Traditional Rhode Island Food - What to eat in Rhode Island

[@SandwedgeMon]

She really appreciated our Rhode Island Foods! Thank you!!! I love my state!

[@TheJustineCredible]

Clam cakes aren't anything like hush puppies, they're fritters. Hush puppies are a corn meal batter while clam cakes are a softer, more doughy batter that is risen before it's fried. A Cabinet is a milk shake. You specifically described a Coffee Cabinet. The one thing about Rhode Island that I always found so unique was what they called foods: Cabinets and Grinders. They don't call a sub sandwich a "Grinder" anywhere else. So unique. OMG...The Portuguese food in Rhode Island...incredible! I'd never had Portuguese food before and when I lived in Rhode Island my landlady was this sweet Portuguese woman who was thrilled to have a pregnant lady move into her upstairs apartment. She would bring me all sorts of soups and stews. Just the sweetest woman anywhere. As a "thank you" my neighbor, who lived on the third floor, and I made her a big platter of lasagna. Homemade, sauce and every thing from scratch. She took it to her family, who she stayed with on weekends. She was the nicest landlady I've ever had, really made living in Rhode Island the best experience ever.

[@c71score]

Made me think of my Mom. Her brother went to Brown, and my always volunteered to help with move-in/out days and it was because of the food.

[@RobertSmith-km6gi]

Saugys are the best hotdogs I’ve ever had. My dad would send me to the Olneyville New York System to get a 10 pound box of both Saugys and weiners. When I moved to Arizona for a few years, there was a small enclave in RI natives there. Whenever any of us went home to visit it was mandatory to return with bottles of Eclipse coffee syrup and weiners. Most Sundays after church we would stop at the bakery for a box of pizza strips. Lots of good memories.

[@bobz3779]

Bakery pizza strips. Federal Hill in Providence for Italian food. East Providence for Portuguese/Cape Verdian food. Narragansett and Newport for seafood. I miss home and the food.

[@timbuktu93]

Wow. I’m from Tucson and the fact that you knew Eegees is awesome, and now know what the frozen lemonade tastes like. Small world and thank you!

[@randydasilva6420]

You guys know your stuff. You went to two of the best restaurants in RI, O’ Dinis and Matunuck Oyster Bar. Great video as always!

[@WoltersWorldEats]

Thank you! We do try 😉

[@Newenglandah1376]

You need to try strip/party pizza and Dynamites up in the Woonsocket area.

[@counterfit5]

Dynamites are horrifically under appreciated

[@jntdhome]

Been out of RI for decades and I still make Dynamites. It's a go to comfort food!

[@sleepyburr]

Regarding Del's, you'd touched on the prominence of Italian cuisine in RI earlier in the vid. The original "Del" was Franco DeLucia of Napoli. When he emigrated to the USA, he brought over a family method of making crushed ice fruit drinks that's actually more akin to the technique behind sorbetto/Italian ice. It was his son, Angelo, who eventually founded the Del's that exists today. It was intended to be drinkable, so it's not quite as "stiff" as a true sorbetto, but that's why the ice they use has such a fine grind/crush to it.

[@WoltersWorldEats]

Love the history input! Thanks 😊

[@ForbiddenFoodTV]

I think you nailed nearly ALL of our local favorites. Two I'd add are party pizza/pizza strips from D. Palmieri's in Johnston and bismarks from West's Bakery in Hope Valley. We really do have some great food here and thank you for taking the time to shoot this video!

[@lisaanderson2900]

Well now I'll need to visit Rhode Island.

[@georgecurry6108]

Love all those foods omg I miss them so much

[@doreenmason7727]

Made me proud. Left for 30 yrs. Back now. We have the food. New appreciation after being land locked in Atl.

[@jenniferbenzie6594]

Oh WOW, Rhode island wouldn't have been on my rador but the drinks and food may change that! 😂😂

[@WoltersWorldEats]

I thought about going to college there at RISD. Anywho, It's an overlooked state but worth a visit if you're in the area.

[@jenniferbenzie6594]

@@WoltersWorldEatsthe RISD looks really ace! The Carr house building looks like a Harry Potter house or something 😂😂 It's DEFINITELY on my radar now, thanks ✨✨

[@BillGreenAZ]

I'm glad to hear that they have Sagres Cerveja (beer) in Rhode Island. It's my favorite beer from Portugal. As Jocelyn might say, "it's soo good!" In fact, I stayed in the city of Sagres when I was in Portugal. If you are ever back there stop off in this city. It is so photogenic. I call it a sleepy fishing village. I went to one of the restaurants overlooking the bay there and they had a sign near their large window that said, "No, this is not a post card." LOL!

[@WoltersWorldEats]

We've been to Sagres the city. And you're right, it is very picturesque!

[@jamesjohnson94]

You have to try a stuffie you get at any seafood restaurant

[@russgare6523]

Hmm no mention of soupy and i don’t think they make it anymore but I remember as a kid growing up in Rhode Island drinking Zarex and eating the mini Table Talk pies

[@russgare6523]

Also johnny cakes iggys doughboys and cowboy ketchup

[@BillGreenAZ]

I forgot to mention that an eegee's just opened near me a few months ago. Now I'm going to have to try their frozen lemonade drink.

[@WoltersWorldEats]

Months?! You've lived near an Eegee's for months and not had it?! Bill!

[@BillGreenAZ]

@@WoltersWorldEats I spent a few months in Tucson so I knew what the food was like already. I didn't realize how good the drinks were until you mentioned lemonade one. I'll report back here after I have one.

[@Dlucas425]

I would recommend trying some of the local Asian markets in providence, they have lots of good food.

[@offthebeatenpathadventures1348]

The saugy dog looks really good

[@djzouke]

Clam fritters, a favorite of my late mother, have their " fried" origin in Africa and the Caribbean.

[@garyhammond2213]

In RI they're called clam cakes. If you say fritters, you're not from RI.

[@djzouke]

@@garyhammond2213 I was born in Westerly. The place we went to called them fritters then. They might have changed the term, but I am not going to argue about it, Either way I never ordered them myself.

[@Chrissy4281]

We love this area. Our favorite restaurant (not so much one single food item) is Nordic Lodge in Charlestown, RI and it’s the best seafood buffet you will ever have. The grounds are beautiful and entertaining and you can lounge in their hammocks or sit in their Adirondack chairs overlooking the lake as long as you like. It’s a must visit in RI.

[@WoltersWorldEats]

That sounds lovely!

[@mrbushlied7742]

I was born and raised in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, I left RI back in '80. My favorite Rhode Island specialty is spinach pies. If you avoid ones with cheese or pepperoni, they're vegan and can be purchased from most Italian bakeries. Tomato pie (a thick pizza covered with tomato sauce and usually served cold, is also a Rhode Island specialty (and did NOT originate in Philadelphia!) is also worth a try and can be purchased from the same bakeries that sell spinach pies.

[@ramencurry6672]

I’m a huge fan of oyster and clams.

[@Katwoman4318]

Thank you. Yummy!

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

My family's heritage is portuguese and we have relatives who live in Providence, Pawtucket and Cranston.A must do for foodies is Westerly . All you mentioned are musts and are soo Goood. The WaterFire event in Providence which generally happens in October is something to see with a great munchie. Harriet and I have always enjoyed our time there. Thanks for the nice vlog. Be Well my friend. Harriet and Jim Richmond, Va.

[@WoltersWorldEats]

Voce e Portuguese? Que fixe 😉 one day I'm going to get to see the WaterFire!!!

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

@@WoltersWorldEats Sim, nos somos, voce vai desfrutar do fogo da aqua com a ajuda de Deus.

[@WoltersWorldEats]

@@costasworldofmusicmemories5792 obrigada, amigos.

[@b.c.t.4991]

I live in Rhode Island and I go clamming every summer with my moms parents and my cousins and I love raw clams and clamecakes

[@cryptopunk8703]

werd I need to visit Rhode Island one day 🏝 lol

[@prezac7]

Had to move to Nebraska after living around Boston for a while. Miss the Dels lemonade the most from RI. I have ordered the packets online, but just not the same.

[@WoltersWorldEats]

Yes, getting those local foods fresh is so much better. I feel the same way about boiled peanuts from the South. I just can't get the real thing here. Dels is stupid good too!!

[@vanrosauch5659]

Yummy 🤤 😋

[@JIMBEARRI]

Weiners are not [ I repeat, NOT! ] hot dogs. They are long sausages made with a natural casing filled with beef, pork, veal, and spices. Before cooking and serving, the lengths of filled casing are cut by hand into individual weiners.

[@livingworkingoutsidebox]

Yeah still a hotdog 🌭 😋 😅 😊 Just made different like a Vienna dog, all beef, or mix meat chicken beaks and feet types. Very very good tasting hotdog 🌭

[@Danzig420]

Also, you might want to reupload this and mention soupy, the locals around here are absolutely obsessed with it and have it down to an art form!

[@WoltersWorldEats]

Well, that would require me going back to RI to film. 😉 I'm glad you mentioned it though, this is certainly not completely comprehensive, there are always more local foods to talk about...but I simply have to stop at some point. It's really good to have locals like you add to the conversation! Thank you!

[@xfhnhhgjbvcfg]

This is legit! Wicked good kid!!

[@xfhnhhgjbvcfg]

Yes I'm from RI!! Yes yes yes!! The hot dogs are called Gaggers, at least in South county. So if you wanted the hot dog with all of the fixings you would say let me get a " Gaggah all the way"! Lol makes me laugh every time

[@WoltersWorldEats]

🤣 that's pretty damn funny!

[@ashgonsalves6524]

it is not just a hot dog with celery salt

[@Charlotte13118]

Go to Newport Creamery and get an Awful Awful, they are Awfully good 😉 If you can find one 😣 Also in Northern RI, Chelo's is a cozy family restaurant with Awesome desserts! Also, thirded or fourthed on the weiners. I was glad you specified no ketchup, that is a HUGE no-no on a weiner, but a weiner is not a hot dog. I can't remember the difference, if it has to do with the spicing or the meat composition, but there is a difference.

[@StamfordBridge]

I have to try that coffee milk. I lived in Connecticut for a decade and never tried it.

[@WoltersWorldEats]

It's interesting and unique to the area ..well, I've never seen it anywhere else.

[@jwfoise]

Portuguese sweet bread

[@way469]

Cold strip plain pizza, meat pies & Stanley burgers.

[@jimgood1949]

Is Cabinet similar to Italian Affogato?

[@WoltersWorldEats]

No, it's more like a milkshake. Coffee milk is much lighter in flavor than actual coffee and an affogato is more a dessert of gelato with coffee (strong coffee) poured over it...at least from what I've had in Italy. I've never had affogato in the States so it may be somewhat different here.

[@adventuresinlaurenland]

@@WoltersWorldEats frappe, not milkshake! A milkshake in New England is literally shaken milk, and they are serious about that 🤣 if ice cream is added, it's a frappe.

[@generations-now]

Are there healthy foods to eat in these places?

[@crazy-beautifulgg5978]

Yes

[@hasafienda]

Coffee milk is most known in RI, but really is a New England thing. I grew up drinking it. I haven't had in many years, but growing up in Essex County, MA (northeastern MA) it was quite common as at one point as a child.

[@WoltersWorldEats]

Really?! That is cool, RI is the only place I've ever encountered it.

[@tosht2515]

@2:40 *”Definitely the best Portuguese food I’ve had outside Italy.”* 🤔😆😆 *split top roll* - Y’all ate those fancy beach town hot wieners, Joc. NY System hot wieners in Providence are all on steamed hot dog buns almost 100% exclusively from Homestead Bakery. *lobster roll* - @3:37 Does Rhode Island lean Maine or Connecticut? *Excellent EATS episode.*

[@WoltersWorldEats]

Omgeee, I did say that!! I'm so embarrassed! What the heck?! Well, dang y'all know what I meant, right? Geez. As to lobster rolls, the ones I've had lean CT. That's not to say in other parts of RI they may lean ME. And tbh I have only had hot weiners near the CT border, never in Providence (cuz I'mtoo busyeating PT food). I wonder if that varies by area or if truly it's because Westerly is beach posh?

[@tosht2515]

@@WoltersWorldEats I love both but Connecticut style is my preference. Who ordered the Maine style in the video? *steamed buns* - I don’t know if it’s regional. All I know is all the really old and original hot wiener joints in Providence say they have to be steamed buns. *Did you try Pizza Strips?* I’ve had tomato pie in the states and sfincione in Italy but never Pizza Strips In RI.

[@WoltersWorldEats]

@@tosht2515 the rolls we had them on were steamed...but they weren't buns, definitely the rolls like you get with lobster. I've looked at that shot of the lobster roll, I have to ask Mark but, I think that might have gotten mixed up and be a pic from the Sea Swirl in Mystic, CT. 🤷‍♀️

[@tosht2515]

@@WoltersWorldEats Since you are a vocal Duke’s cheerleader I assume you like mayo so I thought you would prefer Maine style.

[@WoltersWorldEats]

@@tosht2515 if they used Duke's in ME I might could like it more. 😉😉

[@charleshall3372]

Row Die Lin is changing the name to Carbs

[@TMondo14]

RIP Señor Flacos

[@Danzig420]

Haha I work a few streets away from that plaza you’re in 😂

[@WoltersWorldEats]

Yeah? It's a lovely area.

[@ronaldyeater3322]

WRONG A WEINER ISNT A HOT DOG, they are specially made in and for RI by order, comes in 5' rope you cut to size, some places you say hot dog you go to back of line! Most states can't even sell them that's why famous, can put same stuff on hot dog like most do but not even close. Sry 51 years here in RI and they are serious, can go many places and say Weiner but it's a hot dog with stuff on side, before covid all the dives that grilled saugies until burst are closed 😢, atleast can grill them fishing or in yard lol. I like all stuffies Portuguese or not, but I make Portuguese and use all quahaug juice and double quahaugs lol, and chorizo, everyone loves but restaurants can't afford all that, but get whenever on menu and never ever dissatisfied yet lol. Tyvm

[@frednich9603]

Which is better, coffee milk or Kahlua and milk?

[@WoltersWorldEats]

😆 not quite comparable, right? Tbh I could only drink 1 of either as I don't have much of a sweet tooth.

[@frednich9603]

@@WoltersWorldEats I like Kahlua, even though I don't drink coffee. Weird, huh?

[@WoltersWorldEats]

@@frednich9603 Quite! I have a recipe for homemade Kahlua. I need to make a vid on it.

[@peterpain6625]

You had me at "ice cream makes everything better" ;) Looking forward to visit the us again once the plague is over with and the travel warnings for possible political unrest are removed. Thanks for sharing

[@WoltersWorldEats]

This pandemic is certainly on its way to being endemic so hopefully, we will be able to move around more easily soon. 🙏

[@cranken72]

You say "chowdah" funny. 😁. Weiners are not hot dogs! Del's language is amazing but sadly the online mix you can buy is definitely not the same!

[@adventuresinlaurenland]

We always called them gaggahs, not hot weiners 😂

[@counterfit5]

A gaggah is longer, which is why it gags you

[@pattywilkens5996]

Pizza strips! We used to make fun of anyone who ate those!

[@pattywilkens5996]

Y’all and ‘get me some’… yankee southern twang!

[@d.k5908]

You're like the "Bubba Blue" of clams. Thats all I got to say about that.

[@Luv2tickt]

"No one, and I mean NO ONE, puts ketchup on a hot dog. It's in the US Constitution." -Harry Callahan (Well maybe not the Constitution part, but it should be!) Hot wieners...who can't NOT laugh at that!

[@WoltersWorldEats]

It took me quite a few tries to get through that part of the video. You can tell because it was spliced like 6x. 😆 Maturity thy name is Jocelyn.

[@vanrosauch5659]

Wieners is always our go too but they took it off our menu . Don’t know if it’s a territorial issue 😂

[@WakandaBabe]

That is NOT a hot wiener. And a hot wiener is not 'basically a hot dog.' They taste nothing alike. geez

[@silkee59]

Hot Weiners are not Hot dogs -

[@vanrosauch5659]

She’s not born here than we who were here since 2 from another state . She from out the country they be sabotaging so bad smh it’s ridiculous.