I am now in California, but grew up in eastern Massachusetts. I can't convince people here that I grew up with Coffee Milk, not chocolate. And the best flavor for a frappe (ok milkshake for you that don't know the term) was coffee. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 4:30 PM Subject: Re: Rhode Island was OT know your place
> I'm originally from Fall River, MA, which is on the RI border. I also > lived in Providence during grad school. When I was growing up, coffee > was the most popular flavor, even over chocolate. Coffee milk, coffee > ice cream, coffee milk shakes (called cabinets in RI). Of course, > Duncan Donuts are everywhere, even in eastern MA. In Fall River, DD is > the big coffee supplier. When driving with my relatives, they will just > suddenly veer off the road, hit the drive through for a refill of the DD > cup, and drive off. Of course, I grew up with their coffee and donuts > so I still love them. The only thing that saves my waistline is that the > nearest source is 30 miles away here in VA. > > Actually, I worked at my Uncle's drugstore as a teenager, and it had a > soda fountain. We made our own coffee syrup. 20 lbs of sugar in a big > pot, and 5 lbs of coffee in a cheese cloth bag in a very large homemade > copper funnel. I forget how much how water we poured through. 7-10 > gallons, maybe. And I even had some coffee syrup in my fridge now. > Autocrat brand, courtesy of a care package from my NE relatives. > > >>>> "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/22/07 5:28 PM >>> > Small Quahogs. (also called littlenecks), are steamed dipped in butter > and served with sweet corn, (this tastes best if the shellfish are taken > > out of collected without a license, and the corn is stolen from a > farmers field), but they're still great anytime. Rhode Island is the > only place I've seen Coffee Syrup, a concoction much like chocolate > syrup, for making coffee milk. It's an interesting place... > > > Tom C wrote: >> >From Wikipedia... >> >> Rhode Island is a large per capita consumer of coffee. According to a >> Providence Journal article, the state features the highest number of >> coffee/donut shops per capita in the country, with over 100 Dunkin' > Donuts >> locations in the state alone. >> >> Several foods and dishes are unique to Rhode Island, and cannot be > found >> outside of the state. "Wieners," which are sometimes called "gaggers" > or >> "weenies" are smaller than a standard hot dog but are covered in a > meat >> sauce, chopped onions, mustard, and celery salt. >> >> The quahog (whose shell is Rhode Island's state shell) is a large clam > which >> is mixed with stuffing and spicy minced sausage and then baked in the > shell >> to form a "Stuffie." >> >> The first automobile race on a track was held in Cranston, Rhode > Island on >> September 7, 1896. >> >> Tom C. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><~!B*+R^&>>> Reply-To: > Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]><~!B*+R^&>>> To: Pentax-Discuss > Mail List <[email protected]><~!B*+R^&>>> Subject: Re: OT know your place >>> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:28:35 -0400 >>> >>> I went to University in Rhode Island, steamed Quahogs are delicious. >>> >>> David J Brooks wrote: >>> >>>> On 6/22/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Cuahogs. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Oh, we watch Family Guy, but the Simpson's ,Noooooo.:-) >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> >>>>> mike wilson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><~!B*+R^&>>>>>>> Date: > 2007/06/22 Fri AM 12:01:03 GMT >>>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>>> Subject: Re: OT know your place >>>>>>> >>>>>>> WTH cares where Rhode Island is!!! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Only us chickens. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> From: Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><~!B*+R^&>>>>>>>> > Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]><~!B*+R^&>>>>>>>> To: > Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]><~!B*+R^&>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: > OT know your place >>>>>>>> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:24:58 -0400 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> mike wilson wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>> > http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html >>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Place the state. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 46/50 92% 9 miles 258 sec >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> DougF (KG4LMZ) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> ----------------------------------------- >>>>>> Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email >>>>>> Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. 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