<p>It’s either ketchup and sweet relish or onion, kraut, mustard not all of the above - before I eat a hot dog I have to decide which way to go. Usually that depends on the actual dog - standard = the Ketchup and kielbasa I go with the Germanic prep. Never chili or mayonnaise (pronounced maaa-naise with an ‘a’ sound like “Anderson”)</p>
<p>Marsian, there is an Australian “o” that I just can’t get my throat to do - certainly nothing like anything I’ve ever heard growing up in the South! In particular, it’s the word “NO” - and I swear it has all the vowel sounds in it.</p>
<p>I am in W.A. (Western Australia), though, and there are of course regional differences in Australia, too.</p>
<p>So, a BBQ and a cookout are two different things in the south? What makes them different, the food served? Here I think we just call it grilling for the most part. I don’t know that if you have a party in your backyard where the meat is prepared on a grill that it is called anything different then a party. It would be 'come on over for a party, we are going to grill steaks". That would let everyone know it’s outside, weather permitting :D.</p>
<p>Hot Dogs here are not gourmet food :D. Ketchup, mustard and maybe relish is pretty much all you see. Sometimes people will eat Chili dogs and may add cheese to that. When we were kids-one of the favorite school lunch items was “toasty dogs”. That was a hot dog with a slit part way down, a piece of cheese stuck in there wrapped in a piece of bread and baked in the oven until done. Loved those things as a kid, now, YUCK.</p>
<p>SteveMA – A barbecue is when a pig is cooked in a special kind of cooker or in a barbecue pit. The person cooking it chops it up, and people line up and serve themselves right from the pig. Barbecues are usually big occasions. In NC, there are at least three kinds of barbecue: Eastern, Lexington (the two main styles), and Western. The methods of preparation and sauces are different for each, and people argue over which is better. The side items usually include cole slaw, boiled potatoes, baked beans, and hush puppies or cornbread sticks.</p>
<p>A cookout is when people cook (people usually say grill) hamburgers and hot dogs, or maybe steak and/or chicken, on a grill. It’s usually just a backyard, smallish kind of thing.</p>
<p>Tired – My “o” actually sounds quite Australian (very long and vowely), but I’ve heard other Southerners say it differently.</p>
<p>I think there is a standard, accentless American speech–it’s what Walter Cronkite spoke.</p>
<p>By the way, where I was from in the South, you’d never use “y’all” as a singular, only a plural. “Y’all’s” is a plural possessive, as in “Did y’all get y’alls barbecue yet?”</p>
<p>Marsian–ok, so a BBQ to you would be a hog roast to us. Cookout/grilling sounds like it is the same thing.</p>
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<p>THIS. All y’all are making me very hungry, and it’s barely past breakfast time.</p>
<p>In Texas, BBQ involves smoking, usually beef brisket. It is not a light undertaking as it takes hours. Typically, the men get up at the crack of dawn, put the meat on the smokers and sit around and drink beer all day while “watching” the meat. A BBQ is a big special occasion - like a church picnic or a holiday. Otherwise, you just drive down to the truck stop and purchase your brisket and hot links pre-cooked. Also don’t be surprised in central Texas if the BBQ restaurant has no plates or utensils. They just slap your meat on a piece of butcher paper and you eat with your fingers. Also no sauce - just a dry rub. It’s all about the meat!</p>
<p>Also, grilling is a year-round sport in the south. My H (from MN) was astounded when I started up the grill in December to cook hamburgers. I didn’t know that there was another way to cook them! Now, he heads out back in any weather (last week we had pouring rain but we figured out how to grill under the porch roof.</p>
<p>Marsian - we also called a “barbecue” a "pig pickin’ " (without the final “g”, of course.)</p>
<p>Yum, hush puppies (the food, not the shoes.) Now THERE’S another Southern food I really miss!</p>
<p>A few pages back there was mention of Cincinnati Chili. My brother attended gradschool there and we had some. Not fond of 4 way (no raw onions for me) but it was strange to request beans to be added to my chili.</p>
<p>Pizza- being from NJ, we have thin crust and sicilian (thick crust), but Chicago deep dish is extra thick - Gino’s East</p>
<p>Philly Cheese Steaks - Pat’s or Geno’s?</p>
<p>Jim’s on South Street - right after a midnight movie at TLA. :)</p>
<p>Not a parent here, but something I’ve always found interesting is that people from the Midwest can tell where I’m from (the Region/NWIndiana) by my apparently strange accent.</p>
<p>Has anyone eaten bierrocks? My roommate brought them from Fresno, Ca and they are yummy! I had never heard of them before.</p>
<p>Has anyone caught the TV ad for L’Oreal’s Sublime Sun product? The woman pronounces ‘sublime’ as ‘sub-leem.’ Where is it pronounced that way?</p>
<p>^ I’ve only heard it that way in French. And I noticed it too - it just sounded weird.</p>
<p>^^ Only on commercials where they want to sound French ;)</p>
<p>soccergurl- I live in the Region now, and the closer to Chicago (or the deeper your roots are there) the thicker the accent. My brother has lived in Chicago for 15 years now, and he has lost all traces of where he was born and sounds like a Saturday Night Live sketch.</p>
<p>I heard that “sub-leem” too, and it stuck out for me!</p>
<p>In Detroit they eat “Coney Islands,” (or Coney Island Hot Dogs, or Coney Dogs, or just Coneys): beef hot dogs topped with beanless chili, mustard, raw onions, and some places additional spicing. It’s basically a variant on a standard chili dog, but the addition of mustard (and sometimes additional spices) gives it a distinctive twist. They appear to have been invented in Michigan, not on Coney Island. Most of the Coney Island diners/fast food restaurants in the Detroit area are owned by Greeks. </p>
<p>In upstate New York and Quebec, they eat “Michigan Dogs” (or just “Michigans”), their variant on a Detroit-style Coney Island, usually with a wetter, tomato-based sauce. I’ve always loved the geographic juxtaposition.</p>
<p>[Soda</a> Vs. Pop Map - Business Insider](<a href=“http://www.businessinsider.com/soda-vs-pop-map-2012-7]Soda”>Soda Vs. Pop Map)</p>
<p>Soda, pop or Coke? Here’s a map showing regional differences.</p>