Rhode Island - The Ocean State

Our Rhode Island meal was over 11 months ago and I am finally getting to writing about it.  In the past 12 months we only got through 2 states.  My goal is to finish up before Will leaves for college, which is less than 2 years away.

I have only been to Rhode Island once and it was a brief stop on the way to Maine.  Rhode Island is known as the Ocean State and the only thing I remember about Rhode Island is that Allen and I stopped there for lunch at a place surrounded by water.

The meal turned out well and it was an easy one to make.  The main course consisted of Dynamites, Red Clam Chowder and Roasted Brussels Sprouts.  Dynamites remind me of Sloppy Joes on a torpedo roll (that's what hoagies rolls are called in Rhode Island).  The dynamites were good but I like Sloppy Joes better.  The clam chowder was fantastic and I will definitely make this recipe again.  The brussel sprouts are Sydney's favorite (mine too) and are always delicious.  Every times she comes home brussel sprouts are on the menu.

To drink we had coffee milk, which is milk with sweet coffee syrup.  You can't but the syrup in the NW so I improvised.  Nobody liked ir, it was too sweet.

For dessert we had Johnny Cake.  It was just OK, to me it seemed liked having corn bread for dessert.