![]() ![]() On November 8th, 2009, the Facebook group Steamed Hams launched. An Albany, New York expression, its not to be confused with steamed clams. While the line has been quoted by fans since the episode aired, one of the earliest examples of it being used online comes from a November 15th, 2007 Urban Dictionary post by user Delaware Mike, who defines "Steamed Hams" as: Principal Skinner: Oh, not in Utica, no it's an Albany expression. Well, I'm from Utica and I never heard anyone use the phrase, "steamed hams." Principal Skinner: Yes, it's a regional dialect. ![]() Superintendent Chalmers: You call hamburgers steamed hams. Principal Skinner: Oh, no, I said, "steamed hams." That's what I call hamburgers. Superintendent Chalmers: I thought we were having steamed clams. Principal Skinner: Superintendent, I hope you're ready for mouth-watering hamburgers. After burning dinner and telling Chalmers that he's making "steamed clams" for dinner, Skinner attempts to convince Chalmers that what he had prepared "steamed hams" for dinner, an expression for hamburgers, he says, which is native to Albany, New York. The dinner, as per the trope, does not go according to plan, as Skinner burns dinner, leading him to cover the truth about dinner through elaborate and increasingly unbelievable series of lies. In the episode, which is an anthology of 22 short scenes about several of the citizens of Springfield, the character Principal Skinner has Superintendent Chalmers over for dinner in a play on the "dinner with the boss" sitcom trope (shown below). "Steamed Hams" comes from a scene in the Simpsons episode "22 Short Films About Springfield," which first aired on April 14th, 1996. ![]()
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