Regional Foodstuff's

[Professor S]

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.