center sandwich, what a great name

there was a story on NPR this morning about a man who has been giving swimming lessons in his backyard pool for decades. what caught my attention was the name of his small new hampshire town: center sandwich. what a great name! i'd love to live somewhere with a food related name. are there any other food-centric city or street names out there? justjoan

My brother used to live on Strawberry Lane in Glenview.

Chicago

Sandwich, MA is the oldest town on Cape Cod.
Orange, CT, Orange, NJ, Orange, MA

There's Sandwich, Illinois.

jesteinf wrote:Chicago

Excellent!

Chicago is adapted from a Native American word meaning wild garlic or onion.

gooseberry wrote:Chicago is adapted from a Native American word meaning wild garlic or onion.

That's why he posted it.

Darren72 wrote:

gooseberry wrote:Chicago is adapted from a Native American word meaning wild garlic or onion.

That's why he posted it.

Okay, that's obvious. Thank you. But, I'm providing info. not provided by him for those who don't know and that should have been apparent dear.

Touché!

There's a Pie Town, New Mexico.

An incomplete list of American places with food-related names

My favorite might be Burnt Water, Ariz.

I'll go with Burnt Corn, AL or Hot Coffee, MS

jeez LAZ, your list has taken all the fun out of this thread!

i'd most like to live in pudding hollow, NY, if i had to choose. justjoan

justjoan wrote:jeez LAZ, your list has taken all the fun out of this thread!

i'd most like to live in pudding hollow, NY, if i had to choose. justjoan

List just makes it necessary to move beyond the obvious...as with Lima, Illinois, which I'm pretty sure was named after my favorite bean...or maybe that place in Peru.

david, i didnt even notice that they forgot lima, IL on the list. i've been to rabbit hash, KY, but never to lima. isnt it pronounced differently than the bean? just like cairo is mispronounced by people who live there. jj

justjoan wrote:david, i didnt even notice that they forgot lima, IL on the list. i've been to rabbit hash, KY, but never to lima. isnt it pronounced differently than the bean? just like cairo is mispronounced by people who live there. jj

Yes, I believe the people of Lima, IL, also mispronounce the name of their hometown.

If we're looking for place names related to food and beverages, don't forget Manhattan.

Today I learned from an episode of "This American Life" that there are two adjoining counties in Georgia named Coffee and Bacon.

Best,
Michael

David Hammond wrote:

justjoan wrote:jeez LAZ, your list has taken all the fun out of this thread!

i'd most like to live in pudding hollow, NY, if i had to choose. justjoan

List just makes it necessary to move beyond the obvious...as with Lima, Illinois, which I'm pretty sure was named after my favorite bean...or maybe that place in Peru.

Lima, Ohio, and lima bean are both pronounced with a long i, while the Peruvian city is Lee-ma, even though both the Ohio town and the plant were named for the South American city. But who's to say which is mispronounced?

The place names list is quite incomplete ... not to mention covering only the U.S. And if we're not going to worry about pronunciation or which came first....

Bologna, Italy

justjoan wrote:just like cairo is mispronounced by people who live there. jj

How is it mispronounced?

It's Kay-row in Illinois, Ki-row in Egypt.

eatchicago wrote:Today I learned from an episode of "This American Life" that there are two adjoining counties in Georgia named Coffee and Bacon.

Georgia also has a Bibb County, for your vegetal pleasure.

gooseberry wrote:Chicago is adapted from a Native American word meaning wild garlic or onion.

Specifically, it refers to what we call "ramps" today.

Pie Lady wrote:

justjoan wrote:just like cairo is mispronounced by people who live there. jj

How is it mispronounced?

nr706 wrote:It's Kay-row in Illinois, Ki-row in Egypt.

Cairo, IL is being pronounced correctly by those who live in Cairo, IL. I would not presume to say they mispronounce a place that's been around almost as long as Chicago, nor do I fault all of us for saying ill-in-oy, eye-oh-wa, or miz-oor-eee, which have shifted dramatically from the tribal terms and then the Jesuit applications (and, by all means, ill-in-oyce, eye-oh-way, and miz-oor-uh if it floats your paddleboat). Part of the beauty of placenames is that everybody is right.

In any case, our downstate CARE-oh is not so far from how many Egyptians pronounce their capital (al-Qāhira on their maps). Before Zahi Frigging Hawass sold his ka to the Discovery Channel, he said KAY-ee-ro. I am now tapping the Habibi and Antonius cards, +1 to summoning.

Oh, and, hi, my name is Santander. My favorite food-related town is Ham Lake, Minnesota.

The entire city of St. Louis is mispronouncing the name of their town

jesteinf wrote:The entire city of St. Louis is mispronouncing the name of their town

Ditto Des Plaines.

However, if you ride the bus along Clark, you'll be delighted to learn that the automated street announcer now correctly pronounces Goethe (or at least it sounds correct to me; must wait for confirmation from Antonius).

A couple more places in Illinois:

Crab Orchard Lake

Bone Gap

David Hammond wrote:Ditto Des Plaines.

And its motto, "City of Des Tiny."