Whelp. This past week+ I travelled over 2000 miles up and down the eastern seaboard in my ongoing (year long) search for employment and residence. I visited as far north as my hometown Rochester, NY and had to stop for a World Famous Garbage Plate! What is a garbage plate?! you ask? Whelp.

from www.whatscookingamerica.net:

• 1st layer: Home Fries and Macaroni/mayo (very slippery macaroni and mayonnaise) a little celery and carrots in the macaroni (very little). No unusual taste with the macaroni, just like all the take out fillers we’ve ever had. The home fries are crisp and delicious just like homemade.

• 2nd Layer: Two hamburger patties medium well done covered with melted cheese, a mustard horseradish sauce, and then covered with chili hot sauce. The mustard horseradish sauce is delicious – more horsey than mustard in flavor. The hot sauce is like every ground beef hot sauce you can imagine. Typical and very good. Not too hot, very zesty and rich.

Side Dish: The garbage plate also comes with a side of old fashioned Italian bread to help it down. The bread is freshly made at a bakery right next door.

And here is the actual one I ordered - served in a to-go container of course to receive maximum volume !

The key to the perfect finishing touch on your garbage plate is as MUCH ketchup as you can possibly get on it - you will likely need to put more on halfway through!

This is my fully and tastefully (!) decorated garbage plate, ready for consumption in one sitting!

If enjoyed this post, please upvote and re-steem this crown jewel of upstate NY food culture - thank you so much !