The roller coaster roaring, the ferris wheel safely rocking, down the still side streets to their four-room Brooklyn flats, the IRT, BMT subways, the surf fishermen come out.ġ2 September 1958, Logansport (IN) Pharos-Tribune, “Broadway and Elsewhere” by Walter Winchell, pg. watermelon, hot knishes, pizza pies, French fried potatoes, chow mein sandwiches, 1:įor a Treat After the Theatre or Afternoon Snack X11:īut none need go hungry, for food stands, in addition to the standard franks, hot corn, pop, ice cream and taffy, purvey such exotic items as knisches, pizzeria and chop suey sandwiches.Ģ8 March 1952, Berkshire Evening Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.), pg.
#BEST CHOP SUEY SANDWICH SALEM MA PLUS#
Vegetable oil for deep frying, plus 2 tablespoonsġ large white onion, cut into long thin stripsĢ stalks celery, trimmed and cut on the bias into thin piecesĤ ounces mung bean sprouts, well rinsed and patted dryĨ things you might not know about Chinese foodĪ delicacy favored in some New England Chinese restaurants, such as in Woonsocket, R.I., and the Oriental Chow Mein Company (pictured) in Fall River, Mass.Ģ7 June 1943, New York (NY) Times, “Coney Has a War Room” by Burton Lindheim, pg.
If the chow mein is strained it has no vegetables.
Typically, customers ask for their sandwiches to be “strained” or “unstrained.” This refers to whether they would like their sandwich with vegetables. Originating in Fall River, Massachusetts, in the 1930s or 1940s, the chow mein sandwich, which typically consists of a hamburger-style bun with a brown gravy-based chow mein mixture placed between and served hot, is popular on Chinese-American restaurant menus throughout southeastern Massachusetts and parts of neighboring Rhode Island. Chow mein sandwich- Sandwich of chow mein and gravy (Southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island).Ĭhop suey sandwich - Sandwich of chicken chop suey in gravy on a hamburger bun (North Shore of Massachusetts - the only known remaining restaurant serving this specialty is Salem Lowe at Salem Willows Park, Salem, Massachusetts.)
0 kommentar(er)
