On Jul 5, 7:00*pm, "Pico Rico" > wrote:

> Whatever you do, don't go back to your hometown and order it again. *Even if
> it was EXACTLY the same, it would never measure up to your memories.



I know what you're saying. But I did go back to my hometown after
23 years and the steak sandwich did indeed live up to my memories. I
could smell the memory a block away. Some things though are purely
nostalgia-driven. Like the time my brother and I drove up to
Allentown for a visit to our hometown and he insisted on getting like
6 wooden cases filled with quart bottles of soda from a local soda
company called A-Treat. This stuff was no different from any other
soda, just a memory. I don't feel the same applies to all foods
though. I have taken people from elsewhere to my favorite Allentown
steak sandwich place and all agreed it was the best they ever had. I
don't think they said that just for my benefit, although I suppose
it's possible. But I know what you mean about the real deal not
living up to the memory, in most cases.

TJ