This New England

Picture and caption by WILLIAM MORGAN

''Bagel dog'' at a Wickford, R.I., restaurant

Food was one of the reasons I moved to Rhode Island from Louisville, although I was thinking of upscale dining.

I had to learn to deal with certain local, ah, er, delicacies, such as fried sweet potatoes. What is it with the Ocean State and sweet potatoes? Did they get the early settlers through harsh winters and so everyone feels obligated to eat them all the time?

As for Dell's Lemonade -- how could anyone like anything that sweet?

You could develop diabetes in a matter of minutes on that stuff.

Then there are cabinets (actually kind of cool using that term, even more local than the word frappe, which I learned in college in New Hampshire), and let's not ignore New York System wieners.

Nothing much beats a good hot dog (and there's no point in reading the label for all the additives -- its a hot dog, for gosh sakes). But why wrap it in a bagel? Or is this an important part of the cuisines de pays, a sort of naughty inside joke?

 Tags  Bagel dog fried sweet potatoes New York System weiners

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chef boyardee said:

You moved to the wrong state...if you like clams and lobsters, ok, hot dogs, so so, maybe Spikes, but if you like overpriced macaroni with gravy, go to Atwells ave..

All the restaurants will serve it under different names of outrageous prices..

Link | April 5, 2009 8:01 PM
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Terrence McCarthy said:

I'll bet these things are selling like hotcakes in Provincetown. With a side of Wellfleet oysters.

Link | April 6, 2009 5:11 PM
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