Regional Foodstuff's

Professor S · 06-02-2004, 12:59 PM

I saw people talking about Poutine in another thread, and it made me realize that different areas of the US and Canada are well known for certain kinds of food. I've traveled a bit, so I'll start off with my impressions.

Toronto, Canada: Coffee. Tim Horton's makes the best damn coffee I've ever had. Screw Starbucks. Give me a 3 and 3 Tim Horton's everytime. I know some of you Candians might be saying "What about Poutine?" Well sorry, I think Poutine sucks. I like me French Fries crispy, not a soggy mess smothered in brown gravy and barely melted cheese.

Baltimore, Maryland: Crab Cakes. What else? They're massive and have little to no filler.

New York, New York: Hot Dogs. New York basically invented them and still serve them the best.

Charlotte, North Carolina: Fried Chicken. Note to KFC: Go easy on the breading. Its so much better that way.

Pittsburgh, PA: Nothing. Iron City beer tastes like crap.

Gainsville, Florida: Mexican food. I'm sure other places in the world make it better, but coming from the North East, it was like nothing I've ever had. Amazingly good.

Philadelphia, PA: My home town and creator and master of the Hoagie. For those of you that do not know what a Hoagie is, it is essentially a sub sandwich, but since we INVENTED them we get to NAME them. We make the best sandwiches in the world, hands down. New York thinks they do, but putting 5 pounds of corned beef smothered in mustard on rye bread is NOT a good sandwich. Sandwich making is an art and The Strangler comes from a sandwich people.

Dyne · 06-02-2004, 01:04 PM

Anaheim, California: The Crab Shack: Best Crab Balls ever.

Joeiss · 06-02-2004, 01:51 PM

Poutine is definitely more of a Quebec thing, not a Canadian thing. They even serve poutines at MacDonalds in Quebec, but not in Toronto.

Yeah, Timmy Ho's is awesome. I'm not a coffee drinker, but their hot chocolate is great. Also, their chicken stew in a bread bull is unbeatable, but I doubt they invented it...

And when I was in Pittsburgh, there was this restaurant that served sandwhiches with all of the side orders stuffed in the sandwhich. I forget what it was called, but it was pretty damn good.

And it looks like I'll have to go to Philly sometime to eat some mean hoagies. I love BIG sandwhiches, and if they are half as good as you say they are, then I'll stop there sometime when I travel later.

DimHalo · 06-02-2004, 02:16 PM

I thought St. Louis, MO was responsible for the hot dog. First to have them at baseball parks (i could be wrong).

How about pomme frites from Wiesbaden, Germany

Perfect Stu · 06-02-2004, 03:11 PM

Chicago's pizza > civilization

Canadian beer

Lobster from Nova Scotia

Florida oranges...yummy

Dyne · 06-02-2004, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Perfect Stu

Lobster from Nova Scotia

Totally. They even have McLobsters at McDonalds there.

I know American Nachos were born in a baseball park.

Joeiss · 06-02-2004, 05:27 PM

They have McLobsters? wow, that is amazing.

Jason1 · 06-02-2004, 05:41 PM

Pittsburgh, Home of the Primanti Burger!

http://www.primantibros.com/

Joeiss · 06-02-2004, 05:59 PM

Yep! That's what it is. My uncle lives there (he is a prof at Carnegie Mellon University) and takes us there whenever we visit. Great place.

Hero2 · 06-02-2004, 06:13 PM

Nebraska has "Runzas".

If you dont know what a runza is is kinda like a hot pocket but its stuffed with ground beef and cheese and there ALOT better. Im pretty sure that Nebraska is the only state that the fast food chain is in but im not sure.

DimHalo · 06-02-2004, 06:56 PM

Northeastern Missouri (Kirksville) has a pizza place that sells Ronzas which are basically the same thing. Just not authentic I guess

Typhoid · 06-02-2004, 07:10 PM

All B.C. really has is lots and lots of Beer...we dont really have a regional food, I'll actually say sushi. If your ever in Vancouver, go to the Japanese part and have sushi. Its the bast damn raw fish you'll ever eat. And sticky rice is freakishly awesome.

The Germanator · 06-02-2004, 09:31 PM

I just enjoyed a homemade turkey sub (hoagie, same thing) from Capriotti's tonight. Best sub ever. I got it in southeast PA, not Philly, but still, the influence is good enough that the sandwich kicks...

Joeiss · 06-02-2004, 10:09 PM

What exactly makes a sandwich a Hoagie, anyway?

Dark Samurai · 06-03-2004, 07:38 AM

Mexico/S.Cal = Churos!

Churos are a mix of fried bread, and sugar wrapped all around it.

Churos, man theyre good.