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Creemee
You’ve heard of soft-serve ice cream, right?
In Vermont, soft-serve is interchangeable with the term “creemee.”
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Vermonters are especially fond ofmaple creemees, and rightly so, they’re delicious!
Vermont is known for its maple syrup and dairy, and when the two meet, it’s perfect.
A milkshake is just milk blended with flavored syrup.A frappe is a milkshake with ice cream.
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Sometimes, in Rhode Island, a frappe is also called a “cabinet” Now you know.
Except in Boston, but we’ll get to that later.
They’ve been popular since the Massachusetts-based Hood dairy started making them back in 1947.
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Jimmies
Want to start trouble at a New England ice cream stand?
Ask for your cone topped with sprinkles!
“Soupy” is short for soppressata, an Italian sausage that’sbecome a signature dish for Italian-Americansin the state.
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You haven’t been to Boston until you’ve had one from an old-fashioned Italian bakery.
A previous version of this article was originally published in August 2022.
It has been updated with new information.
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