Ingredient
Cheddar
Fifteen of the kitchens we read put cheddar on the menu, on 32 plates. Nine of them turn up under breakfast, and it comes as a burger more often than anything else, on eleven.
From 40 menus · cheddar is on 32 plates · How we read them
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Cheddar, fried or grilled
Our reading of the menus lists it fried at six kitchens, grilled at five, and both at three: Bad Monkey, Bull on the Beach, The Bayside Skillet.
fried · 6
On both sides: Bad Monkey, Bull on the Beach, The Bayside Skillet.
How it comes
The forms it turns up in, most first.
Where on the menu
The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.
How it's cooked
How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.
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The journey of cheddar
The same 32 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.
| Ring | Commonest | Plates |
|---|---|---|
| How it's cooked | grilled | 8 |
| How it comes | burger | 4 |
| Where on the menu | breakfast | 2 |
| Other | 43 other steps, added up | 75 |
| Not stated | the menu never printed that detail | 22 |
Every wedge, as a table
| Cooked | Arrives as | Course | Plates |
|---|---|---|---|
| grilled | — | — | 8 |
| grilled | burger | — | 4 |
| grilled | burger | not stated | 4 |
| grilled | not stated | — | 1 |
| grilled | not stated | not stated | 1 |
| grilled | salad | — | 1 |
| grilled | salad | not stated | 1 |
| grilled | side | — | 1 |
| grilled | side | breakfast | 1 |
| grilled | taco | — | 1 |
| grilled | taco | entree | 1 |
| melted | — | — | 7 |
| melted | burger | — | 3 |
| melted | burger | not stated | 2 |
| melted | burger | entree | 1 |
| melted | not stated | — | 3 |
| melted | not stated | breakfast | 2 |
| melted | not stated | not stated | 1 |
| melted | bowl | — | 1 |
| melted | bowl | not stated | 1 |
| fried | — | — | 6 |
| fried | burger | — | 2 |
| fried | burger | entree | 1 |
| fried | burger | not stated | 1 |
| fried | not stated | — | 2 |
| fried | not stated | entree | 2 |
| fried | side | — | 1 |
| fried | side | breakfast | 1 |
| fried | taco | — | 1 |
| fried | taco | entree | 1 |
| baked | — | — | 3 |
| baked | small-plate | — | 2 |
| baked | small-plate | appetizer | 2 |
| baked | dip | — | 1 |
| baked | dip | appetizer | 1 |
| griddled | — | — | 3 |
| griddled | burger | — | 2 |
| griddled | burger | not stated | 2 |
| griddled | burrito | — | 1 |
| griddled | burrito | breakfast | 1 |
| folded | — | — | 2 |
| folded | omelette | — | 2 |
| folded | omelette | breakfast | 2 |
| scrambled | — | — | 2 |
| scrambled | bowl | — | 1 |
| scrambled | bowl | not stated | 1 |
| scrambled | skillet | — | 1 |
| scrambled | skillet | breakfast | 1 |
| smoked | — | — | 2 |
| smoked | not stated | — | 1 |
| smoked | not stated | entree | 1 |
| smoked | sandwich | — | 1 |
| smoked | sandwich | not stated | 1 |
| other ways | — | — | 6 |
| barbecued | — | — | 1 |
| marinated | — | — | 1 |
| pulled | — | — | 1 |
| shredded | — | — | 1 |
| skillet | — | — | 1 |
| stuffed | — | — | 1 |
Travels with
What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.
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- Bbq3read by scriptall Bbqdistinctive
- Beef3read by scriptall Beef
- Pepper3read by scriptall Pepper
- Pickle3read by scriptall Pickledistinctive
- Pork3read by scriptall Pork
- Tomato3read by scriptall Tomatodistinctive
- Bacon2read by scriptall Bacondistinctive
- Brioche2read by scriptall Briochedistinctive
- Burger Sauce2read by scriptall Burger Saucedistinctive
- Crab2read by scriptall Crab
- Fry2read by scriptall Frydistinctive
- Green2read by scriptall Greendistinctive
- Ham2read by scriptall Hamdistinctive
- Patty2read by scriptall Pattydistinctive
Dishes
Known for: pan-fried, crepe, folded.
Pepperjack, bison and burger come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Egg, hollandaise and poached come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
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Our reading of the menu lists: vegetable, brioche, tartar.
The menu leans on country-fried, kaiser and tartar.
Our reading of the menu lists: patty, chip, pickle.
Brisket, Ipa Steak Sauce and roll come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Our reading of the menu lists: swiss, pickle, beef fries gravy.
Our reading of the menu lists jerk, sliced and jerk chicken.
Our reading of the menu turns up diced, cabbage and flounder.
Egg, omelette and hollandaise come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Known for: jus, Beurre Blanc Sauce, duck.
Our reading of the menu turns up roll, pickle and butter.
In the family
Where it sits in the ingredient lexicon.
One entry is all the menus we read give this. All cheese
Where on the island
The 15 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.
| District | Kitchens | Side of the island |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown / Inlet & Boardwalk | 1 | boardwalk |
| Lower Midtown | 2 | inland |
| Midtown | 3 | inland · oceanfront |
| Uptown | 2 | bayside |
| North OC | 1 | inland |
| West Ocean City | 5 | harbor |
| Day-trips ring | 1 | inland |