Traditional Maine food? (neighborhood, live, stores)

[dmyankee]

It's a New England thing. Adding beets to your boiled dinner and you can make the most delicious Red Flannel Hash with the left overs.

• 1/2 c. rye meal or all purpose flour
• 1/2 c. corn meal
• 1/2 c. coarse whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• ]3/4 c. molasses
• 1 c. sour milk

Mix the flours, cornmeal, baking soda and salt. Stir in molasses and milk. Mix well. Grease a 1 1/2 quart mold or 2 smaller ones. Fill not more than 2/3 full. Steam for a few hours.

[lovemaine]

Is lobster role a Maine dish? I've had lobster roll in ME and CT. I definitely prefer the ME version (mayo!). YUM! The CT roll was just plain lobster, with a little lemon squeezed on top.

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by lovemaine

Is lobster role a Maine dish? I've had lobster roll in ME and CT. I definitely prefer the ME version (mayo!). YUM! The CT roll was just plain lobster, with a little lemon squeezed on top.

Yes the lobster plays an important role in the lobster roll. I'd assume the lobster roll originated here but no one knows the exact history. A little(real) mayo, lettuce, and a dash of paprika on a buttered, grilled roll and THAT'S IT. Simple is better in this case. Lemon on a lobster roll??? What is this... Florida??? It's like putting celery in clam chowder!

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by dmyankee

It's a New England thing. Adding beets to your boiled dinner and you can make the most delicious Red Flannel Hash with the left overs.

• 1/2 c. rye meal or all purpose flour
• 1/2 c. corn meal
• 1/2 c. coarse whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• ]3/4 c. molasses
• 1 c. sour milk

Mix the flours, cornmeal, baking soda and salt. Stir in molasses and milk. Mix well. Grease a 1 1/2 quart mold or 2 smaller ones. Fill not more than 2/3 full. Steam for a few hours.

See there you go! I knew someone would have a brown bread recipe! Thanks
dmyankee. Agree on the red flannel hash ...trouble is we hardly ever have enough left over to bother with!

[RANGER.101ST]

Im From The County So For Me Its A Nice Thick Steak And Home Grown Taters,home Made Bread,home Brew,and Brocly.
Oh Did I Mention Home Brew?

[shadowfax1997]

Originally Posted by K-Luv

What is considered to be traditional food around Maine? I am aware of fried clam dinners and lobster dinners and Dunkin' Donuts , but there has to be something more then that? A bean supper? What kind of foods did your mom or dad cook when you were a child.

My 3 brothers and I grew up every sunday night having waffles with strips of bacon cooked into them, melted butter on top with icecream and pure maple syrup. Damn - drooling just thinking about it. We would eat and watch Wonderful World of Disney.

Homemade icecream. We got milk from the farm down the road. A gallon would have 3 or 4" of cream on the top. We siphoned it off and made icecream. So good.

Saturday night was baked beans with red hotdogs and brown bread. Haven't had that in years.

Gonna stop at the supermarket on the way home.

[RANGER.101ST]

Originally Posted by shadowfax1997

My 3 brothers and I grew up every sunday night having waffles with strips of bacon cooked into them, melted butter on top with icecream and pure maple syrup. Damn - drooling just thinking about it. We would eat and watch Wonderful World of Disney.

Homemade icecream. We got milk from the farm down the road. A gallon would have 3 or 4" of cream on the top. We siphoned it off and made icecream. So good.

Saturday night was baked beans with red hotdogs and brown bread. Haven't had that in years.

Gonna stop at the supermarket on the way home.

WE MUST BE RELATED THAT SOUNDS LIKE OUR HOUSE RIGHT DOWN TO THE RED HOTDOGS.

[mainesnowflake]

Every Saturday for dinner we had red hot dogs and beans with brown bread. Italian sandwiches are a Maine food, a foot long roll with cheese, ham, tomatoes, onions, green peppers, pickles, olives, salt, pepper and olive oil. If you asked for it outside the state you would ask for something like a submarine sandwich. New England boiled dinner was a Sunday favorite. I remember picking blueberries for yummy blueberry muffins.

[peachie_in_maine]

Well, here in Maine, we grew up on fried bologna, boiled dinner, hotdogs, beans, and macaroni scallop, steamers in the summer that we dug. Honestly I am not sure what would be all maine in my house, but I remember making a mean PBJ for all the neighbor kids on Saturday's and a container of "oh yeah koolaid".

Tami~peachie

[boonelsewhere]

boiled dinner

must be thing for colder climate, to keep the house warm. living close to equator most of my life, we tend to keep the cooking with heat as quick as posible to minimize heat up the house. will have to learn how to do boiled dinner when move to Maine.