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A drive down the Atlantic sea coast from Maine to Florida will take you
along a delicious path of seafood delicacies spiced with the culture of
those who settled the region. In Maine, the seafood is
stick-to-your-ribs no-nonsense. There's nothing simpler - or more
satisfying - than a pot full of Maine steamers. Littlenecks,
cherrystones or mussels, steamed in beer and dipped in pure creamery
butter is a treat fit for gods who understand that serving a food au
natural allows the flavor to stand on its own. New England is famous
for its 'plain cooking' - clam chowder, baked beans, New England boiled
dinner and Yankee Pot Roast are all dishes that simply aren't the same
anywhere else in the country.

There's more to it than just seafood, though. Everyone knows that the
only place to get a cheese steak is Philly, a bagel and lox is NYC and
Chicago does the best ribs in the world. You can't leave New England
without trying the salt water taffy or Vermont without a keg of maple
syrup. No trip to Georgia would be complete without a slice of pecan
pie, and if you think you're going to find real chili anywhere outside
of Texas, well - Texans will tell you different.

For some, the regional cuisine is a matter of culture. In New Mexico,
the blending of Native American and Spanish foods gives us blue corn
tortillas with salsa, the mingling of piquant flavors sparked with
native herbs and spices. Many Pennsylvania favorites have grown from
Pennsylvania Dutch roots - shoofly pie and apple pandowdy graced many a
hausfrau's table in the old days. In Louisiana the influence of the
Caribbean and African shines through in dishes like gumbo and blackened
swordfish, both mouth-searingly delicious.

Even within regions there are smaller pockets that are bastions of
regional cooking. On opposite sides of the country, both San Francisco
and New York City are famous for Chinese food thanks in large part to
their large immigrant populations. Boston's North End is a feast for
any lover of Italian food, but is renowned throughout the United States
for its Italian pastries.

Like its people, the cuisine of the United States is a melange drawn
from other nations and other cultures. From coast to coast, and border
to border, each region has its specialties and delicacies. There is no
one 'U.S. cuisine'. Instead, each region, each state, each city, each
neighborhood has its own unique style and flavor, drawn from the people
who settled there and made it home.



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"All4free" > wrote

> You can't leave New England
> without trying the salt water taffy

That's a new one on me. New England known for salt water
taffy.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:

> "All4free" > wrote
>
>
>> You can't leave New England
>>without trying the salt water taffy
>
>
> That's a new one on me. New England known for salt water
> taffy.
>
> nancy
>
>

Where do you think of when you think "salt water taffy"? My family's
from southern Maine so I think "Old Orchard Beach."

--Charlene


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Charlene Charette wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> "All4free" > wrote
>>
>>
>>> You can't leave New England
>>> without trying the salt water taffy
>>
>>
>> That's a new one on me. New England known for salt water
>> taffy.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>>
>
> Where do you think of when you think "salt water taffy"? My family's
> from southern Maine so I think "Old Orchard Beach."
>
> --Charlene
>
>

Provincetown, MA. or Estes Park, CO. so I don't necessarily
think of it as a coastal or N.E. thing.

gloria p

> Where do you think of when you think "salt water taffy"? My family's
> from southern Maine so I think "Old Orchard Beach."

I think of the New Jersey shore...
Boardwalks...

In article >,
ess says...
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > "All4free" > wrote
> >
> >
> >> You can't leave New England
> >>without trying the salt water taffy
> >
> >
> > That's a new one on me. New England known for salt water
> > taffy.
> >
> > nancy
> >
> >
>
> Where do you think of when you think "salt water taffy"? My family's
> from southern Maine so I think "Old Orchard Beach."

Where do you think of when you hear "Johnny Cakes" or "Clam Cakes"?

I think of what once was, Rocky Point Park, in Warwick, RI. Or the
little restaurants in a section of Narragansett called Galile.

> Where do you think of when you hear "Johnny Cakes" or "Clam Cakes"?
>
> I think of what once was, Rocky Point Park, in Warwick, RI. Or the
> little restaurants in a section of Narragansett called Galile.

RI to me is Quahogs...

In article <VqAng.96946$IK3.13691@pd7tw1no>, ByRequestOnly@cyber-
rights.net says...
> > Where do you think of when you hear "Johnny Cakes" or "Clam Cakes"?
> >
> > I think of what once was, Rocky Point Park, in Warwick, RI. Or the
> > little restaurants in a section of Narragansett called Galile.
>
> RI to me is Quahogs...

Interestingly there's great debate over the spelling of Quahog. Some
spell it Quahaug, others Quahog. I'm of the Quahog camp.

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:17:25 GMT, ~xy~ wrote:

> > Where do you think of when you hear "Johnny Cakes" or "Clam Cakes"?
> >
> > I think of what once was, Rocky Point Park, in Warwick, RI. Or the
> > little restaurants in a section of Narragansett called Galile.
>
> RI to me is Quahogs...
>
I think about a newspaper covered table and ordering buckets of clams
with clam liquor on the side.

--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

In article >,
T > wrote:

> Where do you think of when you hear "Johnny Cakes" or "Clam Cakes"?

I think of Eagan, Minnesota (not far from where our illustrious Jam
Lady lives), where there is a Johnny Cake Ridge Road
(<http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp...ss&country=US&
addtohistory=&searchtab=home&formtype=address&popf lag=0&latitude=&lon
gitude=&name=&phone=&level=&cat=&address=johnny+ca ke+ridge+road&city=
eagan&state=mn&zipcode=>). There is, however, no Clam Cake Road. To
my knowledge, there are no Johnny Cakes and darn few clams to be
found in Eagan. I think they just ran out of street names. It's the
same suburb that has a Yankee Doodle Road; Buffet Way (home of the
headquarters for Old Country Buffet restaurants [Ob food]); Baltic
Avenue _and_ "Boardwalk"; and Westbury Drive, Westbury Lane,
Westbury Trail, and Westbury Way.

At least it's a _little_ more imaginative than western Wisconsin,
where roads get memorable names like F, FF, U, R, ...

sd