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NutmegCT

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... you understand all the dialogue:

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Took me awhile too (what's a packey???). Guess that's because I was born in Texas!

Tom
PS - tomatoes in my chowder? never!
 
NutmegCT said:
Took me awhile too (what's a packey???). Guess that's because I was born in Texas
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Packey = package store, otherwise known as a liquor store.

Born and raised in RI, though I left at 17 for college. I didn't have any trouble with the dialog at all -- guess some skills just stay with us.
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coldplugs said:
NutmegCT said:
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PS - tomatoes in my chowder? never!
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Agreed. Chowda's white. Ayup.
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Yup. That other stuff is disgusting.

I understood everything, but nobody in my family ever said "packey", just "package store". Movie theaters are always cinemas, and a few other things I can't remember :smile:
 
Scott - I've lived in Connecticut for nearly 20 years. Still never heard anyone say "packey" for package store.

Another one that puzzled me for a while was "Newyorkachusetts". I thought the guy was asking where the other guy was from: New York or Massachusetts? Then I figured out that Connecticut is the team-less no-man's land between Yankees and Red Sox.

But it's the Island Queen that's my favorite. Been there, done that, heard the horn.

T.
 
I never could understand why someone would like the red chowder. Too much of a tomato taste and kills the clams! Nothing like the white creamy kind, which I love! Even though it's morning, talking about it, makes me hungery for some. I like Trenton crackers with mine.
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erster crackahs fer me.

I miss real chowdah. :frown:
 
Sam's Club has Legal Seafood chowder, pricey treat though...and occasionally the oyster crackers have been hard to get locally.
 
Looks like now I gotta dust off th' Sam's Club card.
 
It doesn't show up on their website anymore.

They've had a lot of "grab it now or never get it" stuff lately.
 
Nothin' can beat made next door. But if the canned version is made "up there" it'd be a much better substitute than what's around here!
 
PAUL161 said:
I never could understand why someone would like the red chowder. Too much of a tomato taste and kills the clams!
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Too far north to know proper tomato use w/ seafood.

p.s, the clams are already dead. :jester:


I have to admit, northern talk is more elegant than "yat".

I don't prefer the way yat sounds, but ~OH~ it's ~SO~ much fun to talk that way. I finaly got back to "normal" speak today w/ the new job an'nat.
 
kellysguy said:
Too far north to know proper tomato use w/ seafood.
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To me it isn't a New England thing anyway. I don't consider Manhattan "New England".

Aside from that the only decent seafood is in New England anyway. Tomatoes or not. And for the record, I'm a native southerner.
 
I think it has much more to do with authenticity than where the "consumer" comes from, Scott. :wink:

I'm from up north originally, but I LOVE regional foods from about anywhere, when authentically made. Must be somethin' about th' local water. :jester:


I grew up HATIN' rice and chili... Once I'd had regional Texas chili and rice cooked & prepped by Asians I was enlightened... my mother didn't know how to MAKE either one. But her Italian cooking was the real deal.

Olive Garden is about as authentically Italian as my cat, Merlyn. Mebbe less, as HE wuz rized right. :devilgrin:
 
"regional foods from about anywhere, when authentically made"

Amen to that.

Altho' dad was a dam' yankee, mom was born and raised in Maryland. Her fried chicken, cole slaw, blackeyes and biscuits were to die for. And when dad lost his job, she made the best meals of beans and cornbread you could imagine.

And if we were *real* good that week, she might just make us some gingerbread with lemon sauce.

memories ... memories ...
 
DrEntropy said:
I think it has much more to do with authenticity than where the "consumer" comes from, Scott. :wink:
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That's true too. A local place that sells gator as an appetizer has pretty decent stuff. On the other hand I can't stand the sight or smell of most fish so my taste is kind of narrow minded to begin with.
 
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