Long Island Foods (Babylon, Huntington, West Babylon: credit, house, shops)

[AlexisT]

Pizza, bagels, Italian food, and seafood. Yum.

[nancy thereader]

Pulled pork, Brisket, and hot links

I know what brisket is ( a Jewish beef meal??) , but I have never heard of those other two .

[Rachael84]

Pulled pork is good. I thought that was known for being in the south though. Nothing BBQ is well-known in the north.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by nancy thereader

Pulled pork, Brisket, and hot links

I know what brisket is ( a Jewish beef meal??) , but I have never heard ofthose other two .

Were actually known for Mutton, Tripe and Haggis.

Crooks

[Walter Greenspan]

Long Island potatoes, Long Island ducks and Long Island wines come to mind.

Suffolk County is number 1 in gross agricultural receipts among the current 62 counties in New York State.

[totallyfrazzled]

I agree with Walter on the LI duckling (there's a reason the Big Duck was originally constructed, LOL!), potatoes, and in recent years wineries.

There were many times during the 1960s and 1970s that we'd see "Long Island Duckling" on the menu of an out-of-state restaurant!

I can't believe nobody mentioned "Long Island Iced Tea"! It originated at the Oak Beach Inn. The usual recipe is equal parts of vodka, gin, tequila, rum, Triple Sec and sweet-and-sour mix to which is added either actual iced tea or some type of cola. I'm sure every bartender adds his or her own little tweaks to the basic recipe though, maybe substituting lemon and sugar for the S&S mix, etc.

[Elke Mariotti]

Originally Posted by totallyfrazzled

I can't believe nobody mentioned "Long Island Iced Tea"! It originated at the Oak Beach Inn. The usual recipe is equal parts of vodka, gin, tequila, rum, Triple Sec and sweet-and-sour mix to which is added either actual iced tea or some type of cola. I'm sure every bartender adds his or her own little tweaks to the basic recipe though, maybe substituting lemon and sugar for the S&S mix, etc.

Thanks for the recipe

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by totallyfrazzled

I agree with Walter on the LI duckling (there's a reason the Big Duck was originally constructed, LOL!), potatoes, and in recent years wineries.

There were many times during the 1960s and 1970s that we'd see "Long Island Duckling" on the menu of an out-of-state restaurant!

I can't believe nobody mentioned "Long Island Iced Tea"! It originated at the Oak Beach Inn. The usual recipe is equal parts of vodka, gin, tequila, rum, Triple Sec and sweet-and-sour mix to which is added either actual iced tea or some type of cola. I'm sure every bartender adds his or her own little tweaks to the basic recipe though, maybe substituting lemon and sugar for the S&S mix, etc.

Actually it originated in Speonk in the early 70s as legend has it , the name of the bar escapes me , but the Bartenders name was Cathy Sich.(aka Cathy Sick).

All Clear Coke SS and 3sec.

Blind

Crooks

[sean sean sean sean]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

Actually it originated in Speonk in the early 70s as legend has it , the name of the bar escapes me , but the Bartenders name was Cathy Sich.(aka Cathy Sick).

All Clear Coke SS and 3sec.

Blind

Crooks

I've never heard any story other than it coming from the original Oak Beach Inn.

Even the Long Island Iced Tea Wikipedia page references the OBI! The Speonk version sounds like a little east end sea shanty to me

[lialleycat]

Originally Posted by hotkarl

Cardboard pizza, hockey puck burgers...

If you're eating at the chain restaurants....

I've had some great pizza at local places. Chains suck.