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[Talk Host]

In a post in another thread somebody talked about "chipped ham." That's something peculiar to the Pittsburgh area. We grew up eating Chipped Ham sandwiches for lunch.

Living in Binghamton, New York for many years, I learned about Spiedies. Anybody know that that is?

How about regional favorites from where you lived

JLK

[schotzyb]

Livermush in North Carolina

[chuckinca]

remind me to pass on dinner if in North Carolina!


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[TednRobin]

I'm from Central Pa/JoPa territory, chipped ham is poular here as well but you gotta eat scrapple for breakfast and ham potpie for supper.

[Pturner]

In Atlanta if you want tea without sugar in it, you have to order "unsweetened tee". If you just order iced tea, it'll have enough sugar in it to cover Stone Mountain. :icon_wink:

And grits-- that just about goes without saying, y'all.

[obxgal]

Chipped ham barbeques and perogies .... Pittsburgh thing.
I can remember eatin' scrapple with maple syrup .. yuck!! :yuck:
Sure was happy once I got out on my own.

[TednRobin]

[QUOTE=obxgal;246104]Chipped ham barbeques and perogies .... Pittsburgh thing.
I can remember eatin' scrapple with maple syrup .. yuck!! :yuck:
Sure was happy once I got out on my own.

Ohh, scrapple fried crisp w lots a butter and syrup, nothing better, lol.

[rabonkmontage@msn.com]

In a post in another thread somebody talked about "chipped ham." That's something peculiar to the Pittsburgh area. We grew up eating Chipped Ham sandwiches for lunch.

Living in Binghamton, New York for many years, I learned about Spiedies. Anybody know that that is?

How about regional favorites from where you lived

JLK

Being from NE PA, I have been to the BC open where I first had a Spiedie. Loved it! It's made with either chicken or pork. Stores in my area started selling the marinade, so I never go without.

[tony]

When I worked in Philadelphia I savored the Philly cheese steak. Nobody, but nobody, makes them like Philadelpha street vendors or tiny shops.

[graciegirl]

Braunschweiger sandwich with raw onion. Goetta. Fried cornmeal mush. Johnny Marzetti.

And then we rid up the table.

[ceejay]

Braunschweiger sandwich with raw onion.

YUMMMMMMMM! Just add a little mustard...:clap2:

Roast beef on WECK! (Saw it spelled "wick" in yesterday's paper.)

[l2ridehd]

Yes, beef on weck, must be from Buffalo. Roast beef on a kimelweck roll that has hard rock salt baked into the bun, served with horseradish and Au ju sauce. YUM. Also from buffalo, Texas Red Hots from Ted's, Buffalo wings from Rooties, and Buffalo Chips, those chocolate covered macaroons from a bakery in Allentown. All stuff that is so good and so bad for you.

[TednRobin]

Braunschweiger sandwich with raw onion. Goetta. Fried cornmeal mush. Johnny Marzetti.

And then we rid up the table.

Hey Gracie I thought we were the only ones who "red up".

[faithfulfrank]

OMG, I grew up in Endwell, and LOVE speedies!!!!

For the last 40 years I've been in western NY. Home of Beef on Wicks, White hots, REAL Buffalo Chicken wings, etc,etc.

Last time I was at our Florida home, I went to Publix looking for Chevetta's.
Then I realized that it was a local thing. DARN!

When we come back down there in March, I am bringing at least a gallon of Chevetta's and some kimelwick rolls.

I also grew up loving Taylor Ham, also known as pork roll. I cannot get it in western NY, it is a NJ thing, but I was pleased to find that it IS sold at Publix in Florida!!! So I buy it down there, freeze it and bring it back up here.

Frank

[Talk Host]

Braunschweiger sandwich with raw onion. Goetta. Fried cornmeal mush. Johnny Marzetti.

And then we rid up the table.

Where might that be from?

[graciegirl]

Where might that be from?

Ohio. First in Columbus and last goodly amount in Cincinnati.

[sschuler1]

We had creamed chip beef in Michigan, but served over toast. It was call "sh*t on a shingle". We had pasties in Michigan that you can't find anywhere else, and of course Vernor's.

[downeaster]

When I worked in Philadelphia I savored the Philly cheese steak. Nobody, but nobody, makes them like Philadelpha street vendors or tiny shops.

I am not from Phillie but had my first Phillie cheese steak there many years ago. Big mistake. It spoiled me. I have searched for years for a good Phillie cheese steak and the closest I have come is in the food court at Paddock Mall. Fortunately I have a son in the Phillie area so I get to have one about once a year.

BTW, the ones at the Paddock Mall may be the closest to the original around here but not worth a special trip.

[ceejay]

Yes, beef on weck, must be from Buffalo. Roast beef on a kimelweck roll that has hard rock salt baked into the bun, served with horseradish and Au ju sauce. YUM. Also from buffalo, Texas Red Hots from Ted's, Buffalo wings from Rooties, and Buffalo Chips, those chocolate covered macaroons from a bakery in Allentown. All stuff that is so good and so bad for you.

You forgot Louie's and sponge candy...and Webers mustard!

After writing that this morning, I had to make roast beef this afternoon...just don't know how to fake the kimmelweck:icon_hungry:

[Talk Host]

We had pasties in Michigan .

Were these the kind that strip tease dancers used to cover their.....ah.....what-sha-ma-call-its, or is this the kind that you find in a PASTIE SHOP. :1rotfl: :clap2:

[Pturner]

Were these the kind that strip tease dancers used to cover their.....ah.....what-sha-ma-call-its, or is this the kind that you find in a PASTIE SHOP. :1rotfl: :clap2:

TH! :faint::1rotfl:

[dillywho]

Real Tex-Mex...not what they try to pass off in FL as Tex-Mex, barbeque (Oakwood Grill is very close), and armadillo eggs.

[bkcunningham1]

My husband is from northern NY. The first time I visited the area his family had cheese curds and Hoffman Hots with natural casings proudly waiting on us like it was caviar and blinis. For a girl from the coalfields in the foothills of the Appalachiain Mountains of Virginia this was a real treat. I call the cheese curds "squeaky cheese" and the hotdogs "snappers" because of the sound they make in your mouth...delicious. Although I must say it isn't as good as brown beans and corn bread with a glass of cold buttermilk; which are standards where I was raised.

[sschuler1]

It's pasties with a short "a" vowel sound, not pasties with a long "a" sound. They would be very uncomfortable wearing a meat pie turnover smothered in gravy!:ohdear:

[graciegirl]

Ahhhh yes. Pastys!! So often discussed in the "Cat Who" books which I always suspected took place in Traverse City.

I read those books when I am tense. They are sweet, mindless and don't raise my blood pressure one degree. The pastys sound yummy too.

[tpop1]

From Connecticut...


Grinders,
Clam Hash,
Hummels Hot Dogs,
New Haven Apizza with Foxen Park Soda.

[MelZ]

NYC northern suburbs and Northern NJ

1. Wedges
2. rippers
3. white manna sliders
4. Pizza (not the stuff they sell anywhere else)
5. Pastrami sandwiches
6. Celray soda
7. Bagels (not the stuff they sell anywhere else)

[Dirigo]

Maine:

Fried clams
Red hot dogs
Amato's Italian sandwiches

[sunflower3630]

Ahhhh yes. Pastys!! So often discussed in the "Cat Who" books which I always suspected took place in Traverse City.

I read those books when I am tense. They are sweet, mindless and don't raise my blood pressure one degree. The pastys sound yummy too.

My apologies, Mr. Admin, sir, :police: but I just had to comment to Gracie. Gracie ~ I just knew you were a girl after my own heart! I absolutely LOVE "The Cat Who..." series. I always purchase a couple books in the series at our library's semi-annual used book sale, and I save them for a time when I don't want to have to think about what I'm reading, when I just want to kick back and relax and read for the pure fun of it! I'm so glad to find another who enjoys those books. Yup, I just knew I liked you!

Now, back to the subject at hand............

[joannej]

In center city Phila, how about the yummy soft pretzels with mustard? :D

[Bubbalarry]

does anybody in TV make cheese perogies? I know of the polish deli in Leesberg but they make it with sweet cheese..

Back home I could go to Philly and find many places to buy

[KYWildcat]

How about a Hot Brown!! Or what about them fired banana peppers!

[BeeGee]

Love Hot Browns....been a long time. So rich, but so good!!!

[hedoman]

When I worked in Philadelphia I savored the Philly cheese steak. Nobody, but nobody, makes them like Philadelpha street vendors or tiny shops.

:agree:

annnnnnnnd HOAGIES! It's all about the roll......

[jackz]

While living in Honolulu the most common breakfast, believe it or not, was fried Spam and Eggs with a side of rice.

I generally went with the 2d most popular, portugese sausage with eggs and rice.

[getdul981]

While living in Honolulu the most common breakfast, believe it or not, was fried Spam and Eggs with a side of rice.

It's even sold at McDonalds!!

[jblum315]

Braunschweiger sandwich with raw onion. Goetta. Fried cornmeal mush. Johnny Marzetti.

And then we rid up the table.

I know the others, but what is Goetta??

[islandgal]

She Crab Soup
Shrimp and Grits
Low Country Frogmore Stew (shrimp, crab,sausage & halved corn on the cob )

[lovsthosebigdogs]

NYC northern suburbs and Northern NJ

1. Wedges
2. rippers
3. white manna sliders
4. Pizza (not the stuff they sell anywhere else)
5. Pastrami sandwiches
6. Celray soda
7. Bagels (not the stuff they sell anywhere else)

Rippers as in hot dogs that are crispy overcooked? Yup, love it! And I know what you mean about the pizza. It's the water. They did some tv show where they made pizza with water from different places and they taste tested and proved it was the NY/NJ water. The best pizza. Also, bagels are only bagels when they're made with great water and boiled first; chewy outside and bready inside.
Anyone know about Sloppy Joes but not the ground meat ones. I'm talkin' about the deli 3 layer ones with corned beef and cole slaw, turkey and Russian dressing. Sooo good. Most people who have never had one look at me like I am making that up but you have to experience it to believe it and the rye bread has to be just right.
When I moved from NJ to PA I was looking for an old NJ standard of a buttered roll for breakfast at a convenience store and couldn't find one anywhere. When I asked a clerk if she could make me one she tried to butter a hamburger roll. Apparently they had no idea about buttered hard rolls. To them a hard roll is one leftover from last week!

[SALYBOW]

Braunschweiger sandwich with raw onion. Goetta. Fried cornmeal mush. Johnny Marzetti.

And then we rid up the table.
To this list I add Cincinnati Chili (Skyline):bigbow:, Graters Ice Cream, La Rosa pizza. Some people I know love Limburger and onion sandwiches. I pass on that. I love the goetta. Down here I have to make my own. Bummer. At least I can get Skyline chili at Walmart.

[SALYBOW]

Braunschweiger sandwich with raw onion. Goetta. Fried cornmeal mush. Johnny Marzetti.

And then we rid up the table.

does anybody in TV make cheese perogies? I know of the polish deli in Leesberg but they make it with sweet cheese..

Back home I could go to Philly and find many places to buy

I see them in the frozen section at Publix.

[SALYBOW]

Goetta is whole oats, pork, beef and onion cooked real soft the placed in a pan and baked in the oven. It is then cooled. sliced and fried up as a breakfast meat with eggs etc. Absolutely yummy.

[Bubbalarry]

I see them in the frozen section at Publix.

Those are not the same thing. They dont have lovely polish hands making them.

Need to find a polish restaurant down here. Back in Philly and Port Richmond where I lived as a young man we had many places to go and buy them, including catholic churches. They used the extra costs to buy more and provide services to those in need. We dont have that around anymore. The economy was tough then as it is now and people supported one another to cope with it.

Gosh I miss it. I will look into a polish club if one is down here and see if they make or sell them.