(Barry Popik) wrote in news:84b64385.0409110538.6d9b55e1
@posting.google.com:
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>
> Green Death
> Haffenreffer Private Stock Malt Liquor (refers primarily to the 16 oz.
> bottles).
> Michael Howell
>

Rainier Ale, in Seattle, also known as Green Death. Especially the
"torpedo" bottles. I can't vouch for it (!)

>
> Jimmies
> Those little chocolate thingees you ask the guy at the ice-cream store
> to put
> on top of your cone. The multi-colored ones are "sprinkles."
>
>

Hardly unique to Boston. Common in Pittsburgh.

You might find some interesting regionalisms he
http://hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/maps.php

Note - not all food-related...but interesting none the less...

d;D