![]() ![]() It is a ton of food and has a definite appeal to college students, who are looking to grab a bite to eat after a night on the town. Rolls or white bread are served on the side. So, he concocted an original combo plate with two hamburger patties and a choice of two sides - usually a combination of home fries, macaroni salad, and beans topped with a meat hot sauce. It is said that college students asked Nick Tahou for a dish with ”all the garbage” on it. The original, the garbage plate, was created at Nick Tahou Hots’ fast-food restaurant more than fifty years ago. The name is different, some places call it a trash plate, junkyard plate, or rubbish plate, but the idea is the same, and yes, there is a theme here. While I did not set out to recreate a specific restaurant’s hot sauce, I was heavily influenced by this recipe which claims to be a similar version of sorts of Nick Tahou’s sauce, based on the recipes that were circulating in the mid 80’s, when die-hard sauce fanatics claim the sauce was less sweet than today’s version. Nick Tahou’s has never publically shared the recipe for their sauce, and I doubt they ever will.Įvery restaurant and diner have their own version of a garbage plate. I knew if I missed the mark with the recipe, I would never hear the end of it. Rochesterians are passionate about their garbage plates, and the hot sauce the whole thing is smothered in. Garbage plates may seem a culinary oddity if you aren’t from Upstate New York, but around here they are a big deal. And while making a Rochester Style Meat Hot Sauce in my kitchen did sound tempting, I was pretty apprehensive. Anyone who does it all by himself is called “Ironman.A few months ago when I decided I wanted to recreate ALL of Upstate New York’s regional foods, I sat down and made a list. It’s an annual relay in which one student runs from the campus to Nick Tahou Hots, a second student eats a Garbage Plate as fast as he can, and then a third student, or the first, runs back to the campus. The names include Trash Plate, Pond Plate, Plat de Refuse, Compost Plate, and Garbage Empanada.Ī fraternity at the University of Rochester even created a charity event around the Garbage Plate. Imitations, under different names, are widespread in the area. ![]() It comes with bread and butter on the side and was named the fattiest food in New York State by. In the mid-1980s, it became popular with college students, who called it a “garbage plate.” The restaurant fought the use of that name, not finding it suitable for food, but in 1992, realizing the name wasn’t going away, Nick Tahou trademarked it.Ī typical Garbage Plate has a base of some combination of home fries or French fries, macaroni salad, and “hot sauce”, often with a hamburger or hot dog sitting on top with mustard, onions and hot sauce. The modern name evolved from customers not knowing what to call it and asking for the plate with all the “garbage” on it. In the late 1950s, the restaurant started serving burgers with the Hots and Potatoes. Originally called Hots and Potatoes, or “Hots and Po-tots” to regulars, the first ones were served only with hot dogs, cold beans, and home fries. The dish was not always called a Garbage Plate. “Hot sauce” being some chili based meat sauce. From the start, it has offered a dish consisting of fried potatoes, “hot sauce”, and various meats, sauces, and condiments. ![]() The original Garbage Plate and its variations can be enjoyed at Nick Tahou Hots, founded in 1918. Most places have signature dishes, and Rochester, New York is no exception: It has Garbage Plates.
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