Talkin’ Beef

What a Beef and a Three-Way are, how to order one and where Beef Country is.

At 7 a.m. it’s 41 degrees and the neighbor is hosing off the kayak. By Thursday it’s 80 again. That’s fall in Beef Country.

James River is the tangy, slightly sweet sauce on a North Shore Beef. Who makes it, the Bill & Bob’s connection and where to buy it.

Wicked, packie, frappe and bang a uey, plus how to say Gloucester and Peabody. The words you’ll hear north of Boston, from the Beef counter to the rotary.

You crushed a Beef. Now what? Fluffernutter bars, whoopie pies, Hoodsies, cider donuts and the rest of the Beef Country dessert order.

“Famous” turns up on roast beef signs all over Beef Country. Where did it come from, and why did it stick?

What goes into a North Shore Three-Way, from rare beef and soft rolls to James River, plus how it compares with Philly, Chicago, New York and Buffalo.

Five Beef Country beaches, plus parking, tides, greenheads and a Beef.