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Post by Nico Gray on Nov 27, 2016 15:47:43 GMT -5
This is just a small piece of information I ran across while doing unrelated research, but apparently Binghamton, NY and Endicott, NY are the birthplace of the spiedie sandwich. Maybe one of the Sanitaria Springs authors might want to use that information to add a little color to a story. Perhaps some reference to characters liking spiedies, or a local restaurant where it's a featured menu item, or a shop like Café Perk Me Up experimenting with spiedies on their lunch menu, would fit into a story being written and add an additional touch of authenticity to the work.
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Post by Dabeagle on Nov 27, 2016 16:23:46 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip, Nico! I'll have to look and see what that is, exactly - I've never heard of it!
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Post by Nico Gray on Nov 27, 2016 20:09:58 GMT -5
The spiedie is kind of a combination of meat kabobs and a sandwich. It uses chunks of lamb, chicken, pork or venison, marinated for a day or more in an oil and vinegar marinade with lots of herbs (heavy on mint), then skewered and grilled. When through cooking, the meat and skewer is placed in a loaf of soft Italian bread or a sub roll, then the skewer is removed and the sandwich is ready to eat. So it's basically grilled chunks of very flavorful meat on a soft roll. But apparently it's so popular in central New York state that they hold an annual Spiedie Festival in Binghamton, making the spiedie something that could have an impact on the residents of Sanitaria Springs.
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Post by dgt224 on Dec 1, 2016 2:31:30 GMT -5
I've had chicken spiedies a couple of times at the New York State Fair in Syracuse (worth a visit if you happen to be in the neighborhood the last week of August) and a pork spiedie at the Spiedie & Rib Pit in Hinmans Corners on US 11, a couple miles north of Binghamton. I prefer the chicken, but both were pretty tasty. Definitely a carnivore's dish in either case, and very much a regional specialty -- I never heard the word during my thirty years in Georgia or the previous fifteen years in Minnesota.
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