I live in the Black Hills area of western South Dakota. While I haven’t lived here my entire life, I did grow up in the area. A few months ago, I was at a potluck lunch and I found myself in a conversation with a woman from the Sioux Falls area, which is on the other side of the state.
While we were talking, she noticed I had a sloppy joe sandwich on my plate. This prompted her to say, “That tavern looks pretty good. I’ll have to go get myself one of those.” This led to a discussion on the different name each of us used for the sandwich that was on my plate. I’ve always heard it called a sloppy joe where as she has always heard it called a tavern.
Since this forum had members from all over the country, I’m interested in some of the different names for food that people here use.
We have a dish here in RI called a Dynamite. It’s a sandwich of ground beef in a spicy tomato sauce that everyone else calls a Sloppy Joe (except in Sioux Falls). The connoisseur of such sandwiches will tell you it’s different because it’s made with tomato paste instead of tomato sauce, and it has celery salt on it, but they also park their cars side by each, so take it with a grain of celery salt.
Of course nothing varies like the names for submarine sandwiches. Subs, hoagies, heroes, grinders, wedges, combos, Dagwoods, Italians, torpedos, po’ boys, and it goes on. Sometimes like po’ boys the name has stretched far from it’s origins.
There are many types of kebab. You’re thinking of shish kebabs. Döner kebabs are basically the Turkish/Middle Eastern equivalent of a gyros. (And “gyros” is the singular like “kudos”, although it’s used intermittently here. We do say “yee-ros,” though, and not “jie-roe.”
Let’s see. I learned yesterday that a “snag” is Aussie for sausage.
Interesting. I don’t think I’ve come across that term for that sandwich. Oh, and I meant to say, I know the term “tavern (sandwich),” but as another name for a loose meat sandwich, which is similar to, but not, a sloppy joe, in that the tavern has no slop/sauce to it.
ETA: apparently, I should know that, given I responded in that thread you linked to.
I’ve heard “American Chop Suey” around here, I think meaning elbow noodles, ground beef, and tomato sauce. That never had a particular name where I grew up.
I have lived in RI for 16 years and I have never heard of a Dynamite, although I’ve heard of all those other things like cabinets and NY systems. Your “side by each” comment suggests you might live clear across the state from me - maybe even 30 minutes away from where I live, in the East Bay!
That is"goulash" (not Hungarian, which is something different, though not traditional gulyas either). Diced onion and/or bell pepper preferred but optional.
It’s pretty much a Woonsocket thing. Wow, the East Bay! That’s like the other side of the world. I’m in Cumberland, you know, way out in the boonies. Could be worse. I’m not in Chepachet. That’s near Alaska I think.
