# Eat My.....City! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826 "2003-03-28T17:45:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/21 "2003-03-29T06:35:24Z")
Lexington barbecue - Lexington, North Carolina North Carolina barbeque is the best, Lexington barbeque is the best of the best. Of course YOU have to figure out which restaurant makes it the best. Caprese salad - Capri, Naples, Italy Prociutto di Parma - Parma, Italy Parmigiano cheese - Parma, Italy ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/22 "2003-03-29T06:45:46Z")
You can always have a cup of Seattle’s Best Coffee. (It’s a chain smaller than Starbucks but with a presence beyond the northwest.) ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/23 "2003-03-29T08:37:39Z")
**Cincinnati Chili** (USA, often includes chocolate or cocoa powder) **Tripes a la mode de Caen** (tripe, France) **Arbroath Smokies** (hot smoked salmon, Scotland) **Finnan Haddie** (haddock, Scotland) **Dundee Marmalade** (Scotland) **Aylesbury Duckling** (England) **San Francisco Sourdough Bread** (USA) If you start including cheeses we’ll be here all night, but to kick off: **Cheddar** **Stilton** **Leicester** **Caerphilly** **Muenster** **Monterey Jack** (I predict that this thread will produce more than 1000 examples of “City” foodstuffs) ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/24 "2003-03-29T12:12:18Z")
Barbarian mentioned Montreal smoked meat, and I should clarify, upon having once had **Freyr** come to Montreal and exclaim, That isn’t smoked meat! Well, yes it is; it’s Montreal smoked meat, which appears to be a completely different product from other kinds, not just a regional style. The same is true of Montreal bagels, which in my very modest and humble opinion are the best bagels made anywhere by anyone and that’s _that_. I have had people from other parts of the country invite me to stay with them on the understanding that if I don’t bring bagels, I’m not welcome. I really can’t handle bagels from elsewhere (_that’s not a bagel, that’s a doughnut made of bread!_), and furthermore not all the bagels for sale in Montreal are Montreal bagels. One must be careful. ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/25 "2003-03-29T15:09:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BurnMeUp \* > \*\*Kilkenny beer comes from Kilkenny Ireland (i forget if it’s a city or a suburb of Dublin). \*\* It’s a city (although they brew it in Dublin too). If we’re including beers there must be loads, but I’ll just add London Pride, Newcastle Brown Ale, Pilsner and Budvar. There are plenty of other drinks too: Sherry (corruption of Jerez), Amontillado, Daiquiri cocktails, London Dry gin, the Manhattan cocktail. Sauces? There’s Béarnaise, Bolognese, Worcester – must be lots more. How about Bombay Duck (not duck and not necessarily from Bombay), Bakewell tart, Bakewell pudding, Kendal mint cake, Bath Oliver biscuits, Chelsea buns, Dundee cake, Eccles cake, Pontefract cake, Vienna bread, Barnsley chops, Dublin Bay prawns, Worcester permain apples, Brussels sprouts, Cayenne pepper, Neapolitan ice cream, Jerusalem artichoke, Lima beans, Montélimar nougat, Patna rice and Vichyssoise soup. Then there’s Roquefort, Gruyère and Emmental cheeses, Edam and Gouda cheeses (must be plenty more cheeses, although most are named after counties or regions not cities). I have no idea what a London Broil is by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/26 "2003-03-29T16:02:54Z")
Brussels Sprouts Worcestershire Sauce (I guess that’s not a city, tho) Boston Butt (a type of pork shoulder roast) ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/27 "2003-03-29T16:07:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by everton \* > \*\*I have no idea what a London Broil is by the way. \*\* It’s a method of cooking flank steak or a top round steak wherein the meat is marinated, then broiled, then grilled, then sliced in a particular way. See also: [http://www.askthemeatman.com/london\_broil.htm](http://www.askthemeatman.com/london_broil.htm) We colonials probably decided to name it after the mother country because it seemed “fancy.” (that’s a tongue-in-cheek conjecture, BTW) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/28 "2003-03-29T16:10:41Z")
New York Cheesecake. Ummmmmm… There is also Junior’s Cheesecake. A place in Brooklyn. It is to cheesecake what a Rolls Royce is to rollerblades. ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/29 "2003-03-29T16:39:56Z")
**Motorgirl** : Thanks for that – I’ll have to give it a try. You’re right that Worcestershire is a county not a city, but even though the label on my bottle of Lee & Perrins reads “Worcestershire” we always call it “Worcester”, which is a city. Perhaps the OP will adjudicate on this: There are also plenty more British and French dishes that have place names, but they were named in honour of some aristocrat whose title is a place name. The sandwich is maybe the best-known example. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/30 "2003-03-29T17:35:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by everton \* > \*\ ***Motorgirl** :You’re right that Worcestershire is a county not a city, but even though the label on my bottle of Lee & Perrins reads “Worcestershire” we always call it “Worcester”, which is a city. > \*\* [hijack] Here in the US we call it by the full word - Worcestershire - but the pronunciation gets horribly horribly horribly mangled. You wouldn’t even recognize it. There are few who can pronounce it and even those probably have a different pronunciation than you do in England. The most cringe-worthy for me is “War-chester-shyre.” Pet Peeve O’ Mine. 😃 I keep both Lea&Perrins and French’s on hand. I like French’s better for long-term marinating, as it’s a bit milder. If I’m using it at-table as a condiment, Lea&Perrins is my choice. Worcestershire - condiment of the gods. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/31 "2003-03-29T17:36:29Z")
Oh, and I grew up thinking it was named after Worcester MA. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/32 "2003-03-29T19:55:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > **Barbarian mentioned Montreal smoked meat, and I should clarify, upon having once had Freyr come to Montreal and exclaim, That isn’t smoked meat! Well, yes it is; it’s Montreal smoked meat, which appears to be a completely different product from other kinds, not just a regional style.** Dear, sweet **Matt\_mcl** , refresh my memory, but when did I say _that_?? And what were we doing at the time? ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/33 "2003-03-29T21:13:28Z")
Saskatoon berries. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/34 "2003-03-29T21:33:10Z")
Pasta sauces like Napoli and Bolognaise. Florentines (a type of biscuit). Hollandaise sauce. (yeah, I know, Holland isn’t a city). Boston Bun (a sweet bun covered in dessicated coconut). ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/35 "2003-03-29T21:36:02Z")
Damn…Sorry **everton**. I see now that you beat me to the Bolognaise one. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/36 "2003-03-29T21:42:32Z")
Treviathan: As far as I can tell, the city was named after the berries, not vice versa. Freyr: > [@](#): > > Dear, sweet Matt\_mcl, refresh my memory, but when did I say that?? And what were we doing at the time? Remember when we went to Jack Tooney’s for lunch, with the bitchy waitress? I was much perplexed until I realized that smoked meat here is not a variety of the smoked meat with which you are familiar. Also you couldn’t get what you regarded as Proper Iced Tea. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/37 "2003-03-29T23:53:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > **Treviathan: As far as I can tell, the city was named after the berries, not vice versa.** Of course you’re correct. I just didn’t read the OP close enough. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/38 "2003-03-30T14:33:19Z")
Ah, Montreal smoked meat. My parents’ workplace courtship was six years of take-out from Ben’s and then eating it in the Forum watching the Rocket and the Pocket Rocket practice. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/39 "2003-03-30T14:43:13Z")
Nashville Cats (Oops! Now our secret is out…) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826/40 "2003-03-30T16:22:31Z")
Indianapolis, Indianapolis, um… Oh, yeah! Indygestion! Indycision! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-city/164826.md?page=3)