Local Foods You Wish the Whole World Knew About

midgetthemighty

This is a spin off from the QOTD since it turns out that was a local/cultural thing.

What food(s) do you know of locally or culturally do you wish the whole world knew about? Anything you're not sure if it's local or not? Ask us!

I'm bored, okay? Entertain me! 

For me, it's goetta. It's huge up here with all the German people. We have a festival every year to celebrate it's awesomeness where it can be found on just about every kind of food imaginable.

Fun fact: The spell check doesn't even regonize goetta as a word.

chelseamb11

Two words. Cheese. Curds.
ETA The kind that are so fresh that they squeak when you eat them.

Ash61612

Chelsea, I have heard great things about cheese curds...

midgetthemighty

Food that squeeks? That's scary.

L&J2012

Here in Rochester we have garbage plates. They're an awful-for-you monstrosity that is popular with drunk college students. I've never had one because they're gross haha. Back in Buffalo we have Ted's Hot Dogs. They are an amazing little local chain and I have yet to find better hot dogs.

chelseamb11

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[QUOTE]Chelsea, I have heard great things about cheese curds...
Posted by Ash61612[/QUOTE]

So good. So unbelievably good.  I wish there was a way to safely send fresh cheese curds to other states. But there's not. You have to eat them within like a half of a day for it to work.

janeash

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[QUOTE]Two words. Cheese. Curds. ETA The kind that are so fresh that they squeak when you eat them.
Posted by chelseamb11[/QUOTE]

<div>Add some gravy and fries to that and you have the "heart attack waiting to happen" that is poutine.  Amazing!!!</div>

chelseamb11

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[QUOTE]Food that squeeks? That's scary.
Posted by midgetthemighty[/QUOTE]

Come to Wisco and visit me. You will understand what I'm talking about :)

kelsey+brandon

OH MY GOSH I LOVE CHEESE CURDS!!!

My grandparents have a house in Cooperstown, NY and they sell them at this place called Fly Creek (clicky). OMG they are so good.

I know everyone's heard of a BLT, but a lot of places in Raleigh (and probably NC in general) have friend green tomato BLT's with pimento cheese. So yummy, but so unhealthy. I always just take a bite of FI's.

chelseamb11

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Local Foods You Wish the Whole World Knew About : Add some gravy and fries to that and you have the "heart attack waiting to happen" that is poutine.  Amazing!!!
Posted by janeash[/QUOTE]

I adore poutine.

daria24

Sorry Chelsea, I wasn't a bug fan of cheese curds when I stayed in WI Unfortunately the food in PA that is local is kinda terrible. Shoo Fly pie is just a sticky sweet mess, we have our own version of "pot pie" which has no crust and instead is this sludge of slimy noodles and chicken. And then there's pigs stomach which I will spare you the details.

kelsey+brandon

Everyone knows about banana pudding, right?

chelseamb11

I'm hungry now.

midgetthemighty

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[QUOTE]Everyone knows about banana pudding, right?
Posted by kelsey+brandon[/QUOTE]

I do!

littleluckypenny

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[QUOTE]OH MY GOSH I LOVE CHEESE CURDS!!! My grandparents have a house in Cooperstown, NY and they sell them at this place called Fly Creek ( clicky ). OMG they are so good. I know everyone's heard of a BLT, but a lot of places in Raleigh (and probably NC in general) have friend green tomato BLT's with pimento cheese. So yummy, but so unhealthy. I always just take a bite of FI's.
Posted by kelsey+brandon[/QUOTE]

Small world; I go to Cooperstown and Fly Creek; FI gets cheese curds from there! 

Ash61612

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[QUOTE]I'm hungry now.
Posted by chelseamb11[/QUOTE]

for non-healthy food....

Ash61612

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[QUOTE]Everyone knows about banana pudding, right?
Posted by kelsey+brandon[/QUOTE]

love it

Tiffany6912

You guys have made me hungry!

I love panzarottis.. and I'm willing to guess they are a local thing.

chelseamb11

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Local Foods You Wish the Whole World Knew About : for non-healthy food....
Posted by Ash61612[/QUOTE]

Yeeeepp.

courtneyclare103

SO many! Let's go on a little photographic food tour of New Orleans...

The previously mentioned King Cake from the QOTD thread:


Beignets:


Shrimp Po-Boys:


Gumbo:


Boiled Crawfish:


Seriously...I could go on and on. I love living here! Yum!

littleluckypenny

I'm from the Caribbean, so I grew up eating saltfish!  It's so good, and it's normally eaten for breakfast.  It's salted cod that has been boiled with peppers and onions.  Usually accompanied with boiled green bananas and a mixture of oakra/kale. 

My other favorite is red peas soup, which you actually add sugar in your bowl when you eat it. 

My grandmother makes the best drink called mauby.  It's a fermented drink mixture of a certain tree bark, orange peel, sugar, ginger and spices.  You boil it all together and let it sit for about a week before you drink it.  Kinda tastes like ginger beer soda.

Tiffany6912

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[QUOTE]SO many! Let's go on a little photographic food tour of New Orleans... The previously mentioned King Cake from the QOTD thread: Beignets:<strong> Shrimp Po-Boys</strong>: Gumbo: Boiled Crawfish: Seriously...I could go on and on. I love living here! Yum!
Posted by courtneyclare103[/QUOTE]
We just had a family recently move into our town from New Orleans and they opened a po-boy restaurant. I don't know how authentic their shrimp po-boys are to what you get in New Orleans, but they are so delicious.

Zimsgirl

Hickory park is an awesome restaurant here. I actually had someone on the military brides board ask me about it because they tried it haha Sweet corn is big here but I'm not a fan. So ready to move back to Texas

midgetthemighty

You just had to include pictures, didn't you? lol *drools*

Tiffany, what are those? Explain please!

kelsey+brandon

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Local Foods You Wish the Whole World Knew About : Small world; I go to Cooperstown and Fly Creek; FI gets cheese curds from there! 
Posted by littleluckypenny[/QUOTE]

<div>So funny!! Do y'all go for anything in particular? It's so beautiful there!</div><div>
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Cassandra999

I never heard of geotta until a couple years ago when I roommate brought back some from her Grandma's in Cincinnati.  I just was down there last weekend with my parents and they had never heard of it either.  A friend had asked them to pick some up for them while they were there.

Tiffany6912

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[QUOTE]You just had to include pictures, didn't you? lol *drools* Tiffany, what are those? Explain please!
Posted by midgetthemighty[/QUOTE]
Think like deep fried pizza, but way better.

"a pocket of secret-recipe dough stuffed with generous portions of mozzarella cheese and homemade sauce. The pocket is then deep-fried to a crisp, golden brown, making a goodness all its own."
<a href="http://www.panzarotti.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.panzarotti.net/</a>

midgetthemighty

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[QUOTE]I never heard of geotta until a couple years ago when I roommate brought back some from her Grandma's in Cincinnati.  I just was down there last weekend with my parents and they had never heard of it either.  A friend had asked them to pick some up for them while they were there.
Posted by Cassandra999[/QUOTE]

Hooked now, aren't you? :) It's amazing that only 1.5 hours away from here, people don't know about it!

Tiffany, OMG I want.

kelsey+brandon

This isn't a food, but we have Cheerwine (clicky).

and

Bojangles

and Krispy Kreme

And you can't come to North Carolina without eating some barbecue:

(or mac and cheese or biscuits or collards)

North Carolina has Eastern and Western barbecue - Western has a ketchup based sauce and Easter has a Vinegar base.

We've also given the world Pepsi, Hardee's, Texas Pete, and Mount Olive Pickles.

courtneyclare103

Midge, I had to try to make people understand the awesomeness, haha!

ETA: Another reason New Orleans is awesome: I can post during the day this week because I have the whole week off of work for Mardi Gras break! Woo!

SheilaDancer43

I was going to say fried green tomatoes. I had never even heard of them until I moved to Alabama. They are soo good! I've never had them in a BLT though.