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Article: Ocean State eats.(THE HOME FORUM)(Rhode Islands and Chicago)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 10, 2008
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Byline: Amy Farnsworth Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
To the Rhode Islander outsider, life in Little Rhody is seemingly strange, especially when it comes to the Ocean State's culinary culture. Here, customers order grinders, dynamites, and New York System wieners. They chow down on clear clam chowder; sip coffee milk and Del's lemonade; and dine on stuffies, doughboys, clam cakes, and johnnycakes.
I thought deciphering the Rhode Island accent was difficult, but learning the differences between a stuffie and a johnnycake was just as challenging. These words were foreign to me. I grew up in the Chicago suburbs where I munched on deep-dish ...