What Foodstuffs Best Define the Place Where You Live?

[woodsroad]

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I spent a handful of days in Harford maybe 11-12 years ago for work and I could have sworn liver and onions was a local delicacy there! My wife and I walked into a back road diner for breakfast one morning and I'm pretty sure I heard a record player scratch as we walked in and everyone stopped talking and turned to look at us. I made the mistake of asking for bagels, the foolish New Jerseyan that I am, and was preceded to be given frozen lenders bagels they toasted in a regular old table toaster. I stood there tapping the counter waiting for it to pop up and get out of there ha ha. An interesting place. I'm pretty used to the eastern PA locality, but that was certainly a place.

Pepper Pot Soup sounds delicious.

Harford, PA?
That’s almost NYS!
Way off my radar, but I’ve driven past it.

Pepper Pot soup is a Philadelphia original. Tripe. My dad (born 1919) loved it.

Philadelphia Pepper Pot - Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia pepper pot, a spicy stew-like dish, is related to the pepper pot soup of the Caribbean region.

philadelphiaencyclopedia.org

 

[mawnansmiff]

If it isn't Krispy Kreme, it's not a doughnut

Quite right it's not a doughnut, though a crispy cream might well be .

I'm afraid when it comes to doughnuts I'm a traditionalist, I just like them fresh from the fryer and tumbled in sugar then in a bag for eating, no topping required.

Jay.

 

[Pipeoff]

Buffalo. NY is known for fresh tender roast beef piled high dressed with horseradish served on a large roll known as a Kimelwick Kizer type with caraway seed and corse grain salt. The better places cut the beef from a ships round, your choice rare or well done. Locals call it beef on wick.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Somewhere I had roast beef on a weck. May have been the Kimelwick Kizer, but they pronounced it "weck".

 

[Alejo R.]

Meet, Dulce de leche, Mate and alfajores

 

[churchlady]

Conecuh Sausage. Grill it outdoors. Throw some in your beans. Eat it with your pancakes. Bake it in your biscuits. Throw some on top of your cheesy grits. It's good eating.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Moose and Salmon. Or Pilot Bread if you’re from the village.

 

[Pipeoff]

Big boys in the rural areas of NY eat a colesterol pie. Sausage gravy on biscuits topped with two eggs over easy.

 

[Bassman65]

Ontario Canada. Maple syrup, peameal bacon, Tim Horton’s coffee, bagels, Beaver tails, ketchup chips, smarties, ice wine, Hawaiian pizza, cheese curds, map-o-spread, pickerel, moose, venison, bear, mudpout.

The last 7 are not for the urban populace, but from time spent growing up in small town Ottawa Valley.

 

[Pipeoff]

Ontario Canada. Maple syrup, peameal bacon, Tim Horton’s coffee, bagels, Beaver tails, ketchup chips, smarties, ice wine, Hawaiian pizza, cheese curds, map-o-spread, pickerel, moose, venison, bear, mudpout.

The last 7 are not for the urban populace, but from time spent growing up in small town Ottawa Valley.

Peameal bacon . I recall over 50 yrs ago, my father and I crossed the border from NY to Ontario just to import this style of bacon. The junk imitation in the US never had the texture and taste.

 

[Swiss Army Knife]

But isn't KK a nation wide franchise? I thought it started in S. Cal.

This was so blasphemous I about fell out of my chair and started foaming at the mouth. My wife had to grab the emergency Original Glaze to resuscitate me.

Krispy Kreme was born and raised in Winston Salem. The town's a baked goods Mecca in general.

And for BBQ it's got to be vinegar.

 

[jpmcwjr]

This was so blasphemous I about fell out of my chair and started foaming at the mouth. My wife had to grab the emergency Original Glaze to resuscitate me.

Forgive my heinous gaffe... Before they landed on our Northern shores (Monterey-SF-Oakland) the nearest KK was well South of us, and there were many in the LA area. And LA spawns all sorts of crap, I ass-u-med they were there. I hope you read my humble correction.

Krispy Kreme was born and raised in Winston Salem. The town's a baked goods Mecca in general.

And for BBQ it's got to be vinegar.

I have to agree, having had the proper BBQ for only a week, 40 years ago. Wish I could get it fresh here.

Wishing you a full recovery from your almost heart attack!

 

[Pappy Coon]

Nebraska/Midwest USofA:

Chili and cinnamon rolls (expert level if you put the chili on the cinnamon roll)
Bierrocks (meat and cabbage mix baked in a bread roll)
Runzas (fast food chain equivalent of bierrocks)
Fairbury Franks (the only hotdog served at Cornhusker games)
Switzel or Haymaker's Punch (gatorade before there was gatorade)

I still haven't tried the chili and cinnamon roll combo. The guys at work say it's fantastic.

 

[Sigmund]

In France yes, the cheese and wine.

Im going to have to add Duck as well as Oysters.

Beef in France is meh...nothing compared to the US. However, rare duck seared breast is a cornerstone and it is for me the beef of France. So tasty

I never ate raw oysters until I moved here and I love them. I put on a dash of hot sauce as opposed to how the French serve them. The French eat more oysters per capata than any other nation. You go to the grocery and there are at least half a dozen different types.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

Michigan also is the home of the Hani, a chicken pita wrap with American and Swiss cheese, lettuce, and tomato.

Invented in a Coney Island, a Hani is usually served with a side of ranch and pile of fries.

Is a Hani found elsewhere in the country (and just called a pita wrap)?

 

[mawnansmiff]

Tripe. My dad (born 1919) loved it.

So did my dad (born 1925), he tried it on us kids once but we just refused to eat it!

He also had mother make him liver & onions in a particular way. It smelled weird and looked terrible. It took me until my late 20's to actually eat liver.....in a liver & smoked bacon casserole.

Jay.

 

[AJL67]

Florida .. not much.

Key Lime pie, really good tart key lime pie, only place in the world they grow so i will go with that. Also just because someone says they have Key Lime pie doesn't really mean it's Key Lime pie, usually in other places they just use regular limes and call it what they want.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Except in the last 30-50 years, Key Lime trees are everywhere. it's quite possible to get a well made Key Lime pie right here.

But you're right on the probability it's not from Key Limes, and the real macgullah is a treat.

 

[AroEnglish]

Olive burgers and maybe coney dogs.

 

[mawnansmiff]

You actually

Key Lime pie, really good tart key lime pie, only place in the world they grow so i will go with that.

So you can actually grow pies in the US?

Blimey, learn something new every day I come on this Forum

Jay.