Much appreciated, and I also agree in regards to Vernors
What Foodstuffs Best Define the Place Where You Live?
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As a recent transplant to Oregon I haven't had much time to absorb the emblematic foods in the southern Rogue Valley but have noticed a love of pig, whether as pork, ham, or bacon. One supermarket has the better part of an aisle devoted to bacon and other pork related products. And game is certainly more evident than in Big City LA, gimme some more of that bison.
What I' am missing is good Chinese food. So far, the restaurants I've tried range from mediocre to "what were they thinking!!??" On the other hand really great Indian cuisine is readily available. Mexican is good, but somewhat "Americanized". Really good pizza, not gourmet pizza, but really good neighborhood pizza, good crust, good sauce, cheese and toppings.
I've had some really great meals at a few old favorites in Ashland, great breakfasts, sandwiches, and perhaps the best French fries I've had anywhere. And I've enjoyed a lot of fries everywhere.
One thing about SoCal is from a food standpoint you can get a wide swath of the best of everything, especially Asian cooking, because of the large Asian population, and there's a lot of variation from Islamic Chinese to Dim Sum, all done at a very high level. Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, name it, it's there.
The Mexican food scene is also vibrant, with everything from fine dining "Federal" style to street trucks serving fresh made high quality product.
And they have Langer's, the best and best know world wide, for it's pastrami sandwiches. And there's Pink's, which is a temple of the hot dog.
Plus, LA has become a major center for pizza, not just the usual neighborhood product, but really authentic Italian style and some really intriguing multicultural varieties.
And last but not least, LA is the place of origin for the French dip sandwich and the Supermarket, and California is the originator of the breakfast burrito among a lot of other foods.
What I' am missing is good Chinese food. So far, the restaurants I've tried range from mediocre to "what were they thinking!!??" On the other hand really great Indian cuisine is readily available. Mexican is good, but somewhat "Americanized". Really good pizza, not gourmet pizza, but really good neighborhood pizza, good crust, good sauce, cheese and toppings.
I've had some really great meals at a few old favorites in Ashland, great breakfasts, sandwiches, and perhaps the best French fries I've had anywhere. And I've enjoyed a lot of fries everywhere.
One thing about SoCal is from a food standpoint you can get a wide swath of the best of everything, especially Asian cooking, because of the large Asian population, and there's a lot of variation from Islamic Chinese to Dim Sum, all done at a very high level. Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, name it, it's there.
The Mexican food scene is also vibrant, with everything from fine dining "Federal" style to street trucks serving fresh made high quality product.
And they have Langer's, the best and best know world wide, for it's pastrami sandwiches. And there's Pink's, which is a temple of the hot dog.
Plus, LA has become a major center for pizza, not just the usual neighborhood product, but really authentic Italian style and some really intriguing multicultural varieties.
And last but not least, LA is the place of origin for the French dip sandwich and the Supermarket, and California is the originator of the breakfast burrito among a lot of other foods.
I love beef!
On a weekend morning it's eggs, sausage, grapefruit and some sort of sweet, sticky bun!
Who doesn't have real butter from the Midwest, Heinz ketchup, jams from the Amanas ready to go?
And a freezer stocked with pheasant and walleye and hearty soups for the holidays!
On a weekend morning it's eggs, sausage, grapefruit and some sort of sweet, sticky bun!
Who doesn't have real butter from the Midwest, Heinz ketchup, jams from the Amanas ready to go?
And a freezer stocked with pheasant and walleye and hearty soups for the holidays!
Pizza
Bagels & Bialys
Dirty Water Hotdogs
Knish
Cheesecake
Italian and Jewish delis
Porterhouse Steak
Manhattan Clam Chowder
Waldorf Salad
Black & White Cookie
Chopped Cheese Sandwich
Italian Ice
Cannoli
Italian Bread
Manhattan Special Soda
Bagels & Bialys
Dirty Water Hotdogs
Knish
Cheesecake
Italian and Jewish delis
Porterhouse Steak
Manhattan Clam Chowder
Waldorf Salad
Black & White Cookie
Chopped Cheese Sandwich
Italian Ice
Cannoli
Italian Bread
Manhattan Special Soda
Bread, cheese, wine
Rise
Repeat
Im in France
Rise
Repeat
Im in France
Crab (King, Dungeness, Hair, etc.), Moose, Caribou, duck, salmon and other fish. Me? I'm almost exclusively a beef or pork eater. Pork ia uauLLY lAKn produced. My beef comes from a Nebraska ranch. {There is a local chocolate factory which produces a delectable "vanilla creme." And, of course, the "Girdwood Bakery."
Clams. That's what made Pismo Beach, California popular back in the day. We still have an annual Clams Festival.
Ha! Who doesn't love a sweet sticky bun or three. I've recently got into some locally made 'Danish' pastries....damned sticky but damned nice too
Jay.
I'm from Eastern Colorado originally and have found that people give me disgusted looks whenever I mention chili and cinnamon rolls, even as nearby as Denver. Definitely a (small) regional delicacy limited to Eastern Colorado, Western Kansas, and Southern Nebraska, it seems....
In elementary school and junior high during the winter we'd get chili and cinnamon rolls as a combo a couple times a month - lucky for me I had a friend who didn't like cinnamon rolls and always gave me his!
If you ever find yourself in Cambridge you need to stop at Fitzbillies for Chelsea Buns, and the Cambridge Cheese Company for deli and cheese.Ha! Who doesn't love a sweet sticky bun or three. I've recently got into some locally made 'Danish' pastries....damned sticky but damned nice too
Jay.
As for me, living in the Basel region of Switzerland...
- melted cheese
- sausages
- sauerkraut - or if you want to pretend to be fancy, over the border in France, choucroute d'Alsace
- Läckerli (spiced...biscuit similar to German lebkuchen)
- Rösti (grated potato)
- Zopf (braided bread similar to challah)
- muesli
Hoping over the border Northwest to France gets us a lot more ingredients at better prices too, but Alsace cuisine is basically Germanic. And Northeast to Germany is more of the same
Anything with fat and sugar. Mississippi isn't the fattest state for nothing!
This thread makes me hungry
Durham, NC USA.
Carolina BBQ. And tobacco. Although, tobacco is taking back seat due to Duke Univ. and the City of Medicine which was mostly funded by tobacco. Duke still swallows.
Carolina BBQ. And tobacco. Although, tobacco is taking back seat due to Duke Univ. and the City of Medicine which was mostly funded by tobacco. Duke still swallows.
Nebraska beef. Unrivaled anywhere else.
Dorothy Lynch salad dressing
VALENTINO'S pizza
Runza as fast food
Rotella bread.
Fairbury hotdogs (although now owned by Wimmer, still made in Fairbury Ne.)
BK Hermann popcorn.
Three of these are served at our beloved Cornhusker athletic games.
Dorothy Lynch salad dressing
VALENTINO'S pizza
Runza as fast food
Rotella bread.
Fairbury hotdogs (although now owned by Wimmer, still made in Fairbury Ne.)
BK Hermann popcorn.
Three of these are served at our beloved Cornhusker athletic games.