Dynascape: Cincinnati Chili does not represent Ohio.

Just Cinci, and Skyline is farking gross.

Sure, Cincinnati Chili does not represent Ohio, but Chili with beans and spaghetti in it, topped with cheddar, is common throughout the midwest.

However, I do challenge you to find any other food that is fairly unique to Ohio.

Now, as for Skyline being gross? You have no idea WTF you are talking about, but I suppose, as they say, de gustibus non disputandum est

Or something

Shouldn't lutefisk be for Minnesota?

Pwndululz: Amos Quito: Pwndululz: They got Utah right - Green Jell-O. Green Jell-O with carrots in it would have been even better.

Or fry sauce. Mmmmm.

Arctic Circle?

Bleh. Arctic Circle is only good for getting ice cream... And even then it's only decent.



I haven't been to an AC since they left N Idaho, but ya gotta love a place that calls its big burger, "the Gutbuster".

there4igraham: Nebraska = Beef

On beef, Nebraska has volume, for good beef you need to go north. NT, MT, ID and WA.

Don't get me wrong, if you're into mass produced industrial beef, Nebraska's the place to go. Not my thing though.

Excen: fruitloop: Golden Ace: What about Canada?

poutine

Or TimBits.

I am not going to be eating bits of Tim

Chupacabra Sandwich:
Chicago pizza > New York pizza

by a WIDE margin

Yep. Pizza is supposed to be a pie, not a cracker.

Sorry, ND, MT, ID and WA

Golden Ace: What about Canada?



Take your pick.

Skyline is fu*king nasty. Real chili has beans in it, and it sure as shiat DOES NOT have cinnamon in it.

Nightjars: Chupacabra Sandwich:
Chicago pizza > New York pizza

by a WIDE margin

Yep. Pizza is supposed to be a pie, not a cracker.

Thirded. I don't mind New York pizza for the quick, easy, cheap snack that it is; but there's really no comparison in terms of quality.

Part of the problem is that there's a chain calling itself "Pizzeria Uno" and passing crap off to the world as Chicago pizza. It isn't.

/could go for some Giordano's right about now

Obvious.

BC: Salmon
Alberta: Beef
Sask: Wheat
Manitoba: (?)
Ontario: Some produce; take your pick
Quebec: Poutine, smoked meat
Maritimes except PEI: Seafood, take your pick
PEI: potatoes

Easy

JNowe:
Don't know if it's still there, but when I lived there the gold standard for wet burritos was the Beltline Bar. I haven't thought about these for a long time since I can never find them, but I could really go for one now.

Oh yeah, it's still there with the same jingle on the radio. I seem to hear it every time I go back up to visit people in GR. Remember Jose Babushka's?

The_Sponge: A not so famous song by Warrant.

Snort.

Itstoearly: uberhund72: I'm sure the people in Vermont are thrilled to see New Hampshire is Maple Syrup while they are stuck with Ben and Jerrys.

Those know nothing jackwagons don't know the best maple syrup comes from right here in Vermont. Let New Hampshire have road kill meat loaf, or something.

Is it still a capital offense to reveal to those outside Vermont how good the VT Grade Fancy tas

Ohio's food should be fried Lake Erie perch.

Anything south of 70 is considered Kentucky anyway.

Wet burritos are a regional thing? I can't recall ever going to a sitdown Mexican joint and not being able to get one "wet".

Golden Ace: What about Canada?

Super Chronic: Part of the problem is that there's a chain calling itself "Pizzeria Uno" and passing crap off to the world as Chicago pizza. It isn't.

This drives me crazy. People point to Uno as an example of Chicago pizza. I'm not even from Chicago. People are idiots.

Leeds37: JNowe:
Don't know if it's still there, but when I lived there the gold standard for wet burritos was the Beltline Bar. I haven't thought about these for a long time since I can never find them, but I could really go for one now.

Oh yeah, it's still there with the same jingle on the radio. I seem to hear it every time I go back up to visit people in GR. Remember Jose Babushka's?

Oh hell yes, I lived not too far from there. Didn't they have a $20 laminated into the floor or something? I Googled it and it looks like they closed, that's too bad. The story also mentions that Studio 28 is gone. Dang, my first job was as an usher there.

SandmanMS: atomsmoosher: "Italian sub" = New Jersey. Oh, I don't think so.

Its called a Hoagie, biatches, and it came from Philly first, which is true, dammit, even if its a lie.

Unless you're from Norristown, then you gotta get a Zep.

For that matter giving ALL of PA a cheesesteak is just crazy. You can't get a decent steak outside the metropolitan area.

It should be funnel cake or something.

Woah woah woah, back that train up. There are some damn good cheesesteaks up here in the Lehigh Valley. My favorite is still Steve's but that's a northeast thing.

You can probably find a decent steak up your way, I admit, but certainly not in Harrisburg or Pittsburgh. You have Yocco's up your way, so I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Otherwise, it goes like this:

1) Dalassandro's + Chink's
2) Steve's Prince of Steaks
3) Places in Philly and surrounding counties that has a general appreciation of cheesesteaks.
4) What you can get in S. Jersey or the Lehigh Valley if you are lucky (no offense, mac)
5) Garbage.

Tell me where to go for a steak in the Lehigh? What do they use for rolls?

True Chicagoans love their thin crust.

Mensan: Hawaii

Pineapple industry is dead in Hawaii, btw. Just a few token farms mainly for the tourists.

lobstah, deah. ayuh. th' wicked big kind, yeh get right from th' docks.

JNowe: Oh hell yes, I lived not too far from there. Didn't they have a $20 laminated into the floor or something? I Googled it and it looks like they closed, that's too bad. The story also mentions that Studio 28 is gone. Dang, my first job was as an usher there.

I thought that I'd heard that Jose's was closed. I grew up in Grandville in the 80's/early 90's and remember going there with my family all the time. I remember the $20's being laminated, too.

inkling79: mynamebackwards: Another life long Arkansan that's never heard of a jelly pie.

Arkansas should be fried catfish.

Add me to the list.

/Mmmm...fried catfish.

agreed.

/Catfish Hole in Alma, Arkansas FTW!

I'm not all that well-traveled, and I think even I coulda come up with some better choices. You can get plain ol' cheese or steak anywhere, pick something characteristically local and it would be more interesting.

Wisconsin -- Cheese CURDS.
West Virginia -- wouldn't those sausage roll things they sell in every gas station be a better choice?
Texas -- barbecue brisket, or even Frito pie.
Pennsylvania -- I always think of Wawa sandwiches. (shrug)
South Carolina -- fatback

hughesrep: Ohio's food should be fried Lake Erie perch.

Or walleye.

/mmmmm, walleye

Golden Ace: What about Canada?

Canada? They've got the best dish in the world: Sweet, juicy, baby seal fat.

/That's fine eatin'

Indiana - Breaded pork tenderloin sandwich. No diner or greasy spoon would be worth its salt without it.

SwiftFox: Is it still a capital offense to reveal to those outside Vermont how good the VT Grade Fancy tas

Well played. I believe it is a capital offense to reveal that grade B tastes better than grade A.

fenianfark: binkyman: Oh, and can someone give me an easy okra recipie. I hear it is good stuff but we don't eat it up here. Never had it but can get it at the grocery store

Take some okra and cut it into slices.

Roll it in a mixture of corn meal, salt, pepper, and a little cayenne pepper. Fry it in a pan until it starts to brown.

Enjoy.

/Introduced my wife to fried okra, pickled beets and fried hominy

thanx, loves me some picled beets too.

rohar: Sapper_Topo: North Dakota = Knoefla? NO! North Dakota = Booze or Lefse or Lutefisk. But not gadamn Knoefla. Nasty ass shiatty German Dumpling soup.

Hundreds of thousands of Norse and Swedes and they picked a German dish? WTF? Author's obviously never been there.

/oofdah!

Farking sunflower seeds would have been more appropriate.


/loves me Giant seeds.

mbillips: I learned about chislic and knoeplah from this, so that was useful. Arkansas should have been fried dill pickles, and Tennessee should have been pinto beans and cornbread (East Tennessee, anyway). Tomatoes? Srsly? Take cornbread from Alabama and let them use white barbecue.

Coffee milk seems spot on for Rhode Island; nobody else has ever heard of it (kind like chislic, I guess).

I think frybread in Arizona is a rezz-only thing.

White BBQ? WTF is wrong with you?

You and buffet guy are what is known as "food stupid."

That you would put pintos on cornbread should be obvious as to why you can't have it.

HoboSong: Super Chronic: Part of the problem is that there's a chain calling itself "Pizzeria Uno" and passing crap off to the world as Chicago pizza. It isn't.

The other part of the problem is this city calling itself "Chicago" and passing it's ketchup souffle off to the world as pizza. It isn't.

It might be tasty, and might have similar ingredients, but it's not pizza.

Whatever you think of it and what to call it, you can't compare the sauce to ketchup.

DaddyRat: A coupla things here:

They misspelled "Cincinnati". Idiots. It's not "Cincinnati chili", it's "Skyline", and would really only be representative of Cincinnati, not all of Ohio, because the rest of Ohio does not deserve it. Gold Star sucks.


/now I'm hungry...

No, Skyline is the largest Cincinnati chili chain. There is also Gold Star, and just about every neighborhood has a local chili parlor where the best Cincinnati chili may be found.

atomsmoosher: SandmanMS: atomsmoosher: "Italian sub" = New Jersey. Oh, I don't think so.

Its called a Hoagie, biatches, and it came from Philly first, which is true, dammit, even if its a lie.

Unless you're from Norristown, then you gotta get a Zep.

For that matter giving ALL of PA a cheesesteak is just crazy. You can't get a decent steak outside the metropolitan area.

It should be funnel cake or something.

Woah woah woah, back that train up. There are some damn good cheesesteaks up here in the Lehigh Valley. My favorite is still Steve's but that's a northeast thing.

You can probably find a decent steak up your way, I admit, but certainly not in Harrisburg or Pittsburgh. You have Yocco's up your way, so I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Otherwise, it goes like this:

1) Dalassandro's + Chink's
2) Steve's Prince of Steaks
3) Places in Philly and surrounding counties that has a general appreciation of cheesesteaks.
4) What you can get in S. Jersey or the Lehigh Valley if you are lucky (no offense, mac)
5) Garbage.

Tell me where to go for a steak in the Lehigh? What do they use for rolls?

There's a number of places to get a good cheese steak up here.

1) Carl's Corner - Bethlehem
2) Michael's Steaks - South Side Bethlehem
3) Crossroads - Hellertown
4) Machs Gute - Bethlehem
5) Brass Rail - Allentown

The one main difference up here is just about everyone uses american cheese instead of wiz. Though you can get wiz at Michael's and a cheddar cheese sauce at the others. There's a few good bakeries up here were the rolls come from, Lusitania and Vallo's come to mind.

I worked in Philly for a number of years and commuted between there and the valley and I would put those cheese steaks up against a lot of what you can get in Philly.

As for hot dogs, since you mentioned Yocco's, the place you want to go up here is Pott's. It's right by Moravian College on Fairview Street. Their chili cheese dogs make Yocco's look like they're selling generic store bought franks.

Another new development up here is we now have sidewalk vendors selling food. A guy called Easy Weenies runs a hot dog cart on South Side Bethlehem. The dogs are Sabretts so they're good and he brings in a spicy sausage from NYC that is delicious. Plus he has home made sauerkraut that rivals what my grandma used to make.

mikesup: binkyman: Oh, and can someone give me an easy okra recipie. I hear it is good stuff but we don't eat it up here. Never had it but can get it at the grocery store.
M

Being from North Texas there are two styles of serving that get used. First is the traditional fried okra as mentioned, the other is okra as a staple of a good Gumbo, but that is more East Texas and Louisiana. Gumbo is pretty simple. Go out to any bar ditch in Louisiana, grab everything that has a soul, some wild rice, and okra. Then throw all ingredients into a stew pot and pour in spices till your eyeballs fall out of your head. Now, it may sound like I don't like Gumbo from that, on the contrary, I love it. I'm just saying, as long as there are creatures crawling in the swamp, ain't nobody in Louisian/E. Texas going hungry.

For fried Okra your best bet is to have a deep fryer, if not, you can fry in a pan, but it takes more attention.

10 pods of Okra, slice to 1/4" thickness
1 Large egg, beaten
1 Cup of cornmeal
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper (fresh ground is best)
Vegetable oil (enough to fill deep fryer, or if in pan you'll need 1/2 cup)

1. Soak okra in egg for about 10 minutes, then in a separate bowl, mix okra with cornmeal, salt, and pepper until well breaded.
2. Place into deep fryer or a pan heated to Medium High heat with vegetable oil. Cook until golden brown. For pan cooking, once the okra starts to brown, turn heat down to medium, since it is easy to overcook.
3. Drain on paper towels
4. Enjoy as a good side to a "Southern" meal like Chicken Fried Steak, Barbeque, or Fried Chicken; and a nice beer, preferably a Bock style.

Thanks to all the okras, will try this tomorrow.