Maid-Rite
Dialect
- Meaning
- A loose-meat sandwich — seasoned crumbled beef on a bun, no binder.
- Type
- Dialect Word
- Used in
- Iowa
What does “Maid-Rite” mean
Iowa's answer to the sloppy joe, but dry-cooked (no tomato sauce). Named after a 1926 Muscatine, Iowa restaurant chain; the small Maid-Rite diners are still scattered across the state.
Where it's used
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