dlb@druca.UUCP (Dave Bauer) (03/15/84)
Will Martin at brl-vgr asked about local specialty foods. The first things that came to my mind were "speedies". Speedies seem to be local to the Binghamton NY area. They are skewered and grilled over an open fire, usually made from lamb, venison, buffalo, rabbit, pork, beef (choose any 4, but be sure to include at least some game meat) that has been marinated for at least 24 hours in "speedie sauce". This sauce can be purchased in the local grocery stores there; it resembles a rich, spicy Italian salad dressing. With the proper marinade, they are delicious. Sort of on the same topic, I think of foods that are called different things in different parts of the country. Here in Denver, go to most Italian restaurants and order a "cannoli" and what you get is a hot piece of folded pizza dough, stuffed with pork sausage, tomato sauce, cheese, and spices. Where I grew up in New Jersey, such a thing is called a "calzone". A "cannoli" on the east coast is a dessert item, stuffed with light sweet cheeses or whipped cream. Similarly, in Milwaukee, where I spent my young years, a water fountain was called a "bubbler". Nowhere else in my travels have I heard this word. I got some very bizarre looks when my family first moved to New Jersey and I asked strangers in stores where the "bubbler" was. dave bauer (303)538-4482 AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver ihnp4!druca!dlb 11900 N. Pecos St., Room 30J28, Denver, CO 80234 -- dave bauer (303)538-4482 AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver ihnp4!druca!dlb 11900 N. Pecos St., Room 30J28, Denver, CO 80234
dcs@homxa.UUCP (D.SIMEN) (03/15/84)
Dave Bauer mentioned that, growing up in Milwaukee, he used the term "bubbler" for what most (US)Americans call a "water fountain," and did not know of any other area where "bubbler" is used. I grew up in Boston using the same term, and was amazed when nobody in Michigan (where I went to grad school) knew what that meant. Thereafter I just assumed that only Bostonians say "bubbler". I guess Milwaukee is another pocket of civilisation in this wasteland. David Simen ...!homxa!dcs (Note new address)