Comments on: Hot Dog Buns and a Southern Belle http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/02/hot-dog-buns-and-a-southern-belle/ The blog for Plimoth Plantation's 17 Century embroidered jacket project. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:44:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Susan K. http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/02/hot-dog-buns-and-a-southern-belle/comment-page-1/#comment-1826 Susan K. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:34:35 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/02/hot-dog-buns-and-a-southern-belle/#comment-1826 I had NO idea there was a difference between New England hotdog buns and everyone else's. Oh, the things you learn here! In a similar vein, I'm always disappointed when I try to get iced coffee outside New England. When I ask for it elsewhere, it's usually not available and I get a "you want what?" look. When they say "sure", what is almost always provided is hot coffee poured over ice cubes. Yuk. And don't get me started on the subs/hoagies/heroes or frappes/milkshakes subjects... Exploring regional differences is a great reason to travel! I had NO idea there was a difference between New England hotdog buns and everyone else’s. Oh, the things you learn here!
In a similar vein, I’m always disappointed when I try to get iced coffee outside New England. When I ask for it elsewhere, it’s usually not available and I get a “you want what?” look. When they say “sure”, what is almost always provided is hot coffee poured over ice cubes. Yuk.
And don’t get me started on the subs/hoagies/heroes or frappes/milkshakes subjects…
Exploring regional differences is a great reason to travel!

]]> By: The Embroiderers’ Story » Blog Archive » Random http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/02/hot-dog-buns-and-a-southern-belle/comment-page-1/#comment-1819 The Embroiderers’ Story » Blog Archive » Random Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:46:29 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/02/hot-dog-buns-and-a-southern-belle/#comment-1819 [...] Lacey’s experience with the hot dog buns rang a bell for lots of transplanted New Englanders who miss the familiar buns of their youth. Isn’t it funny what you miss? Years and years ago I spent a year in England and missed Oreos. Like crazy. When I can have them any time I almost never do. And yes, I’m sure while there I saw The Jacket at the V&A, but alas I had no idea how important it would become in my life and so wasted the chance to really SEE it. [...] [...] Lacey’s experience with the hot dog buns rang a bell for lots of transplanted New Englanders who miss the familiar buns of their youth. Isn’t it funny what you miss? Years and years ago I spent a year in England and missed Oreos. Like crazy. When I can have them any time I almost never do. And yes, I’m sure while there I saw The Jacket at the V&A, but alas I had no idea how important it would become in my life and so wasted the chance to really SEE it. [...]

]]> By: Mary Jane Gantzler http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/02/hot-dog-buns-and-a-southern-belle/comment-page-1/#comment-1814 Mary Jane Gantzler Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:47:57 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/02/hot-dog-buns-and-a-southern-belle/#comment-1814 How I laughed and loved the story of the hot dog rolls. I am a native New Englander and have lived all over the world and never could find "real" hot dog rolls and when I would tell people about them they would have no idea what I was talking about. I never liked the horizontally sliced buns so avoided them. Settling in northern Virginia in the mid 1980s, I frequently visited my mother in southern NH and I carried with me a shirt box so I could bring back two or three packages of rolls each time for the freezer. After retiring to Williamsburg, VA in 2006 and since the death of my mother in that year, I have not made trips to New England. Just recently I heard from a fellow New Englander that one of our grocery stores had REAL rolls and that they sold them near the seafood counter (for lobster rolls I presume). And they are sold as "New England Style" hot dog rolls. Three cheers for the red, white and blue - and NE hot dog rolls!!! How I laughed and loved the story of the hot dog rolls. I am a native New Englander and have lived all over the world and never could find “real” hot dog rolls and when I would tell people about them they would have no idea what I was talking about. I never liked the horizontally sliced buns so avoided them. Settling in northern Virginia in the mid 1980s, I frequently visited my mother in southern NH and I carried with me a shirt box so I could bring back two or three packages of rolls each time for the freezer. After retiring to Williamsburg, VA in 2006 and since the death of my mother in that year, I have not made trips to New England. Just recently I heard from a fellow New Englander that one of our grocery stores had REAL rolls and that they sold them near the seafood counter (for lobster rolls I presume). And they are sold as “New England Style” hot dog rolls. Three cheers for the red, white and blue – and NE hot dog rolls!!!

]]> By: coral-seas http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/02/hot-dog-buns-and-a-southern-belle/comment-page-1/#comment-1789 coral-seas Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:47:59 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/02/hot-dog-buns-and-a-southern-belle/#comment-1789 Hi Lacey, thanks for giving us a laugh at your expense. I'll bet we have all been in the same boat when faced with something unfamiliar. Hope you have a great summer at the plantation. CA Hi Lacey, thanks for giving us a laugh at your expense. I’ll bet we have all been in the same boat when faced with something unfamiliar. Hope you have a great summer at the plantation.

CA

]]> By: Teri McCarthy http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/02/hot-dog-buns-and-a-southern-belle/comment-page-1/#comment-1787 Teri McCarthy Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:23:36 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/02/hot-dog-buns-and-a-southern-belle/#comment-1787 Hi from Ohio. Here they are sold as "New England Style" hot dog ROLLS, not buns. Kind of hard to find, but our Kroger (midwestern grocery chain) has a store brand. I get them when I buy bratwurst for my boyfriend- it's hard to get a brat into a regular (side split) and have it actually fit! Hi from Ohio.
Here they are sold as “New England Style” hot dog ROLLS, not buns.
Kind of hard to find, but our Kroger (midwestern grocery chain) has a store brand.

I get them when I buy bratwurst for my boyfriend- it’s hard to get a brat into a regular
(side split) and have it actually fit!

]]> By: Robbin Douglas http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/02/hot-dog-buns-and-a-southern-belle/comment-page-1/#comment-1786 Robbin Douglas Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:31:34 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/02/hot-dog-buns-and-a-southern-belle/#comment-1786 Oh, Lacey, I did enjoy your story. I moved to Massachusetts when I was 6 and we had never seen those buns either. Such a lot of bread and hard to get the hot dog into, once we figured them out! (I always buy the type you know on the rare occasion that I buy them.) I still remember going to school and all of the kids would get on the bus and say "Hi Bonnie", which seemed such a strange name for a man. I think I was an adult before I could look back and realize that the man's name must have been Barney. I certainly never figured it out at the time! Robbin Oh, Lacey, I did enjoy your story. I moved to Massachusetts when I was 6 and we had never seen those buns either. Such a lot of bread and hard to get the hot dog into, once we figured them out! (I always buy the type you know on the rare occasion that I buy them.) I still remember going to school and all of the kids would get on the bus and say “Hi Bonnie”, which seemed such a strange name for a man. I think I was an adult before I could look back and realize that the man’s name must have been Barney. I certainly never figured it out at the time!

Robbin

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