# Regional Food Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597 "2012-11-30T18:46:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/101 "2012-12-03T21:52:14Z")
Oh, oh, STUFFIES are a regional food name! Stuffies are clam shells stuffed with stuffing which then have the word “clam” whispered over them. I prefer the far superior clam cakes, which are basically clam munchkins. Natives like them in white chowder; I like them alone. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/102 "2012-12-03T22:01:35Z")
> [@Caricci](#): > > Oh, oh, STUFFIES are a regional food name! Stuffies are clam shells stuffed with stuffing which then have the word “clam” whispered over them. I prefer the far superior clam cakes, which are basically clam munchkins. Natives like them in white chowder; I like them alone. Clam cakes are totally isolated to Rhode Island. The name is used in a few spots like the Cape and in Maine, but those things aren’t worth eating. Stuffies is definitely a regionalism. Good ones are loaded with quahogs, and have chorize too. And if you order Clams Casino or Fried Calamari outside of RI you’d be wasting your money. Franky, I don’t get pizza strips. It’s not like the crust is even that good, though maybe I haven’t had the best ones. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/103 "2012-12-04T00:23:25Z")
> [@WreckingCrew](#): > > I was recently invited to a “Beer and Dynamite” fund raiser This has a whole different meaning down south. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/104 "2012-12-04T04:59:26Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > I have always thought the Chicago Hot Dog people who scream at people for allowing Ketchup on their beloved dogs were a little crazy, but this just hit it home for me. Even though I don’t mind it on a Hot Dog, I now understand why even the thought of it would be offensive to someone raised on these and I apologize if I have ever defended Ketchup on a Hot Dog before. Thank you. Thank you so much. Now the healing process can begin. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/105 "2012-12-04T17:26:35Z")
> [@GameHat](#): > > Thank you. Thank you so much. Now the healing process can begin. > > 😃 I’m still putting beans in my Chili though. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/106 "2012-12-04T20:40:16Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > 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. That was a lunchroom staple growing up in Cleveland, only we called it “Beef Creole”. Another Cleveland regional sammich is the Polish Boy - Keilbasa on a bun with french fries and BBQ sauce. PPL often use Po’ Boy and Polish Boy interchangeably, while they couldn’t be more different! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/107 "2012-12-04T21:29:23Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Don’t forget “soda water”. And tonic. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/108 "2012-12-04T22:23:23Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Add some cheese on top and it is Johnny Marzetti. my family called it Hemlock stew but that is a family thing not a regional thing. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/109 "2012-12-04T23:14:48Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > And tonic. Does tonic mean something besides “quinine water” in other areas? If so, where, and what? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/110 "2012-12-05T00:23:10Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Does tonic mean something besides “quinine water” in other areas? If so, where, and what? It means “soda” or “pop” for the older generations up in the Boston area (possibly more of the northeast.) [This article](http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/03/24/boston-word-tonic-gives-way-soda/QpbSyMXlJvvESSVERxb6iP/story.html) appears to say it’s only in Boston. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/111 "2012-12-05T00:53:14Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > You missed: > Ketchup is called “tomato sauce” or just “sauce”. Nitpick: the tomato sauce Australians use the way we use ketchup is very different than American ketchup. It’s basically plain tomato sauce and lacks the sweet vinegar tang of American ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/112 "2012-12-05T01:22:42Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > Nitpick: the tomato sauce Australians use the way we use ketchup is very different than American ketchup. It’s basically plain tomato sauce and lacks the sweet vinegar tang of American ketchup. To be honest, this is not my recollection of Aussie tomato sauce. Now, it’s been about 20 years, but I recall it being thinner than American ketchup, but it did have a tang to it, and it was certainly spiced (I seem to remember onions/garlic and cloves/allspice/cinnamon type of taste to it.) Can anybody confirm/deny? “Basically plain tomato sauce” is not how I remember it. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/113 "2012-12-05T01:39:16Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > You missed: > Ketchup is called “tomato sauce” or just “sauce”. > > I was in a Burger King once and a girl kept asking the cashier for “sauce” and the cashier clearly had no idea what she was saying. Eventually I stepped in and pointed out where the (self-serve) ketchup was. Ketchup also goes by red sauce. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/114 "2012-12-05T04:08:57Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > I’m still putting beans in my Chili though. I have absolutely no problem with that. In fact, I prefer chili with beans. /braces for excoriation ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/115 "2012-12-05T04:15:20Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > I’m still putting beans in my Chili though. > [@GameHat](#): > > I have absolutely no problem with that. In fact, I prefer chili with beans. > > /braces for excoriation Both of you are dead to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/116 "2012-12-06T00:13:32Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > “jimmies” are “sprinkles”. (the ice cream topping) “jimmies” primarily is for chocolate sprinkles. England: Hundreds and Thousands ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/117 "2012-12-06T01:09:40Z")
Big round roll for a sammich: Boston = bulkie Philadelphia = kaiser roll ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/118 "2012-12-06T01:27:53Z")
Restricted to near Sheboygan, Wisconsin: The Oostburger, a hamburger patty _and_ a bratwurst on a nice Sheboygan-style (semmel) hard roll. ---
**Author:** ![midnight-dreary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@midnight-dreary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/midnight-dreary)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/119 "2012-12-06T12:52:03Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > You missed: > Ketchup is called “tomato sauce” or just “sauce”. > > I was in a Burger King once and a girl kept asking the cashier for “sauce” and the cashier clearly had no idea what she was saying. Eventually I stepped in and pointed out where the (self-serve) ketchup was. Tomato sauce and Ketchup are two different things. (though some Australians use the name ‘tomato sauce’ / ‘sauce’ for both) We have access to both, but tomato sauce is much more popular. Tomato sauce is sweet while Ketchup is spicier. (And I find it a little bit overpowering.) [Heinz sells both.](http://www.hjheinz.com.au/var/heinz_au/storage/images/media/images/heinz-big-red-and-heinz-ketchup-we-love-them-both/9946-1-eng-US/Heinz-Big-Red-and-Heinz-Ketchup-We-love-them-both_medium.jpg) (for some reason, they named their tomato sauce ‘big red’) ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597/120 "2012-12-06T13:36:47Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Restricted to near Sheboygan, Wisconsin: > > The Oostburger, a hamburger patty _and_ a bratwurst on a nice Sheboygan-style (semmel) hard roll. Jesus, my cholesterol went up just reading that, but it does sound horribly good! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-food-names/642597.md?page=7)