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.
This has a whole different meaning down south.
Thank you. Thank you so much. Now the healing process can begin.
I’m still putting beans in my Chili though.
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!
And tonic.
my family called it Hemlock stew but that is a family thing not a regional thing.
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 appears to say it’s only in Boston.
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.
Ketchup also goes by red sauce.
I have absolutely no problem with that. In fact, I prefer chili with beans.
/braces for excoriation
Both of you are dead to me.
England: Hundreds and Thousands
Big round roll for a sammich:
Boston = bulkie
Philadelphia = kaiser roll
Restricted to near Sheboygan, Wisconsin:
The Oostburger, a hamburger patty and a bratwurst on a nice Sheboygan-style (semmel) hard roll.
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. (for some reason, they named their tomato sauce ‘big red’)
Jesus, my cholesterol went up just reading that, but it does sound horribly good!