great.
I recently discovered their greatness when I bought my own cast iron pan, also a Lodge. Weighs a ton but there's almost nothing it can't do
As a Rochesterian I’m very proud to be one anytime a TH-camr takes a shot at the garbage plate.
I ate a thousand of these in college! Awesome to see this hometown recipe being done by Sam! My favorite was always Dogtown garbage plates on Monroe
Collin & Liz here from Buffalo, we are headed to Rochester tomorrow for a rugby match against them. May have to stop for a garbage plate on our way home!
Please do! Just a heads up most of our local spots have a version of this so depending on where you are in our area, there’s guaranteed to be one close by. It doesn’t have to be Nick Tahou’s. I recommend Steve T’s personally but the argument over the best plate in town is never ending for us.
@@benstephanus4583 I'm about the Zplate when I go back to Brockport.
I'll never make this at home but will definitely serve it at mom's house. Sam is one of those guys who probably rides his bike 15 miles a day.
As someone from Rochester, a key ingredient you are missing in your hot sauce is cinnamon
Plus nutmeg and allspice - all about the winter spices
What about a sunny side egg on top? Its missing imo.
@@48pluto I don’t think I’ve ever seen one with a fried egg
@@kylewiant6380 Ok thanks. Personally i would have add it. It complements the fried potatoes, the sausage and the hamburger. The cold macaroni should leave i think. But it is what it is; a garbage plate :)
Thank you! You made my morning watching this video! I am a Rocherstarian and yes your way is a little different but as you said, when cooking you have to make it your own. You should come up to Upstate sometime! Also check out more local dishes like spiedies or chicken riggies.
I’m in Rochester right now garbage plates are the thing after drinking 🍺 .yours looked good!
The meat sauce is basically a simple version of what we do in northeast NY called Michigan's. I'd love to see a big youtuber actually research and make Michigan sauce hot dogs to get them exposure since they're SUPER regional to our little area.
Shit canoes ftw
As a graduate from RIT in Rochester, I approve of this video.
Same. Go Tigers!
@@guster623 Go Tigers!
Go Tigers! When I went there we actually had a football team! Sigma Pi.
Big 585 we getting the respect & recognition we deserve
We were so excited to see so many fans at Sam’s book signing yesterday and most of all to see Sam in person! So happy about Sam’s success. He brings so much joy to people. We really enjoyed our not not tacos!
The pasta looks like Ditalini to me. Pretty much a staple ingredient in my Italian Wedding Soup, Chicken Soup, 3-Bean Soup, or any soup that needs a bit of pasta to bulk it up.
I'm a "Downstate" NY'er with ties to Syracuse, Oneonta, and Buffalo. The Garbage Plate is one of those road-trip "must-haves" for me any time I'm passing close enough to Rochester.
Thanks for the vid!
makes me wish I was a drunk college kid again!
Great to see a lesser known Western New York favorite getting some love! Also: I totally get not liking macaroni salad, I'd just go for french fries, or double the homefries.
“It all ends up in the same place!” I haven’t heard that since my grandfather was alive! HA!
So true, thanks for showing me the smoked paprika. The taste is amazing. I want to put it on everything now.
I suggested this one a few months ago. Love that he actually made it. Looks great!! Got to cut it all up, mix it up and enjoy with a belly full of beer.
And just like that, I'm 19 yo again and back in college. I can smell the burnt home fries through my computer.
"glass lid so you can see what's going on"
*immediately steams up
Rochesterians!!
Oh Rochester? Was gonna say, I'm from Albany and I've never once heard of this lol.
@@TheOriginalArchieyea he said upstate New York he meant Western New York. They are very different lol
@josephbobzien6904 To everyone who isn’t from New York, everything north of NYC is “upstate New York” 😂
Lil tip for mac salad. Toss in a little splash of vinegar, or if you have some leftover pickle juice, throw that in. If you're feeling adventurous, pickling juice from pickled jalapeno slices. Maybe a tablespoon or two per pound of mac, whatever you like. Alternatively or additively, some kinda mustard in the mix jazzes things up. I don't use plain jane yellow mustard.
Supermarket mac salad around here is usually loaded with sugar, overly sweet, and gross.
I ate at Nick Tahou's in 1986, while on business in Rochester. Nothing ever like it in SoCal, really cool to meet it again here...
You're my favorite TH-cam chef
My favorite too.
Max or Chance or whoever edits, AMAZING job. Sam, your food is incredible and you've inspired me to go all in on cooking. Just made your famous carne asada and 2 different of your street corns. Just insane flavor. Love your stuff
I remember when Jenna and Julien made this in a vegan version. I miss her so much!! (Not the vegan part but her in general).
I was just thinking "wasn't this a jenna video" I miss her too ❤
Oh good I am not the only one reminded of Jenna! She talked about garbage plates on her podacast a few times too. She used to eat them in college, her pre-vegan days.
Hell yeah man! Love seeing all my fellow Rochesterians in here! I myself get one at least every other week or so.
Home fries, baked beans, mac salad, two white hots and a burg with loaded meat hot! That means meat hot with mustard, ketchup, some Frank's red hot, yellow onions, and sometimes relish. Nice fat piece of Italian bread with butter to mop up the leftovers, god damn it's rhe greatest thing in the world.
On top of eating them for years, been making my own for years as well and pretty much perfected my meat sauce recipe. So awesome whenever I see TH-camrs spread this amazing dish all over the world.
You have done Rochester proud!! All your missing is the bread on the side. Other restaurants have made their version and the Mac salad is always different no worries you made your own style
Late night after the bars close Chaos on a Plate goodness :). LOL
Stoked for that pan, man!!!
Okay, all I care about now is that cast iron pan!
Me too, I wonder if it's American made
@@biglouie9547 made in china
If you want good cast iron, go for Lodge brand
Can't wait!!!
@@317Beastmode
I always thought Lodge was overrated compared to a hundred year old Wagner or a Griswold
My mom makes similar Mac Salad but she also puts small cubes of sharp cheddar in it and sometimes cubes of the film outer part of fresh tomatoes when in season.
From buffalo here and I drive over an hour to get Nick Tahou's garbage plates once a month or anytime I'm in Rochester. Well done.
As a Rochester native, this is amazing!
I’ll take 20
I live in Rochester and now I need a garbage plate tonight.
As do I
@@zeprute6486 I saw on the news Nick Tahous is up for sale. Bummer
Lucky! I miss them!
I can’t believe I’m just seeing this…I lived, went to school, and worked in Rochester for years. Nick T’s garbage plate was a staple at the end of a drinking night.
I'm new to this channel and love it. Thanks a ton from sunny Cape Town, South Africa
this seems like what I'd eat for breakfast at like 3pm to blast a mean hangover out the other side
This is the best time to eat a garbage plate, I live for late night drives where we have a big drunk group (with sober drivers) drive to Steve T's at 3am, and just go ham on a plate
@@musicloverepeat I just googled Steve T's and holy shit I think I'm going to have my first heart attack in Rochester
Ours are different. Instead of the beef sauce we use chili w/ beans, and instead of mac salad we use homemade mac & cheese, and I often substitute a chicken-fried steak for the hamburger.
Then its not a garbage plate
@@ADHDRvG I guess it didn't occur to you that in different regions they have different styles of "garbage plates". As Sam said, "much of its composition has to do with what you have on hand". 🤨
This looks better than GARBAGE plates in my country.
He is got to make some russian salad/olivye
@@darkoceto This would be awesome! I love this salad and it has a ton of varieties.
Sam, as someone who has spent a considerable amount of time in Rochester and Syracuse, there is NOTHING wrong with that garbage plate. Well done. You could compete with the top spots.
lol...in the midwest here garbage to me is smoked sausage, fried potato, eggs, and cheese...learned it from my mom...so excited to see this dish!