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Mphel833 t1_iwe12g2 wrote

What are we discussing?

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Massive_Fault9013 t1_iwe179s wrote

Yeah, it's not really a "Maine" thing - we just don't have much else to crow about. And who doesn't love 'em regardless of their regional name.

Perhaps if Maine wanted sell something truly unique we could get the Lobstermen's Association to donate their floating poly ropes to kill whales around the whole world?

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whogivesashart t1_iwe3lq0 wrote

Born in Maine and lived here my whole life. Whoopie Pies aren't that great and I have no problem with them being made somewhere else and sold somewhere else. I mean, Hiram Maxim invented the machine gun and that has kinda gone worldwide.

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seanmick OP t1_iwe3ozx wrote

Replying to Majestic-Feedback541 (#530,536)

Thought it was a Maine thing and found it odd seeing them here. Some families I know in Maine guard recipes, or so they claim. Thought NY was trying to steal some thunder. I'll just delete this. This is exhausting.

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nostlg80s t1_iwe3vgk wrote

I saw some Whoopie Pies a couple weeks ago in Naples, FL. You can also find Fluff, Sea Dog Blueberry and Shipyard PumpkinHead in Publix supermarkets. So many people in Florida are from the North it creates a maker for regional treats.

Other regional foods you can find in South Florida: Fort Lauderdale has a Primanti Brothers a Pittsburgh classic. Naples has a Skyline Chili, which is a Cincinnati thing There's a few Culver's fast food eateries, I understand these are a Wisconsin fav. There's a Nathan's Hot Dog restaurant near Fort Myers.

I'm sure theres several others too

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16F4 t1_iwe7und wrote

Not really a Maine thing. More of an Amish thing, I thought. All the Amish markets here in Maryland have them. Although the best whoopie pie I ever had I bought at a Maine craft fair from a company called “Forever Whoopies”. They also had gluten-free ones for the same price as regular.

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yupuhoh t1_iwe7x2t wrote

Cheaper than up here

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bugdude666 t1_iwe8n3v wrote

Meh. If they taste good, then cool. I’m not too attached to whoopie pies

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Consularis90 t1_iwe90eu wrote

I think Pennsylvania Amish also have a claim to the origin.

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16F4 t1_iwebm1t wrote

Replying to yupuhoh (#530,928)

Again, no. Several places claim to have started selling them around the same time as Labadies did in Lewiston. The Amish claim to have been selling them in road side stands since the 1890s. You go to the larger communities of Lancaster, PA, as well as the smaller ones around Johnstown, PA and they’ll fill you in on the history.

That being said, there are lots of good whoopie pies in Maine. Certainly the best I’ve ever had outside of Amish-made ones, but that is of course a personal preference.

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New_Sun6390 t1_iwebmgf wrote

Replying to seanmick (#530,540)

>First time seeing them outside of Maine. Never knew they had roots elsewhere.

WHAT?????? They didn't set up a barricade on the Piscataqua River Bridge to keep them from escaping the Pine Tree State?

THE HUMANITY!!! Call the treat police!!!

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yupuhoh t1_iwec4hg wrote

Replying to 16F4 (#531,011)

Not gonna argue about whoopie pies. I don't even eat the fckn things. But your links say one thing. The link you find when you Google it says first sold COMMERCIALLY in Lewiston in 1925. Road side stands don't qualify as commercial business last I checked. If you disagree with Google then please contact them

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gerise t1_iwedcn1 wrote

Pennsylvania Dutch Country also claims whoopie pies.

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16F4 t1_iwedlg0 wrote

Replying to yupuhoh (#531,049)

You in fact do want to argue because you started the argument. So, let’s correct your comments:

  1. Google says, “Labadie's Bakery in Lewiston, Maine has been making the confection since 1925.” No mention made that is was the first commercially sold whoopie pie. Google also goes on to write, “The now-defunct Berwick Cake Company of Roxbury, Massachusetts was selling "Whoopee Pies" as early as the 1920s, but officially branded the Whoopee Pie in 1928 to great success.” So, some controversy there.

  2. Road side stands, and craft fairs, do qualify as commercial business last I checked. Because the IRS checks. More that $600 sales and you get a 1099. That makes it a commercial sale as far as the government is concerned. But more generally when you make a product and you get money for it, it’s a commercial sale.

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Technical-Role-4346 t1_iwedukd wrote

Phew! I expected an argument about who makes the best ones, and which filling is correct.

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iamanitwit t1_iwefqna wrote

I enjoy Shaker Ponds Whoopie Pie ice cream.

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No-Lawfulness-770 t1_iwegp5r wrote

They are everywhere in Maine and i never saw them in my 47 years of living in New york.

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JStengah t1_iwemvmg wrote

Replying to yupuhoh (#531,221)

That's moving the goalpost though. You initially said they were first sold in Maine, then later changed to commercially sold. It doesn’t really matter who sold it first though, as none of the various claimants actually invented it so much as they started producing and selling something that already existed.

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DidDunMegasploded t1_iwev3hl wrote

I don't think whoopie pies are Maine-exclusive. We love them, and they're a beloved food here, but they aren't Maine-exclusive. Hell, the people that make these whoopie pies are based in IA.

That being said, I was never a fan of whoopie pies.

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IamSauerKraut t1_iwf767m wrote

Replying to 16F4 (#531,132)

The Amish, and Amish-lite aka Mennonite, pay sales tax so most certainly qualify as commercial businesses. But it's not just the Amish who have sold whoopies for decades; entirety of PA Dutch have, and have been doing so since before 1890. Gettysburgians will tell stories of whoopies present on the battlefield in 1863. 20th Maine did not bring them there.

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muthermcreedeux t1_iwgcgv3 wrote

Replying to 16F4 (#530,900)

The Whoopie Pie was first made to sell by Labadie's Bakery in Lewiston in 1925.

https://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcookies.html#whoopiepies

On a side note I will say I have not liked any of the commercially sold Whoopie pies in Maine except from Labadie's, and Bisson's Center Store in Phippsburg. Both of those taste like my mom's homemade whoopie pies, not cake patties with frosting, which is how most taste to me.

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16F4 t1_iwgepap wrote

Replying to muthermcreedeux (#535,043)

Try the ones you see at smaller venues (craft fairs and holiday fairs). Some of the cottage industry booths have really good ones. My favorites are made by “Forever Whoopies” I found at a couple craft fairs and the Whoopie Pie Festival.

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jarnhestur t1_iwgm6sa wrote

I’m sure they taste like they are from New York. I’ll give you $4 to keep them away from me.

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mtbsnow t1_iwgntaq wrote

Replying to nostlg80s (#530,586)

The shipyard/seadog beers in Florida are brewed at a contract brewery in Orlando. Also a few sea dog restaurants around down there. I always see allagash white on tap and at the ABC down there.

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waffles2go2 t1_iwhdrh9 wrote

I-95 runs drugs and whoopie pies from Maine to Miami...

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WhiskyIsMyYoga t1_iwi5h38 wrote

$4.99 for six stale whoopie pies from NY is not a “surprisingly low price”

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MuleGrass t1_iwig0a8 wrote

Pretty sure the cutoff sign on the left says “committed crime”

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