of course, we always said of wiedemann's, that it was "the beer to have when you've had more than one."
never heard of spiedies--and have a feeling i should be grateful.
j
ps--apologies to those who may consider this exchange insufficiently revolutionary. we are sure to return you to your regularly scheduled ruthless critique of economic determinism shortly.
On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 08:41 AM, Jordan Hayes wrote:
>> Genny Screamers and Spiedies. You cain't hardly get more
>> isolatedly regional than a Genny Screamer and spiedie.
>
> You could get Genesee Cream Ale ("One brewery makes it best!") in
> Buffalo when I was a kid ... not that you wanted to! But to get
> Spiedies, you'd have to go further east to, say, Syracuse or
> Binghamton.
> Buffalo, of course, has it's own local food: wings and "beef on 'weck"
> (Kimmelweck). The former have made it out into the rest of the world
> (but don't get me started about anything that's breaded or has "BBQ
> sauce" on it), whereas I don't think there's anyplace else that has
> 'weck.
>