Ingredient
Spice
Thirteen plates at seven of the kitchens we read carry spice. Four of them sit under appetizer, and most often it is served as a dip, on two.
From 40 menus · spice is on 13 plates · How we read them
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Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →
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 spice
The same 13 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 | steamed | 5 |
| How it comes | steamer-pot | 1 |
| Where on the menu | appetizer | 1 |
| Other | 18 other steps, added up | 18 |
| Not stated | the menu never printed that detail | 11 |
Every wedge, as a table
| Cooked | Arrives as | Course | Plates |
|---|---|---|---|
| steamed | — | — | 5 |
| steamed | not stated | — | 4 |
| steamed | not stated | not stated | 4 |
| steamed | steamer-pot | — | 1 |
| steamed | steamer-pot | not stated | 1 |
| baked | — | — | 1 |
| baked | dip | — | 1 |
| baked | dip | appetizer | 1 |
| barbecued | — | — | 1 |
| barbecued | not stated | — | 1 |
| barbecued | not stated | entree | 1 |
| cajun-rubbed | — | — | 1 |
| cajun-rubbed | not stated | — | 1 |
| cajun-rubbed | not stated | entree | 1 |
| grilled | — | — | 1 |
| grilled | sandwich | — | 1 |
| grilled | sandwich | entree | 1 |
| marinated | — | — | 1 |
| marinated | sandwich | — | 1 |
| marinated | sandwich | entree | 1 |
| simmered | — | — | 1 |
| simmered | soup | — | 1 |
| simmered | soup | appetizer | 1 |
| smoked | — | — | 1 |
| smoked | wings | — | 1 |
| smoked | wings | appetizer | 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.
- Shrimp5read by scriptall Shrimpdistinctive
- Cocktail Sauce4read by scriptall Cocktail Saucedistinctive
- Cheese3read by scriptall Cheesedistinctive
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Dishes
Our reading of the menu turns up roll, pickle and butter.
Our reading of the menu turns up Our Tartar Sauce, crabmeat and crabcake.
Our reading of the menu lists: turkey, oyster, chicken filet.
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Our reading of the menu lists jerk, sliced and jerk chicken.
Our reading of the menu turns up steamed, soft crab and crab.
Hickory, ropewalk wings and rub come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
In the family
Where it sits in the ingredient lexicon.
One entry is all the menus we read give this. All seasoning
Where on the island
The 7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Midtown | 1 | oceanfront |
| Uptown | 1 | bayside |
| North OC | 2 | inland |
| West Ocean City | 2 | harbor |
| Day-trips ring | 1 | harbor |