Silliness Quiz - Page 350

Stitchawl · 01-13-2012, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

Milkshakes flavored with malt milk?

I've got this tickling memory that it wasn't so much the milkshake (or malted milkshake which I prefer,) but the name of it that was weird... but I'll be damned if I can remember what it was! I'm a 'Foodie' and so sample regional cuisine where ever we go. It's an important part of my travels.

Stitchawl

Daithi · 01-13-2012, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Clam Chowder - Clear soup rather than white for New England CC or Red for Manhattan style CC

Hot dogs - real thin and orange, served with a mystery meat sauce

Pizza - sold long and thin, and often cold? Vermont sold these at convenience stores in the '70's too.

No idea about the others.

Stitchawl

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I'm pretty sure I remember eating a clear clam soup on motorcycle rides along the coast... But clear, red, or white, I think clam chowder is going to be tomorrow night's dinner!

(I prefer New England style.)

Stitchawl

Stitchawl has 3 out of the 5, so I'll turn the quiz over to him. If anyone wants to guess on the other answers I'll wait until tomorrow before I tell you the answers.

Their clam chowder is indeed clear, but it is also made with a clam called a "quahog" that is indigenous to Rhode Island. I like the clams, but clam chowder without cream is just wrong. Luckily, even most places in RI serve the NE style too. By the way, RI is in NE.

Their hot dogs are called "Hot Weiners" or "New York Systems". Apparently some Greek guys started selling them here way back in the day, and they called them New York Systems to give them an air of authenticity, but they had no connection to NY. The hot dogs are similar to the Coney Island hot dogs sold in Detroit (which were also sold by Greeks not from NY). They're smaller than a normal hot dog, have a squirt of mustard, a meat sauce on top, some chopped onions, and garlic salt. They're not bad, but they also have a hot dog place up here called "Spike's Junkyard Dogs" that roughly follows the Chicago style, but are served on freshly made buns that are outstanding (no poppy seeds). Best hot dogs I've ever eaten and I've lived in Chicago. New York's hot dogs suck.

The pizza is Rhode Island is awful. They actually serve three styles here. The first is as Stitchawl described long, thin, an cold. They're pretty much just thick pizza dough with tomato sauce on top. They're made in Italian bakeries and are called "pizza strips". I can't stand the stuff. The pizza place that routinely gets voted as the best pizza in RI is a place called Caserta's. If you remember back to grade school when they made pizza on those big square aluminum sheets then you've tasted this pizza before. Awful! The third style they are known for is actually pretty good. A couple decades ago a place called Alforno's started serving a grilled pizza (yes, they grill it). Now they're are a few places up here serving grilled pizza. I actually like this stuff.

Stitchawl · 01-13-2012, 09:32 AM

What about the milkshake and the lemonade?

I'll turn the questions over to anyone else with one. Time for the Sandman to visit my house...

Stitchawl

Daithi · 01-13-2012, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I've got this tickling memory that it wasn't so much the milkshake (or malted milkshake which I prefer,) but the name of it that was weird... but I'll be damned if I can remember what it was! I'm a 'Foodie' and so sample regional cuisine where ever we go. It's an important part of my travels.

Stitchawl

I'll be darned, Stitchawl is 4 for 5. In Rhode Island they call their milkshakes "Cabinets" and coffee flavored cabinets have long been the go to flavor. Back in the 1880s to 1900s the milkshake in the U.S. was quite a bit different than it is today. It was primarily milk with flavoring that was shaken together with ice. When milkshakes made with ice cream started to become popular in the U.S. the new formula replaced the old formula because the old formula had fallen out of vogue. However, in RI the old formula was still quite popular, so they started calling the new milkshakes "cabinets", because they had to get the ice cream out of the ice cream cabinet (a cold well built into soda fountains).

Daithi · 01-13-2012, 09:54 AM

The lemonade is one of my favorite food items from Rhode Island. Instead of a glass of lemonade made with lemon flavored sugar water in basically an ice tea glass, Rhode Islanders do it different. Their lemonade is basically a lemonade slushy, but it is really good. The ice is super fine and when you drink it the ice stays infused with the lemon flavor. Cheap slushies just turn into a chunk of ice after you drink the flavoring, but some how the RI lemonade resists this tendency. It is also made with real lemons, and you will occasionally get some lemon zest, or even a seed, in your lemonade. You might as well count on getting a brain freeze at some point as well, because it tastes so good that you can't help drinking it a little faster than you should.

Answer to Bonus Question-- they actually had a vote in RI to pick the state's drink. There were basically two contenders -- RI lemonade and coffee milk. The lemonade just barely lost (Del's lemonade is the big vendor up here and during the summer there are stands on just about every block). Coffee Milk is kind of like chocolate milk but is made with coffee syrup. Coffee is actually a pretty big deal here in RI. Seattle may have Starbucks, but RI hase coffee milk, coffee cabinets, iced coffees and Dunkin Donuts.

Stitchawl · 01-13-2012, 10:37 PM

Let's see if world foods, rather than USA'ian foods gets more play...

What countries are associated with the following foods?
Balut
Larbgai
Poutine
Bakso
Donburi
Spanakopita
Mokeka
Shchi
Laksa
Bulgogi

By the way, all of the above are eaten daily, rather than as specialty foods.

Stitchawl

SneakySnake · 01-14-2012, 12:10 AM

Balut - ? sounds familiar but has not come tobe
Larbgai - ?
Poutine - ?
Bakso - ?
Donburi - ?
Spanakopita - Greece?
Mokeka - ?
Shchi - ?
Laksa - Thailand?
Bulgogi - ?

Stitchawl · 01-14-2012, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Spanakopita - Greece?

That's one.

Stitchawl

SneakySnake · 01-14-2012, 01:35 AM

Balut - ? OK I think this one is Phillipines or Vietnam and GROSS~!

Larbgai - ?
Poutine - ?
Bakso - ?
Donburi - ?
Spanakopita - Greece?
Mokeka - ?
Shchi - ?
Laksa - Thailand? ok if not that then must be Malaysia???? How come I had that in Thai restaurant?
Bulgogi - ?

Stitchawl · 01-14-2012, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Balut - ? OK I think this one is Phillipines or Vietnam and GROSS~!

Very... Philippine chicken eggs... about a week to 10 days before hatching.

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Spanakopita - Greece?

Yep... that two.

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Laksa - Thailand? ok if not that then must be Malaysia???? How come I had that in Thai restaurant?

Well... technically it's an Indonesian dish. Delicious! But it is common to find it being served in Malaysia and S'pore. (Personally, I prefer the S'pore version.) As to why it was served in a Thai restaurant... because it tastes good? I'll bet the Thai restaurant wasn't IN Thailand though... It is quite in the same vein as Tom Yum soups so I guess it would make sense though.

We'll give you 'Malaysia' as the correct answer. That's three. Seven more and you're a winner! Get 'em in there before everybody else wakes up!!

Stitchawl

Billi · 01-14-2012, 03:29 AM

I must admit that I haven't heard one single word of these before. You could serve me any dish under these names!

Stitchawl · 01-14-2012, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Billi

I must admit that I haven't heard one single word of these before. You could serve me any dish under these names!

Billi, out of all of them, the only one I can't eat is the Balut. The others are delicious, usually eaten daily in their native countries, some are so common they are sold by street vendors in pushcarts! Only one of them is just a bit pricey... something for a Sunday dinner for the family. Common, ordinary daily fare. And as I said before, other than the Balut, all can be really, really delicious!

Stitchawl

orlok · 01-14-2012, 06:19 AM

I'm with Billi - never heard of a single one of them, and I consider myself fairly well travelled...

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Stitchawl · 01-14-2012, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by orlok

I'm with Billi - never heard of a single one of them, and I consider myself fairly well travelled...

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Some are so common in their countries that I would guess when I'm in those countries I eat them at least once a week, and in some cases 3-4 times a week!

Donburi is so popular that one of the oldest chain restaurants (est. 1899!) has restaurants in; United States (Arizona, California, Las Vegas, and New York City) Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, and Indonesia!

Stitchawl

maianhvk · 01-14-2012, 08:31 AM

Bulgogi is from Korea!

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orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	I'm with Billi - never heard of a single one of them, and I consider myself fairly well travelled....

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Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	What about the milkshake and the lemonade? I'll turn the questions over to anyone else with one. Time for the Sandman to visit my house... Stitchawl

01-13-2012, 09:54 AM	#5240
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	The lemonade is one of my favorite food items from Rhode Island. Instead of a glass of lemonade made with lemon flavored sugar water in basically an ice tea glass, Rhode Islanders do it different. Their lemonade is basically a lemonade slushy, but it is really good. The ice is super fine and when you drink it the ice stays infused with the lemon flavor. Cheap slushies just turn into a chunk of ice after you drink the flavoring, but some how the RI lemonade resists this tendency. It is also made with real lemons, and you will occasionally get some lemon zest, or even a seed, in your lemonade. You might as well count on getting a brain freeze at some point as well, because it tastes so good that you can't help drinking it a little faster than you should. Answer to Bonus Question-- they actually had a vote in RI to pick the state's drink. There were basically two contenders -- RI lemonade and coffee milk. The lemonade just barely lost (Del's lemonade is the big vendor up here and during the summer there are stands on just about every block). Coffee Milk is kind of like chocolate milk but is made with coffee syrup. Coffee is actually a pretty big deal here in RI. Seattle may have Starbucks, but RI hase coffee milk, coffee cabinets, iced coffees and Dunkin Donuts.

01-13-2012, 10:37 PM	#5241
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Let's see if world foods, rather than USA'ian foods gets more play... What countries are associated with the following foods? Balut Larbgai Poutine Bakso Donburi Spanakopita Mokeka Shchi Laksa Bulgogi By the way, all of the above are eaten daily, rather than as specialty foods. Stitchawl

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SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	Balut - ? OK I think this one is Phillipines or Vietnam and GROSS~! Larbgai - ? Poutine - ? Bakso - ? Donburi - ? Spanakopita - Greece? Mokeka - ? Shchi - ? Laksa - Thailand? ok if not that then must be Malaysia???? How come I had that in Thai restaurant? Bulgogi - ?

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