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Gordon Cook:
--- Quote from: Bill Reidy on January 15, 2023, 04:47:43 PM ---
--- Quote from: Ed Lecuyer on January 15, 2023, 04:34:40 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mark Spremulli on January 15, 2023, 01:05:06 PM ---Hey subs are very important, though here in RI we call them grinders, er grinda's
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That's Dynamite! I keep supplies for making Grinders, Wieners, and Coffee Milk in a special Cabinet.
How's THAT for topic drift?
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I grew up in southeastern Mass. (Edaville land). There it was subs, hot dogs and (yes) coffee milk. We always had a bottle of coffee syrup in the house. Eclipse, I think, but it might have been Autocrat.
And, BTW, it was soda, not tonic.
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I would also add coffee cabinets. (See https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/05/492278535/whats-in-that-coffee-cabinet-a-delicious-taste-of-rhode-island-history#:~:text=Island%20Public%20Radio-,The%20coffee%20cabinet%20is%20a%20Rhode%20Island%20staple.,syrup%2C%20ice%20cream%20and%20milk.&text=Even%20if%20you've%20never,probably%20tasted%20something%20like%20it.
I had a definite preference for Eclipse syrup. Last fall I went to the Star Diner in Taunton and got a coffee milk. Unfortunately I think they used Autocrat which is weak and sweet. Gotta have that good strong coffee flavor.
Bill Reidy:
--- Quote from: Gordon Cook on January 17, 2023, 06:01:54 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bill Reidy on January 15, 2023, 04:47:43 PM ---
--- Quote from: Ed Lecuyer on January 15, 2023, 04:34:40 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mark Spremulli on January 15, 2023, 01:05:06 PM ---Hey subs are very important, though here in RI we call them grinders, er grinda's
--- End quote ---
That's Dynamite! I keep supplies for making Grinders, Wieners, and Coffee Milk in a special Cabinet.
How's THAT for topic drift?
--- End quote ---
I grew up in southeastern Mass. (Edaville land). There it was subs, hot dogs and (yes) coffee milk. We always had a bottle of coffee syrup in the house. Eclipse, I think, but it might have been Autocrat.
And, BTW, it was soda, not tonic.
--- End quote ---
I would also add coffee cabinets. (See https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/05/492278535/whats-in-that-coffee-cabinet-a-delicious-taste-of-rhode-island-history#:~:text=Island%20Public%20Radio-,The%20coffee%20cabinet%20is%20a%20Rhode%20Island%20staple.,syrup%2C%20ice%20cream%20and%20milk.&text=Even%20if%20you've%20never,probably%20tasted%20something%20like%20it.
I had a definite preference for Eclipse syrup. Last fall I went to the Star Diner in Taunton and got a coffee milk. Unfortunately I think they used Autocrat which is weak and sweet. Gotta have that good strong coffee flavor.
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Digging a little further, it was definitely Eclipse we had growing up. I understand Autocrat bought out Eclipse a number of years ago. As a young adult I learned about the Rhode Island term cabinet for coffee milkshakes. Sorry I didn't pick up Ed's Cabinet reference on the 15th.
Now let's talk about (South Shore) bar pizza. Growing up, I thought this was the pizza everyone enjoyed. Still enjoy it periodically during work events at the Amvets and Lynwood Cafe in Randolph, and Town Spa in Stoughton.
Richard Cavalloro:
I actually grew up near the Eclipse factory. They made different flavors but coffee was the biggest seller.
Carl G. Soderstrom:
Taylor Hicks did a program "State Plate" (2016-2018) where they explored
each state's iconic food.
I remember RI Coffee Cabinet and MA Bar Pizza as being featured.
https://www.insp.com/shows/state-plate/
RI
https://www.insp.com/shows/state-plate/states/rhode-island/
ME
https://www.insp.com/shows/state-plate/states/maine/
Bar Pizza not on list but it was mentioned
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