The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA–A Philadelphia father put the city’s signature sandwich to use in a whole new way: measuring his baby’s size in cheesesteaks.
Philly.com reported yesterday that computer programmer Brad Williams used a foolproof system he calls “Cheesesteak for Scale” to measure the growth of his son during the child’s first year in 2015.
It started when he noticed his two-week-old son, Lucas Royce, was about the same size as a cheesesteak he had brought home.
So Williams snapped a picture of the sandwich next to his newborn and the tradition was born.
Every month for the next year, Williams and his wife would buy a cheesesteak to track their growing boy.
He says babies and cheesesteaks are quite similar.
He notes they are warm and cuddly when wrapped up “but once you unwrap them, expect a huge mess.”
