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What's the Most Famous Food From Your Home Town?
Posted by gtally • 2/23/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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I live in Palisade, Colorado, USA, which is well known for its peaches. Colorado in general is famous for several foods: Denver Omelettes, Rocky Mountain Oysters, birthplace of the cheeseburger:
wikitravel.org/en/Colorado#Eat
So, what's the most famous food from your home town or province? What is your region known for, in terms of food or drink?
Please embed a picture of the dish or drink, if you can!
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I live near Phoenix where we have a savory blend of Southwestern and Mexican foods. Ole!
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Man, MadMadMargo, you've made me hungry for guacamole and a margarita just looking at that!
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I'm surprised you didn't list Palisade peaches or Olathe corn. Those are my favorites from your area and why I travel to the western slope every August.
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Oh no, I'd never ever ever slight Palisade peaches. They'd run me out of town or something! I made the obligatory mention in the header. But you're absolutely right, MeMe, Olathe sweet corn is amazing!
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Oops, I overlooked that mention. I call 'em bend-overs, you have to bend over to eat 'em to keep the juice off your clothes.
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There's nothing better than a Palisade peach pie or Palisade peach cobbler. We buy them by the box-full and slice and freeze them so we can eat Palisade peaches all year.
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By the way, MeMe, our head housekeeper at the hotel makes homemade tamales for special occasions and birthdays, and brings in a Mexican birthday cake with the jelly and cream filling. They are both to die for! After you've eaten one of her tamales, restaurant tamales taste like rocks in your mouth...
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wow.. im craving for it.. hahahaha
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In Southern California we have various cuisines. My favorite is the veggie cuisine taught to me by the Seventh-day Adventists at Loma Linda who in turn have subcuisines of their own. Even though I am no longer affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventists, I still prefer that way of cooking.
The most famous foods in this area is probably VegiLinks. Do I use them? Hardly. They don't go well with me. But here's an approach to tofu out of Loma Linda that I think is superb:
1 block of firm tofu
1/2 cup fresh mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
1/2 onion chopped
1/4 cup brewer's yeast
1/8 cup tumeric
2 tablespoons oregano
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons parsley
1/8 cup olive oil
1/4 cup soy sauce
Sautee the onions and garlic till soft. Add tofu and soy sauce, then the herbs. Break up the tofu into the soy sauce and tumeric. The tumeric turns the tofu yellow like scrambled eggs and yet isn't eggy. Break and stir thoroughly. Add mushrooms and serve.
This goes great with unleavened flatbread or homemade bread of any kind. I like it with avocado or bell pepper.-
Now, that sounds yummy!
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I agree with MeMe. I've had tofu dogs before and liked them, but this sounds like its on a different level entirely.
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Well it is Chicago and we love our food here! We have the Chicago style hot dog, deep dish pizza, and of course, the original Pabst Blue Ribbon.-
I'll never forget Chicago-style pizza. I treated myself to a Chicago mushroom pizza to celebrate having survived a night of rape that I thought I wouldn't live through.
Never did pizza taste so good. And life wasn't quite so bad thereafter. -
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LynneaUrania ... all I can say is I'm glad you made it. And glad that you still found joy and appreciation in life.
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Have some pizza.
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While in Chicago, my friends and I ate a Giordano's...seriously the best pizza I have ever eaten!
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Chicken rice with 'Budu'..
Actually chicken rice is not the popular dishes but when it coming with 'Budu' it became famous and the restaurant that serves it hit the top selling.
Budu - it is a fish blend,salty and will make your mouth smell like hell.
Unique, exotic Malaysian food!
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That sounds really good. I'd like to try that someday.
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Off hand, I can't think of any food that my hometown, Toronto, is particularly famous for. If anything, it's probably something Italian, Chinese, Greek, Korean, American, Indian, Pakistani, Caribbean, French, Middle Eastern, Spanish, Mexican, Portuguese, Brazilian, Japanese ... or ... What can I say? We're a very cosmopolitan city.-
What about maple syrup? Or beaver tails? Too cliche?
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Maple syrup is too generically Canadian. And it's hard to find beaver tails in Toronto. I think they started in Ottawa. You can find them easily there, particularly sold from shacks on the Rideau Canal -- yes, ON, not beside the canal -- in the winter. The canal is said to be the world's largest skating rink.
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I've yet to visit Ottawa, so I'd like to try Toronto food sometime. How about a famous Toronto restaurant or deli with a signature dish? Anything like that? What should I absolutely not miss when I go? Is there a beer or alcoholic drink I gotta try?
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It depends a lot on what types of food you like. I wasn't kidding about the cosmopolitan nature of Toronto. We have a Greektown, a few Chinatowns, Little Italy, a Portuguese district, a Korean district ... I could go on and on. According to the City of Toronto's Web site (www.toronto.ca) there are over 100 languages and dialects spoken here. Most of those national/ethnic groups have a restaurant or two here.
If you're into beer, there are a few local microbreweries. Steam Whistle Brewery comes to mind. -
JoelKlebanoff: Coming from Colorado, I'm all about the microbrews! Denver is the "Napa Valley of Microbreweries", so it's worth a visit sometime. Here's a little something I wrote about how to get drunk in Colorado:
wikitravel.org/en/Colorado#Drink
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LOL! What? PBR not gourmet enough for you? I would have you know that PBR won the Blue Prize Ribbon at the Columbian Exposition, the same World's Fair that introduced the Ferris Wheel, Aunt Jemima's syrup and Juicy Fruit gum.
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OK OK, I'll get on a Ferris Wheel, chew some Juicy Fruit, eat some flapjacks with Aunt Jemima and wash it all down with a Pabst. Happy?
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This is total regional pride for my home state of Colorado. This was in today's Denver Post:
"The number of craft breweries in Colorado rose to a record 101 during 2008, cementing Colorado's position as No. 1 in the nation for craft-beer makers per capita."
www.denverpost.com/search/ci_11778063
Now, do we know how to get drunk in style, or what? -
Ok, I will admit to consuming my fair share of microbrews. Chicago also has microbrews. It's not all PBR and Old Style here. Goose Island Brewery is a Chicago mainstay and can be found all over the city at most good bars.
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Poutine!
It's been designed for people who stumble out of bars at 3am after drinking too much beer.
It's French fries with cheese curds drowned in gravy. It's the alimentary equivalent of a brick, but ingested at the right time, it's better than good!-
I love love love poutine! Had it the last time I was in Montreal. Are you Quebecois?
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@ Gtally since I didn't post at the right place:
Yeah, I'm from Montreal, world capital of poutine!
Did you try our smoked meat also? It's delicious.
We excel at foods that will pack your arteries with all kinds of stuff that will kill you sooner rather than later.
But hey, at least you die happy and full!-
I missed the smoked meat but did try sugar pie. And a maple tart. And a cornet a sucre. Lots of great food in Montreal. I stayed in old town, and really enjoyed touring the botanic gardens, Notre Dame, St Joseph's, the Olympic Park, riding the Metro, etc. I am in love with your city, its history and warm people.
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Haha, got a bit of a sweet tooth?
If you ever come back and like beef, you have to go to Schwartz for a smoked-meat sandwich. Give me a shout, I'll go with you!
Actually, just mentioning it is making me hungry...
"I am in love with your city"
Is it safe to assume that you visited not-in-the-winter?
Speaking for myself, I know that if I visited Montreal right now, I'd hate it. -
Didn't make it to Schwartz, but did read about it in my guidebook. I went in October 2007, and was there during a perfect Indian summer when all the leaves were changing on the trees. It was sunny and perfect. It's like that year round, right?
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Yy... yes.. It... it is like aaaaalll the time...
Man, my nose is growing...
October is a great time to visit. The fall is one of the nicest seasons over here (although I personally favour summer, but blink and it's gone.)
Schwartz is indeed a landmark. As a matter of fact they've expanded recently, they have a proper take-out section now.
As for the old Montreal, it's lovely, but it's pretty quiet and boring at this time of year. It really comes alive when the nice days arrive.
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Anything that causes a heart attack (In West Virginia) -
How about scrapple? You've got scrapple in West Virginia, right?
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I have no clue what that is. We have mountain oysters though and I'm not touching those no way Jose!
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Hey, scrapple is a Pennsylvania thing!
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Ewwww...! Not touching that either.
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I guess scrapple is a Virginia thing. It's like hot fried pate -- liver and grits and, as a waitress in a Virginia diner once told me, "all the leftover parts of the hog" ground up real fine and cooked in a frying pan. It's served for breakfast and is actually quite good. We've got those mountain oysters here in Colorado, too. But that's a whole 'nother discussion thread!
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Yeah, and I never ate it so I'm not going there. I have Native American blood and all and I can respect anyone who can eat the entire animal but my English side of the family says It ain't gonna happen!
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I've got it Shirley! What about biscuits and cream gravy!? Is that a West Virginia thing?
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Yup! Only it would be sausage gravy with bacon and eggs. Pinto beans and salt pork, Liver with gravey and onions. I used to eat that way. I don't any more. Heart attack food.
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I forgot all about salt pork! My friends from your neck of the woods brought me a whole salted ham hock once and I didn't have the slightest idea how to prepare it. So I just hung it in my pantry and there it stayed for months and months until eventually I threw it out. What do you do with a whole salted ham, anyway?!?
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Just make slits in it and put it in your pinto beans. The pinto beans have to be uncooked to start. I think they use it for pork and beans too. We just did pinto beans and cornbread when I was a kid.
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Scrapple just creeps me out. Obviously I am not a native Pennsylvanian!
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Truusst me. It's good. If you like pate, you'll love hot sizzling scrapple.
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Huh, now that I think about it, we don't have any signatures foods...I hate this place
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Well, what do Yogi, Pixie and Sian eat? Mr Weasel-o's "Tender Chunks" Premium Blend Weasel Food?
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I don't know about food but we have Texas Pete.
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The hot sauce?
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I grew up on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas....so, probably conch fritters. mmmm.-
What about stone crab? That has to be the best crab I have ever eaten in my life! The conch fritters are nice, too, but for the Bahamas, I'll take the stone crab. -
haha well, all the seafood in the bahamas is great. the grouper, lobster, snapper, crab...
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I've never had one or heard of them until this discussion thread. Now, I've got to go and find myself some. Although this is probably not an easy thing to do in a landlocked state like Colorado.
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Conch fritters are divine. The only place I've had them in the states was Key West. Are there other places in the states that serve them? I'd love to know.
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I haven't seen them in the States - I went to the Bahamas and had them there.
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Here in South Africa the signature food is boerewors, a country sausage. (Boere means farmer and wors means sausage). There are many different recipes for it, but my favourite is the Grabouw wors (named after a town in the Western Cape) because it is nicely flavoured with spices like cloves rather than hot chili.
We braai (grill) it and serve it as the meat dish at dinner. Say "bud-uh-vorz" and you'll come pretty close to pronouncing it correctly.-
I love to try new things. Yet another reason to visit South Africa. What about Amarula? Are you a fan of that?
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In the Pacific Northwest (United States & Canada) it's dishes with berries in it. During the summer we put berrier in everything, rasberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and cranberries just to name a few; though there are many more that are commonly used here. My personal favorite is Peach and Blackberry pie.-
Peaches are the best! Here's another shameless plug for my hometown, renown for its Palisade Peaches:
www.palisadepeachfest.com
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I Live in Sydney, Australia.. If you go around.. we are famous for every other countries foods.
But the one thing i like that is becoming popular is Kangaroo Meat in plum sauce. mmmmm-
I've read about kangaroo meat in other threads. What does it taste like, Kingjoe?
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It tastes like chicken.. LOL
no not really, but i felt like saying it. You have to eat it rare. that is the key. It can be a tough meat if over cooked, but is very lean (not much fat.
If cooked to perfection, the meat melts in your mouth. With plum sauce and caramalised onions it takes the experience to another level. -
Yeah, bison meat is pretty much the same way. Better rare or not at all...
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I don't think we have any "original" foods here in DC. But Ben's Chili Bowl was well known before, and is more famous now that President Obama ate there.
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I've been to Ben's Chili Bowl twice, and will probably go again later this spring. The chili is so smokey and savory and it's great to mop up the excess with your French fries.
But don't forget, Washington, D.C. is most famous for its *pork*! -
Ha! Actually we're probably famous for our "there's no such thing as a" free lunches. Where the real law making happens.
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I consider San Fransciso to be my hometown. I would say that sourdough bread is about the most famous food from there (rice-a-roni doesn't count--I have never once seen anything like that at any SF restaurants!).-
And Ghiradelli chocolate!
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Oh, that's true! YUM!
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OMG, I'll never forget how pervasive sourdough is in the bay area. Half of the breads on bay area store shelves are sourdough of various sorts. Even when you go out for a pizza, chances are, they will serve sourdough bread and a ton of butter to go with it!
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Exactly! Good thing for me is that I adore sourdough bread! I skip the butter though--at least most of the time.
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mtyler77, I like a Boudin Bakery sourdough bread bowl full of chicken soup, myself. Delicious. The best version we can get in the hinterland here in Colorado is Panera Bread, which I think is also a San Franciso-based company. Cioppino fish soup is also really good in San Fran. And you've got the best dim sum in the USA!
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And mtyler77, don't forget Cable car chocolate sundaes from Ghirardelli's ice cream shop, with little chocolate SF cable cars sprinkled on top. Fantastic.
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The worst thing about San Francisco sourdough bread (is it Columbo that has the red, white, and blue bags with the extra-sour bread?) is that it doesn't taste the same anywhere else. They import the brand up here to take and bake, but you don't get the same bacteria from the air so the bread just isn't as good. I'd give anything to be able to walk down the street and get a sourdough bowl filled with clam chowder for lunch today. I may have to settle for Subway. [sniff] Some days I miss the coast more than others.
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Don't forget the Crab at Fisherman's Wharf.
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In my county (in Sweden), there is a strong tradition of locally processed food. The most famous may be the cheese processing and the products from small village diaries. Delicious cheeses made in harmony with nature.-
Yum, kirewass. I've been looking on Wikipedia and Swedish cheese sounds delicious.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Swedish_cheeses
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Dirty sweaty kebabs and Chips/peas and gravy -
Now I'm intrigued: What does Chips/peas and gravy taste like? Is that with standard canned green peas, what we call LeSeur peas here in the U.S.?
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I live in Northern Michigan, "cherry capital of the world." Every summer, cherries are everywhere, festivals celebrate their abundance, and "pit spitting" becomes a sport. By the end of the season, I'm sick of cherries (and tourists)!
We're also known for our apples, and our ice cream (Moomer's was named the best in the nation after-all!).-
And Mackinaw Island fudge. Don't forget that! Yum.
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Well, I don't really have a home town but the place I've lived the longest is home of the chocolate-covered potato chip. [sniff] I'm so proud. North Dakota in general is well-known for it's durham wheat, without which pasta would be sadly lacking, however.
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All hail the chocolate covered potato chip! And we're really glad that your state is doing its part to make pasta so yummy.
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It's not famous but in the fish and chip shops in my town they do a thing called a patty which is mashed potato and sage made into a round patty then battered and deep fried. It's kind of like a fish cake without the fish.They are only sold in the chippys in my town and nowhere else.
They are very good in a breadcake, This delicacy is known as a Patty buttie.-
How far are you from Melton Mowbray and its famous pork pies, donkeh?
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About 150 miles that's in the midlands isn't it, I live on the north east coast.
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Donkeh, my geographical understanding of England's regions is hazy, at best. You're that little island that's not in Americaland, right? We haven't invaded or bombed you guys lately, have we? Maybe that's why I haven't recently seen a map.
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No you haven't invaded us because you already have countless bases here "protecting" us from the soviet menace. I think Melton mowbray is near Birmingham, I'm not too sure but I certainly like their pork pies.
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Those little meaty pies now have a protected Europen Union status to safeguard their integrity. Just like champagne has to come from Champagne, Melton Mowbray pies can only come from the town itself. Now that's one special pie!
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Basically England sucks!
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I have lived in Pennsylvania since 1989. Two of my favorite foods (they became my fav's while growing up in California so I am NOT biased) are:
Banana Splits and Rootbeer Floats
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You're tempting us again, Lizzy-poo! (drools)
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Lynnie-poo....you get to brag about all the yummy Mexican food that I miss. We have it here but it's not the same and some of the non-hispanic owners/cooks are just very, very confused. Send me a nice pic of nachos!
I was often rewarded with ice cream. As as toddler, if went a whole week dry I was rewarded with a trip to Baskin-Robbins in Ventura. In high school, if I got all A's on my report card, mom took me and a friend to Farrell's in Canoga Park. I always got a banana split.
I also have found memories of going to the A&W drive-in's. Back in the day, you had to visit the drive-in if you wanted to buy A&W rootbeer because it wasn't available at the grocery store! -
Look up at Margo's pic at the top. I dont' go to many Mexican places, being a vegetarian and because I prefer to use manteca for axle grease instead of those dadgum tamales.
I remember an ice cream shop in downtown Ventura. My folks would all go out back there in 1975 to pig out on banana splits like the one you just posted.
Ah, yes...A&W...and those new A&W places are nothing like they were around 1960.
I actually found an A&W in Bangkok of all places! -
Waoov, bananas+icecream and rootbeer are really looking delicious
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We try, Ophase, believe you me!
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I'm a little more partial to a Coke float than a root beer one. But they're both excellent.
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beer and peanuts ^_^-
They go together like Brad and Angelina. What would be peer and peanuts combined Paparazzi name, I wonder? Beernutifer? Peabeer? No, that happens already...
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beernutina
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I spent my teen years in California, and worked at the Nut Tree (a I-80 landmark for you Northern Cali folks). They made the best turkey tamales I've ever had. You could buy them by the dozen, frozen, to take home and devour at your leisure. They came individually wrapped in corn husks and were a treat I would splurge my hard-earned money on regularly. Just thinking about that big chest freezer makes me drool.
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Don't know about food but I can say without a doubt drink wise it's cider!-
Alcoholic or fresh pressed? (Please say alcoholic)
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Well both really, but we are a region of cider drinkers- more go for the alcoholic version..
This video will explain it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHtfZCMYCP0
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Windsor is famous for two things: Cars and Pizza -- only one of those things really applies here.-
Mmmm. Cars are delicious.
What's Windsor pizza like?
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I think Philadelphia corners the market when it comes to cheese steaks.
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Which is four favorite cheese steak place, Pat's or Geno's Steaks?
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@gtally neither those are tourist attractions. My favorite place is called Bill Paganos.
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originally from Philly so its got to be cheesesteaks and pretzels now I'm in Baltimore so its crabs-
What's your favorite Maryland crab dish? I think it's hard to beat the good 'ol fashioned Maryland crab cake. But I've only eaten them at the Inner Harbor. Is there a more authentic hometown restaurant you'd recommend?
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I live in Hanover, VA and we're known for our tomatoes.-
What kind of tomatoes, FC?
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Big, plump, juicy Hanover tomatoes of course.
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North Carolina BBQ. I love BBQ sandwiches.-
Me too! Esp with a hot, fresh jalapeno to bite into while eating it.
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McDonald's cheeseburger.-
Are you from Des Plaines, Illinois, birthplace of MickeyD's?
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@gtally: Here you can find information about the delicious cheeses I am talking about.
www.jamtland.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=408&Itemid=794...
They have a production of ecological, handmade cheeses made from both cow's and goat's milk. There are creamy dessert cheeses and more harder ones ... around 16-20 different kinds of cheese. -
Well I live in Salina, Kansas, and the first thing that popped into my head is Cozy Inn Burgers. The smell never leaves your vehicle if you take them home, haha. But they are good yummy mini burgers. This place has been open since 1922, and I guess the big deal is that you can by them by the sack.
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I pass through Salina about twice a year and I've never stopped there. Have to change my plans, next time! Do they have good milk shakes?
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i grew up in mannheim, germany...germany is known for plenty of things, but what comes to mind for me is stollen, fresh baked brochen and mulled wine. when i lived in salzburg we were known for Mozart Kuglen.....
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Stollen! Glugwein! Oh my God, I have some really good German friends and they send us Pffefernuesse, mulled wine spices and stollen every Christmas! Now it wouldn't be the holidays without their care package. Stollen goes great with a big dollop of fresh whipped cream over the top.
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yes!! my grandmother makes the best lebkucken each year...it's not christmas until i have my glühwein and cookies!
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(singing in a reverent voice)
"Stille Nacht Helige Nacht..."
We even have a Kristkindl market here in Colorado with the pyramids and nutcrackers from Seifen. Never miss it!
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I'm from Orange County, CA.. so hmm... oranges?-
I wish, but people kept cutting down those orange groves. The last one went down in Fullerton back in 1972.
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Yeah, had to build Disneyland on top of something.
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That, and all those condos and houses that are now in foreclosure.
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Let's tear a lot of 'em down and put up some orange groves!
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Seeing that home prices are dropping so fast that you can hear the wind whistle through their fins as they come down, you just might be able to buy up some tracts before long to do just that! Some are talking about prices going back to 1991 levels.
Just watch out for the county entomologist. A lot of the remaining groves are quarantined.
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Kringle.-
Are you from Racine? That's like a Danish, right?
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Lets see, the most famous food from my area would be Genesee German Sausage. Very good!-
When I Google that Idaho keeps popping up. What makes the Genesee German Sausage special or famous?
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In my home town in the Phillipines Cagayan de Oro City we have ADOBONG MANOK AND ADOBONG BABOY.-
What are the ingredients in ADOBONG MANOK AND ADOBONG BABOY? How do you prepare these dishes and where can you eat them? Are these dishes something you prepare at home or eat in a restaurant?
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GINATAANG MANOK... IT VERY DELICIOUS. FILLIPINO FOOD.
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Wikipedia says Ginataang Manok is chicken cooked in coconut milk. Sounds delicious. For more on Filipino food, click here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_cuisine
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rou kan- roasted dryed pork meat ^^-
Is that a dish from Malaysia or Singapore?
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Fish and chips - very English!! x-
Oooh. With a little vinegar splashed on the top -- fantastic.
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I can't think of anything in particular for my home town, or my state. But we do live in New England, so clam bakes, lobster, stuffed mussels, cod, oysters etc...are pretty signature foods.
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I hear that with the economy in the toilet, this is a really great time to eat lobster because it's really cheap. I also once heard that New England colonists once thought lobster was an incredibly nasty food fit only for the wretched poor and the lowest of the low to eat. So the good folks of Massachusetts were actually feeding their prisoners lobster! OK, that's it for my lobster trivia. Do anarchists eat lobster? What about Boston baked beans and Boston cream pie? Those are kinda regional dishes, too.
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Yes, lobster and clam bakes of all sorts were once considered to be rather..."peasanty" foods.
Some Anarchists eat lobster...this one does not. This one is now allergic to all seafood
Beans, I do love me some beans. I prefer, however, the New Jersey/Brooklyn style of dinner - namely kielbasa with mustard, and room temperature baked beans with either ketchup or BBQ sauce.
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[shudder] I was with you through the mustard...
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here in my town Davao city philippines, is the Durian fruit and our barbecue ,,,chicken and port.. with unlimited rice. LOL
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Durian fruit is so delicious and stinky at the same time. Last time I had it was as a shake in a Thai restaurant. Not bad.
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Cashew Chicken! The pride of Springfield, Missouri, where the Americanized Chinese dish got started (supposedly)-
Then yay for Springfield! There are so many good Americanized Chinese dishes --sesame chicken, lemon chicken, sweet and sour chicken. Hmmm. I'm noticing a theme here.
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I am from Atlanta. Believe it or not, we are a very cosmopolitan city and you can get any kind of ethnic food in the world, including Ethiopian.
We are probably best known for fried chicken, though, this being the south. If I were trying to serve someone a completely authentic southern meal, it would likely be: fried chicken, bisquits, gravy, green beans [not crunchy, nope, cooked all day with a ham hock], creamed corn, and peach cobbler for dessert.
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Are you interested in knowing a lot about the traditional delicious South Indian vegetarian dishes. Then please email to gviba@rediffmail.com
Gopal and Geetha Gopal-
Hey, tell us about some of those delicious Indian dishes right here. It sounds a lot nicer to eat than Spam!
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And here I thought Spam was invented in the good ol' US of A.
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Are you from the Great Lakes area? Do you go ice fishing?
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has anyone heard of Pontefract Cakes. They are large coin size discs of black licorice, hand stamped with the towns coat of arms (they still were in the early 80s by women on piece work pay). from the county of Yorkshire which gave the world Yorkshire puddings and the place names of half the towns in America.
Pontefract cakes (also known as Pomfret cakes and Pomfrey cakes) are a type of small, roughly circular black sweet measuring approximately 2 cm in diameter and 4 mm thick, made of liquorice, originally manufactured in the Yorkshire town of Pontefract, England.
The original name for these small tablets of liquorice is a "Pomfret" cake, after the old Norman name for Pontefract. However, that name has fallen into disuse and they are now almost invariably labelled "Pontefract cakes".
Originally, the sweets were embossed by hand with a stamp, to form their traditional look, but now they are machinery formed. The embossed stamp was originally a stylised image of Pontefract Castle.
The liquorice root used in these cakes was exported to Australia for the first time by a member of the famous Carter family who hailed from Pontefract. wikiepedia-
Sounds interesting, but I am not a huge fan of licorice. Are these cakes any good?
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shoofly pie & snickerdoodle cookies
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My God! Now *there's* an embedded image! I haven't had shoo fly pie in years, but remember that it's delicious.
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Boy, you've made us all hungry with this discussion question! I'd have to say fried chicken is a favorite around here. I'm from Georgia and I know you've heard of Georgia peaches. Another famous veggie you may have heard of is the Vidalia onion. They are grown in Vidalia, Georgia, about 30 miles from me. Vidalia onions are a sweet onion and can be cooked many different ways. I like to slice them and make onion rings. Delicious! One of these days I'd like to write a southern cookbook and offer on my website as a gift. Maybe one day soon... -
I had onion rings at lunch today. I wonder if they were Vidalia? Thanks for sharing!
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