R.I. State drink

[Damn Yankee]

And all other R.I.ers

http://www.yankeemagazine.com/article/food/coffee-milk

[rickb]

I thought it was Del's.

[Teacher & Snacktime]

No sir, Rickb....though Del's is certainly popular and a definite RIism, Autocrat is the be-all end-all of RI beverages (a swallow will tell you).
What else can you use to make a coffee cabinet?

[Mags]

I have some in my pantry right now. I always stock up when I visit the family. :)

[jeffmeh]

I buy it occasionally for nostalgia purposes. I didn't make it as far out of RI as Mags, so it is available up here. :)

[atraildreamer]

Autocrat Coffee, the makers of coffee milk syrup, has just been sold to a British company. Since the coffee milk syrup line is their smallest product line, many are wondering if it will continue to be made. Hope they don't switch to warm beer (a la the English) as our state drink!

[Namtrag]

I thought the state drink was Narragansett :)

[Damn Yankee]

I can remember as a mid-teen sitting in a garage with the door open and a couple ol' timers and drinking Narragansett. Can't say it was the worst tasting beer.

[imscotty]

Crazy Swamp Yankees

[Damn Yankee]

Del's and Jack Daniels best summer drink going.

[atraildreamer]

I thought the state drink was Narragansett :)

The old Narragansett Brewery is long gone. (I heard that they had a water fountain that the workers set up to dispense beer. :D ) I think they brew Narragansett in Texas, now.

[Lone Wolf]

I have some in my pantry right now. I always stock up when I visit the family. :)
i got some too plus kenyon's johnnycake meal

[Lone Wolf]

Crazy Swamp Yankees

i'm a bonafide swamp yankee

[bamboo bob]

The old Narragansett Brewery is long gone. (I heard that they had a water fountain that the workers set up to dispense beer. :D ) I think they brew Narragansett in Texas, now. Hi Neighbor, have a Gansett, give that Lager beer a chance, it has that straight from the barrel taste, in bottle can on tap it's great. Gansetts got that flavor, Naragansett Flavor ......

[Patrickjd9]

My R.I-native wife says Del's is the summer drink and coffee milk is the winter drink.

[atraildreamer]

Hi Neighbor, have a Gansett, give that Lager beer a chance, it has that straight from the barrel taste, in bottle can on tap it's great. Gansetts got that flavor, Naragansett Flavor ......

I had a bottle of Tsing Tao beer at a chinese restaurant...it tasted a lot like Narragansett!

[Ricky&Jack]

wait, doesnt EVERYONE drink their coffee with 1cup coffee, 3cups milk? (And about 3 lbs of sugar)

[Venchka]

wait, doesnt EVERYONE drink their coffee with 1cup coffee, 3cups milk? (And about 3 lbs of sugar)

Nope. "Not even close..."

Wayne


Sent from somewhere around here.

[Patrickjd9]

wait, doesnt EVERYONE drink their coffee with 1cup coffee, 3cups milk? (And about 3 lbs of sugar)
That has been my impression of coffee milk.

[imscotty]

The old Narragansett Brewery is long gone. (I heard that they had a water fountain that the workers set up to dispense beer. :D ) I think they brew Narragansett in Texas, now.

From Wikipedia...
"After changing hands several times, the brand was bought in 2005 by a team of local Rhode Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island) investors led by former juice executive Mark D. Hellendrung, who announced plans to expand its market share and reinvigorate the Narragansett brand identity. Since the purchase, the brand has indeed been revitalized with the help of former brewer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewer) Bill Anderson, and some sharp new packaging. Narragansett beer, now contract brewed by Genesee Brewing Company (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesee_Brewing_Company), has been available again throughout Southern New England since spring of 2006. The lager and light beers are brewed at their brewery in Rochester (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York), New York, while the bock and porter are craft-brewed in Providence, Rhode Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island) and Pawcatuck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawcatuck), Connecticut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut).

Not the worst Larger I have ever tasted. In Massachusetts we had Haffenreffer Malt Liquor, the 'Green Death!' That stuff would split your skull by the morning.

[Mags]

i got some too plus kenyon's johnnycake meal

Likewise. The manager of the grist mill (http://www.kenyonsgristmill.com/home.html) was so pleased we came out there just to check it out he gave us a bag on the house.
He was stationed in Germany in the 1970s. He recognized my wife's accent (Polish/German border) and they started speaking some German together. Helps that she is cuter that I am, too. ;)

[atraildreamer]

No sir, Rickb....though Del's is certainly popular and a definite RIism, Autocrat is the be-all end-all of RI beverages (a swallow will tell you).
What else can you use to make a coffee cabinet?

For those of you who are wondering what Teacher is talking about, I post the following:

http://www.cbheller.com/drinking_a_cabinet__how_to_talk_like_a_new_england er_47756.htm

Drinking a Cabinet:
How to Talk Like a New Englander You sit down in a Rhode Island ice cream shop, and the server says, “Want a cabinet?” Is she offering you something to drink or a place to store your backpack?

Of course, New England is part of the United States, and English is the native language. But there are some New England words and expressions that you won’t hear anywhere else in the country.

Take “cabinet,” for example. In Rhode Island, cabinet is the word for milkshake – ice cream, milk, and flavored syrup. People say it’s called a cabinet, because you make it in a blender from the kitchen cabinet. In the rest of New England, a milkshake is called a “frappe” (pronounced “frap”).

Rhode Islanders drink coffee milk, too. It’s not coffee with milk – it’s milk flavored with sweet coffee syrup. It’s so popular that in 1993, coffee milk became the official Rhode Island state drink.

If someone in New England offers you “steamers,” would you know that they’re a kind of clam? What about a “quahog” (pronounced “ko-hog”)? That’s a clam, too.

Have you heard the expression “happy as a clam?” That New England saying means you’re especially pleased. The full phrase is “happy as a clam at high tide,” since sand-dwelling clams are comfortably covered with water when the tide is high, hidden from people and other predators.

New England has other unique food words, too. Submarine sandwiches are often called “grinders.” Some people claim that’s because you need a strong set of “grinders” – teeth – to eat these big sandwiches. A “lobster roll” is another type of sandwich – chopped lobster meat mixed with mayonnaise, served on a hot dog bun.

Want to try some “johnnycakes?” They’re cornmeal pancakes. No one knows for sure where the name “johnnycakes” came from, but according to one theory, the word derived from “journey cakes” – what early settlers called the cornbread that they ate when they traveled.

Not all New England expressions have to do with food. If New England kids call something “wicked good,” it’s great. Instead of going “into the basement,” New Englanders go “down cellar.” And they drink water from a “bubbler,” not a water fountain.

So if a New Englander says, “I think a cabinet would be wicked good with these grinders,” just answer “So do I!”


Carolyn B. Heller is a travel and food writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She lived in New England for 25 years, and she still thinks it’s a wicked good place.
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Didn't we do this before on another thread??? :D

[Teacher & Snacktime]

RI-diosyncracies deserve multiple mentions. But the author neglected to include and explain "wieners", and repeated left the "r"s on the ends of words like blendah, bubbla, steamahs, and cellah. Shameful oversights.

[Damn Yankee]

A “lobster roll” is another type of sandwich – chopped lobster meat mixed with mayonnaise, served on a hot dog bun.

Not just any bun either. They are only found in N.E. The buns are flat on the sides so you can "buddah" them to grill

there are three sizes of quahogs the first which is the smallest is called a littleneck, then come cherrystones which are medium size and finally the “quahog” (pronounced “ko-hog”)Very large version of the cherrystone. Quahogs differ from actual clams because they have a very thick almost roundish shell. Real clams or steamers are thin shelled, oval shape with a neck or syphon that sticks out from between the shells. Once steamed you pull the clam from the shell, belly and all and then peel the membrane from the neck, dip in melted buddah with a little vinegar. The larger quahogs are generally for chowdahs and stuffed quahogs or Stuffies and can also be used in clam cakes. I am heading back to MA. in just over a week and going to chow down and of course bring lots back. Just FYI, If you get fresh littleneck, cherrystones or quahogs, you can freeze them in their shells uncooked and they will stay fresh for up to one year. Just don't thaw before steaming, place them in the steamer frozen. This idea I found out about last time I was there and think it's "Wicked Pissah"

[rocketsocks]

I love me some Corn Dodgers!

[imscotty]

And please people, if the only fried clam you ever tasted was the 'clam strips' at HoJo's. then you have never really tasted a fried clam.

[Teacher & Snacktime]

And please people, if the only fried clam you ever tasted was the 'clam strips' at HoJo's. then you have never really tasted a fried clam.

Absolutely! Come to RI....we may not have mountains, but we have seafood!

[Rolls Kanardly]

I must have been displaced as a young man. I have been making and drinking what RI's call "coffee milk" for years. Now it may not be the exact same mix but it is close enough. Leftover coffee, milk, Herseys chocolate "slurp" and ice. Kind of makes me a kindred spirit of sorts or at least a wanna be.
Rolls

[rocketsocks]

Funny, but this mix of coffee and milk has become a favorite drink of mine, as any belly picture would show, but here we call em Latte's. I gotta cut down, less milk more coffee.

[Teacher & Snacktime]

Oh you guys....not the same at all. I'll send you some :rolleyes:

[rocketsocks]

Oh you guys....not the same at all. I'll send you some :rolleyes:
ya mean it's it's own thing...I'm lost.

[Teacher & Snacktime]

ya mean it's it's own thing...I'm lost.

These are what we bring to folks on our visits.....a little of RI. A VERY real thing!

27251

[Damn Yankee]

And please people, if the only fried clam you ever tasted was the 'clam strips' at HoJo's. then you have never really tasted a fried clam.

FRIED CLAMS MOST DEFINATELY HAVE TO HAVE THE WHOLE BELLIES. I don't understand clam strips. They are very dry without the bellies. Just remember to soak them over night to syphon the sand out or you may break a tooth.

[rocketsocks]

These are what we bring to folks on our visits.....a little of RI. A VERY real thing!

27251definitely not what I served you when you were here, hehe, I love local or regional stuffs.

[Teacher & Snacktime]

Like Boost in South Jersey? I have a jug here next to my fridge.

[rocketsocks]

Like Boost in South Jersey? I have a jug here next to my fridge.:).......................

[Rolls Kanardly]

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=27251&d=1401840631&thumb=1 (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=27251&d=1401840631)
Awesome, and yellow corn meal Jonny Cake with corn niblett's or jalepeno's and sometimes sweet, sometimes not.
And Bean Soup, got to have the bean soup. Rolls

[FarmerChef]

These are what we bring to folks on our visits.....a little of RI. A VERY real thing!

27251

We love ours. Almost enough to turn us Yankee...almost.. :P

[JAK]

I am just on my way down to Newport so my daughter can sail SAIL NEWPORT YOUTH CHALLENGE.
I will have to check this out. Thanks.

[Mags]

I am just on my way down to Newport so my daughter can sail SAIL NEWPORT YOUTH CHALLENGE.
I will have to check this out. Thanks.

IF you have time, do the Cliff Walk. Seven miles R/T and a great way to see the shore.
http://cliffwalk.com/ (Part it is currently closed due to hurricane damage. Due to open up again fully soon. The open part is still rather scenic, though)

Stop by Flo's clam shack for some quintessential RI food.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flos-Clam-Shack/245316810509

If you want more upscale, go to the White Horse tavern and see the oldest restaurant in the US!
http://www.whitehorsenewport.com/

[Teacher & Snacktime]

If you go to the Whitehorse, have the mac & cheese w/ lobster.....incredibly delicious!

[BillyGr]

And, just in case you can't get to RI, if you happen to be able to get to West Springfield, MA in the later half of September, stop at the Big E and go to the Rhode Island building.

Kenyons has the clam cakes, Del's the lemonade (frozen or liquid), I think someone had the coffee milk and might have even had the weiners and Tucker's Seafood will help you out with the stuffies, all types of fried seafood and even clam chili!
Oh yeah, don't forget the RI Clam Chowdah (which is different than the usual New England or Manhattan types you hear of) and several other hot and cold seafood items just in case you need more choices.

Just a suggestion!

And of course, while you're there you can visit the other 5 New England states for all their specialties (Maple, cheeses, cranberries, blueberries (even in soda), smoked salmon - this list could probably go on all day :)

[Damn Yankee]

Love their mac & cheese with lobster.

[Lone Wolf]

And, just in case you can't get to RI, if you happen to be able to get to West Springfield, MA in the later half of September, stop at the Big E and go to the Rhode Island building.

Kenyons has the clam cakes, Del's the lemonade (frozen or liquid), I think someone had the coffee milk and might have even had the weiners and Tucker's Seafood will help you out with the stuffies, all types of fried seafood and even clam chili!
Oh yeah, don't forget the RI Clam Chowdah (which is different than the usual New England or Manhattan types you hear of) and several other hot and cold seafood items just in case you need more choices.

Just a suggestion!

And of course, while you're there you can visit the other 5 New England states for all their specialties (Maple, cheeses, cranberries, blueberries (even in soda), smoked salmon - this list could probably go on all day :)
small state. i used to work for Stu Tucker. know him well. and i used to live/work on my uncle's dairy farm which was .5 mile from Kenyon's grist mill. he's a Kenyon too

[atraildreamer]

We love ours. Almost enough to turn us Yankee...almost.. :P

Psst...FarmerChef...just between me and you ;) ...I am not a native Rhode Islander :eek: ...I was born in Ohio! :eek::eek::D

[Damn Yankee]

WHATTTTT! Not a native RI'er

[Damn Yankee]

atraildreamer (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/member.php?8621-atraildreamer) where do you live in Providence? I've lived on Smith Hill near the capital building and also near Roger Williams Park/Zoo. I will be heading up there in a couple days and going to try to get together with Teacher and Snacktime.

[Teacher & Snacktime]

ATD....if you PM us your address, maybe we could all get together. I'm thinking clamcakes at Quitos in Bristol either Sat or Sun! We won't hold your unfortunate birth against you! (at least not too much)

Sat 6/14 or sun 6/15

[Damn Yankee]

That's right. The point is your there now. Sounds like an awesome idea. Teacher, I will PM you my number. Give me a call. Sunday afternoon might work best for me, I was thinking of trying a short overnight hiking trip for Sat. evening until Sun. morning/early afternoon but, if that won't work, I would rather meet up with you guys.

[Patrickjd9]

RI-diosyncracies deserve multiple mentions. But the author neglected to include and explain "wieners", and repeated left the "r"s on the ends of words like blendah, bubbla, steamahs, and cellah. Shameful oversights.
My late mother-in-law was taking off in the car to the wiener stand near McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket after she was supposed to have stopped driving.

[atraildreamer]

ATD....if you PM us your address, maybe we could all get together. I'm thinking clamcakes at Quitos in Bristol either Sat or Sun! We won't hold your unfortunate birth against you! (at least not too much)

Sat 6/14 or sun 6/15


Thanks for the invite, but have to decline. Sick wife and health problems of my own.

(I live in the Fox Point section of Providence.)

[Teacher & Snacktime]

Thanks for the invite, but have to decline. Sick wife and health problems of my own.

(I live in the Fox Point section of Providence.)

We understand....we'll toss back a Del's or coffee milk in your honor.



My late mother-in-law was taking off in the car to the wiener stand near McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket after she was supposed to have stopped driving.

We used to live right around the corner from McCoy. We went once or twice to the wiener joint there, but were big fans of Mei King. For wieners we'd drive to 5 corners in EP or Shorty's on Taunton Ave.....or if we were feeling snobbish, to Olneyville.

[Damn Yankee]

I remember 5 corners, it's a shame the rearranged that intersection, shorty's is about the only place left in EP. There used to be another one called Eats on Waterman Ave

[Teacher & Snacktime]

The one on Waterman Ave is now something else, and EATS is on Rt 6 in Seekonk. Shorty's was in the news a few months back announcing plans to close, but after the report there was such a neighborhood response and increase in business it decided to stay open....for a while anyway.

Back in the '80's, when I was working at the steel mill in Rumford, Shorty's was the place to go for late night wieners or breakfast.

[Damn Yankee]

The one on Waterman Ave is now something else, and EATS is on Rt 6 in Seekonk. Shorty's was in the news a few months back announcing plans to close, but after the report there was such a neighborhood response and increase in business it decided to stay open....for a while anyway.

Back in the '80's, when I was working at the steel mill in Rumford, Shorty's was the place to go for late night wieners or breakfast.

wieners=Gaggers

[Lone Wolf]

ate these a lot.


http://eatyourworld.com/destinations/united_states/general_rhode_island/rhode_island/what_to_eat/pizza_strips

[Lone Wolf]

I thought it was Del's.

https://www.dels.com/

[Teacher & Snacktime]

ate these a lot.


http://eatyourworld.com/destinations/united_states/general_rhode_island/rhode_island/what_to_eat/pizza_strips

Another RI-ism...unfortunately one I could never really embrace. I've had all the "best" - Caserta's, Crugnali's, etc., but just never cared much for the bakery pizza. (I blame it on the Midwest portion of my heredity)

[Lone Wolf]

Another RI-ism...unfortunately one I could never really embrace. I've had all the "best" - Caserta's, Crugnali's, etc., but just never cared much for the bakery pizza. (I blame it on the Midwest portion of my heredity)

i love the strips cuz i hate cheese of all kinds

[Teacher & Snacktime]

i love the strips cuz i hate cheese of all kinds

Sour milk and bacteria left to sit until it molds? What's not to love? (hmmm, maybe it's time to rethink this stuff myself)

[Mags]

Another RI-ism...unfortunately one I could never really embrace. I've had all the "best" - Caserta's, Crugnali's, etc., but just never cared much for the bakery pizza. (I blame it on the Midwest portion of my heredity)

When I visited my grandfather's cousins, now located in Rome, they took me to a birthday party in a local park.

The food was remarkably similar to what I had growing up for birthday parties I attended.

On a tray among all the food was the doughy pizza with that wonderful, tangy and slightly spicy sauce.

Yep. "Bakery pizza" was served in Rome. My bad Italian gave me away as an Americano. :)

[Teacher & Snacktime]

Wow, Mags...I never knew it was authentic Italian (though given the location and demographic of Caserta's I probably should have). I always thought it was another RI "poor man's" rendition of something. Cool.

[atraildreamer]

IF you have time, do the Cliff Walk. Seven miles R/T and a great way to see the shore.
http://cliffwalk.com/ (Part it is currently closed due to hurricane damage. Due to open up again fully soon. The open part is still rather scenic, though)

Stop by Flo's clam shack for some quintessential RI food.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flos-Clam-Shack/245316810509

If you want more upscale, go to the White Horse tavern and see the oldest restaurant in the US!
http://www.whitehorsenewport.com/

The entire Cliff Walk just re-opened today...heard it on the news.

[Teacher & Snacktime]

Cool.....a great walk on an overcast day....forget it in the sun though, you'll fry.

[RED-DOG]

I always thought the R.I state drink was Ice Tea.

[Damn Yankee]

Wow, Mags...I never knew it was authentic Italian (though given the location and demographic of Caserta's I probably should have). I always thought it was another RI "poor man's" rendition of something. Cool.

love me some Wimpy Skimpy's (Caserta's version of a spinach pie using Popeye's spinach)

[atraildreamer]

RI-diosyncracies deserve multiple mentions. But the author neglected to include and explain "wieners", and repeated left the "r"s on the ends of words like blendah, bubbla, steamahs, and cellah. Shameful oversights.

We must forgive her...after all, she comes from Canada! (But it was still a nice article!)

[rocketsocks]

The entire Cliff Walk just re-opened today...heard it on the news.Cool, on one of my trips to visit me Mum in Providence, I may just go check that out sometime, looks like a really nice walk for the day.

[datadog314]

ROTFLMAO!.........*Green-death*........Back in the 1970's, they were practically giving that stuff away. If you let it get warm, the next day it was pure skunk-juice. I remember (albeit not much) that nasty brew.

How I ever make it to 54 is beyond me.....:)

[Another Kevin]

RI-diosyncracies deserve multiple mentions. But the author neglected to include and explain "wieners", and repeated left the "r"s on the ends of words like blendah, bubbla, steamahs, and cellah. Shameful oversights.

Missed this message the first time around!

Teacher, I've told you. The 'r' doesn't go away. It moves. The 'r' that falls off the end of 'blendah' and 'bubblah' ends up on the end of 'idear.' A litah of sodar, to quote Mags!

I don't much care for Rhode Island chowdah. It's missing a few ingredients. (For those not in the know: New England chowdah has milk but not tomato. Manhattan chowder has tomato but not milk. Long Island chowder has both, and Rhode Island chowdah has neither. I come from a long line of Long Island baymen.)

[Lone Wolf]

born and raised on narragansett bay. broth chowda is the only way to eat it

[imscotty]

born and raised on narragansett bay. broth chowda is the only way to eat it

I am a Boston boy and I have to agree with this. Nothing like the honest simplicity of a broth based Rhode Island Chowda. You can hide many sins when you cover them with cream, there is no place to hide in a Rhode Island chowder so it has to be made with only the best ingredients.

[Damn Yankee]

There is an old law on the RI books that states "It's against the law to use tomatoes in Chowdah" as in Manhattan Style. My wife likes the cream based but, she's from Alabama. I introduced her to Chowdah, Stuffies and clamcakes. Now everytime we go, she never gets enough. I have always preferred the clear broth for chowdah and also my fish Chowdah.

[Teacher & Snacktime]

Teacher, I've told you. The 'r' doesn't go away. It moves. The 'r' that falls off the end of 'blendah' and 'bubblah' ends up on the end of 'idear.'

I told Snacktime about this RI-ism when I caught him dropping his "r"s. He found it hilarious, and now torments me with it incessantly. (RI-speak has never been allowed in our house.)

[Teacher & Snacktime]

I was thinking......as long as we've been touting the wonders of RI, what about a meet & greet here? If anyone would be interested, a trek through our Weetamoo Woods in Tiverton could provide and easy yet entertaining 8 miles or so, to be followed by a trip to Evelyns for chowder and cakes....or Grays for ice cream. Would anyone be willing to travel to the one state that has no AT and whose highest elevation is a whopping 812 ft? (no where near this hike, btw)

[imscotty]

I was thinking......as long as we've been touting the wonders of RI, what about a meet & greet here? If anyone would be interested, a trek through our Weetamoo Woods in Tiverton could provide and easy yet entertaining 8 miles or so, to be followed by a trip to Evelyns for chowder and cakes....or Grays for ice cream. Would anyone be willing to travel to the one state that has no AT and whose highest elevation is a whopping 812 ft? (no where near this hike, btw)

That would be great fun Teacher, you can count me in.

I also always wanted to do the RI 'highpoint.' I hear that it use to be the hardest highpoint to climb, but now I understand it has opened up to the public.

[Teacher & Snacktime]

Well, the highpoint isn't in Weetamoo Woods, Scotty, but on the western side near CT. Of course I'm not married to a hike in Tiverton and could set something up in western RI in the Jerimoth Hill area. Let me check with some locals and see what can be arranged.....day hike or overnight?

http://www.summitpost.org/jerimoth-hill/152342

[imscotty]

Well, the highpoint isn't in Weetamoo Woods, Scotty, but on the western side near CT. Of course I'm not married to a hike in Tiverton and could set something up in western RI in the Jerimoth Hill area. Let me check with some locals and see what can be arranged.....day hike or overnight?

http://www.summitpost.org/jerimoth-hill/152342

Hi Teacher, oh I did not mean the highpoint for this hike. It is just something I have been meaning to do on one of my trips. We can keep this to Weetamo Woods. A nice walk with some great folks topped off with some RI delicacies afterwards sounds fine by me.

[Mags]

A litah of sodar, to quote Mags!



No suh!!!!!

;)

[Teacher & Snacktime]

Is that anything like a "quawt uh coke"?