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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MillCreek on June 25, 2019, 11:05:16 AM
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https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/06/24/732028721/how-the-chow-mein-sandwich-claimed-a-small-slice-of-new-england-history
I always enjoy learning about new regional food specialties. I would eat this.
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I'd love to try that, too. Interesting blend of cultures and tastes.
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Not so sure about that.
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The bread seems inadequate or extraneous...
I still would nom it.
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Looks interesting, but as pictured is not really hand food. The bread looks like it is thrown in just for looks.
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She dips Fall River's specialty chow mein noodles into a fryer, then tops them with the restaurant's special gravy and a healthy heaping of chicken, and finally pops the hamburger bun on top.
It only has a bun on top, does not qualify as a sandwich in my book. You could just as well throw a slice of any bread on the top and call it the same thing. You could throw some sauerkraut, scrapple and rye bread on it and call it the Pennsylvania Dutch chow mein. ;)
bob
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They should make that, but with a couple of those Cannibal Sandwiches instead of a bun. Then they could call it "Fusion Cuisine".
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Multicultural appropriation?
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"You could throw some sauerkraut, scrapple and rye bread on it and call it the Pennsylvania Dutch chow mein."
You shut your damned mouth!
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Needs moar corn bread
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Needs moar corn bread
Made in upstate NY
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Rather a misleading title. I grew up in New England and this is the first I've ever heard of it. Seems like it's not a "New England" specialty, it's a Fall River, MA, specialty. That's too small an area to even qualify as a "regional" specialty. That's a local specialty.
I also noticed the comment about vinegar. Fall River is right on the Rhode Island border and in many ways is more part of Rhode Island than Massachusetts. In Rhode Island they don't eat French fries with ketchup (or catsup, if you prefer), they eat French fries with vinegar.
Savages.
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In Rhode Island they don't eat French fries with ketchup (or catsup, if you prefer), they eat French fries with vinegar.
Savages.
Still better than brown gravy, eh?
bob
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Uhm... excuse me, but French Fries with a good, pungent malt vinegar is the absolute tits!
At fairs and carnivals in Central Pennsylvania the closer you get to the french fry stands the stronger the scent of vinegar becomes. And woe unto the poor bastard to puts out apple cider vinegar instead of malt vinegar!
I also like my fries dipped in mayonnaise, which is quite European, apparently.
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Still better than brown gravy, eh?
bob
I love me a good dish of Canadian poutine. I have problems finding good poutine in the States, not so much up in Canada, eh?
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Add me to the list of people who like French fries with malt vinegar, and also curry ketchup. I was first exposed to currywurst with fries and curry ketchup in Berlin, and I wonder why it has not taken off here. Fortunately, good recipes for curry ketchup can be found on the Net.
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The bread seems inadequate or extraneous...
I still would nom it.
I got the impression from the story that the bun is there to pull up some of the gravy into the mix without making the crisp noodles too soggy. Makes sense to me.
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Nobody has mentioned french fries with mayo yet?
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Nobody has mentioned french fries with mayo yet?
Reply #13.
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I have seen sandwiches come with vinegar occasionally and I know Subway does that. I don't see it. Tastes nasty to me. To each his own I guess.
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Oil and vinegar is a classic topping on an Italian sub.
In fact, in a lot of sub places in Pennsylvania you have to tell them that you don't want it, otherwise your sammich is going to be doused with oil & vinegar.
Oil & vinegar dressing (often mixed with a bit of Dijon mustard) is also a staple dressing for the French Bagnat sandwich.
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Damn you people!! Now you got me wanting to call China 1 down the road and order a serving of Combination Lo Mein. Noodles, sauce, pork, beef, shrimp, chicken and cat and dog and stirring in some prum sauce.
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curry kethcup
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Ahhh. currywurst. Oh how I miss your Roadside Imbiss goodness. Curry ketchup dizzled all over the sliced wurst (with a sprinkle of yellow curry on top) and pommes frites with little cups of ketchup and mayo all in a oversized hot dog tray, add a can of Spezi, and for a couple Marks you hqve a filling, delicious, hot meal when you are out in the field in miserable weather.
*sigh*
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Ahhh. currywurst. Oh how I miss your Roadside Imbiss goodness. Curry ketchup dizzled all over the sliced wurst (with a sprinkle of yellow curry on top) and pommes frites with little cups of ketchup and mayo all in a oversized hot dog tray, add a can of Spezi, and for a couple Marks you hqve a filling, delicious, hot meal when you are out in the field in miserable weather.
*sigh*
After all these years, I hit the jackpot. Every place I've ever lived, if there (rarely) was a German store, they always had the items shipped there vs making anything themselves, and they never stayed in business long. Then I had to settle for ordering at a high price from germandeli.com, who had lots of stuff, but last year, also went out of business.
Jut last month, I discovered a recently opened German store (run by a Romanian couple) just 30 minutes away, and they make all their own sausage (including currywurst) and also bake fresh bread every day. Really good bread. I haven't baked bread since I discovered them. They also have a small lunch deli going, and just got their wild game processing license.
And I owe it all to marijuana. :laugh:
Last week when I told her how happy I was that they were there, she told me their whole story. They were successfully doing business in Portland for 15 years. Then one day last year, a guy came into her store asking about rent costs and saying he'd sure like a space in the building whenever one opened up. Being friendly, she gave him the whole rundown. A few days later, her landlord came in and said he was raising the rent from $5500 to $10,000/mo and she could meet it or leave. They couldn't afford it, so they left. The guy she talked to moved in the next month and opened a pot shop. Turned out he told the owner he'd pay the ten grand to get a space in the building.
Their loss was my gain. They bought the building they're in now, and they're getting 5 star Google reviews, so hopefully they'll be in business for a long while and making Ben happy with food from the fatherland. :laugh:
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Their loss was my gain. They bought the building they're in now, and they're getting 5 star Google reviews, so hopefully they'll be in business for a long while and making Ben happy with food from the fatherland. :laugh:
'Tis an ill wind indeed that blows no good to anyone.
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'Tis an ill wind indeed that blows no good to anyone.
=D
They're actually happy now too. They were apparently in a part of Portland ruled by the hipsters, druggies, and SJWs. They always had people coming into their shop using the free samples as their three meals a day and she said the slow demographic change was starting to scare off regular customers. They like how friendly everyone is to them now and how shoplifting has gone from a regular occurrence the police did nothing about, to just one time so far in Idaho, with the cops hauling the person away.
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how shoplifting has gone from a regular occurrence the police did nothing about, to just one time so far in Idaho, with the cops hauling the person away.
My gosh, that still happens somewhere? Local media and FB pages are replete with stories about shoplifters running into grocery stores, loading up a backpack with booze, and then running out. This seems to particularly happen at Safeway since word has gotten out that Safeway employees are under orders to do nothing to interfere.
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=D
They're actually happy now too. They were apparently in a part of Portland ruled by the hipsters, druggies, and SJWs. They always had people coming into their shop using the free samples as their three meals a day and she said the slow demographic change was starting to scare off regular customers. They like how friendly everyone is to them now and how shoplifting has gone from a regular occurrence the police did nothing about, to just one time so far in Idaho, with the cops hauling the person away.
May they live long and prosper -- in Amurika!
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My gosh, that still happens somewhere? Local media and FB pages are replete with stories about shoplifters running into grocery stores, loading up a backpack with booze, and then running out. This seems to particularly happen at Safeway since word has gotten out that Safeway employees are under orders to do nothing to interfere.
Yeah, I think I posted somewhere here recently on a video where the employees (likely company policy) watched shoplifters leisurely load up piles of clothes and then just walk out of the store like they owned the place.
I don't know if they'll haul someone in for shoplifting in Boise vs doing nothing or a citation, but the cops in lesser populated areas are probably bored. :)
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"That's a civil matter" *scratches ass* "Got any free coffee?" :police:
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Ben,
Will they ship ?? I too miss the tastes aus dem Vaterland.
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Ben,
Will they ship ?? I too miss the tastes aus dem Vaterland.
It didn't look like they do, but I will ask next week. I'm down at my dad's for a couple of days and brought him some of their weisswurst, and it might be enough to finally get him to move. :laugh:
Freshly made vs sitting in packages from some big company for who knows how long makes SUCH a difference.
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It was the wurst of times...
I like curry, but I have never developed a taste for currywurst. Just doesn't do it for me.
My favorites are Knackwurst and Landjager, although a good Weisswurst is hard to beat, and Debrecener has its charms. Oh hell, let's face it. Even the worst wursts are pretty damned good.