The US: a state by state food map

[Onkel Neal]

Useful and yummy! Poor Utah!

http://larryfire.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/food-by-state2.jpg

[mookiemookie]

I submit that Texas shouldn't just be steak, but it should be chicken fried steak.

“Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak.” - Larry McMurtry from 'In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas' (1968)

[Gerald]

I say Texas, not only for food but for beautiful women :yeah:

[Takeda Shingen]

:haha:

Those guys in Pittsburgh will not like being represented by a Philly cheesesteak. That makes the map all the better. :D

EDIT: Nevada buffets. Excellent!

[Platapus]

Nevada :yeah::har:

[Skybird]

Do they really eat green jeans in Utah? :o Or is it a piece of a tent? Survival food?

[Takeda Shingen]

Do they really eat green jeans in Utah? :o Or is it a piece of a tent? Survival food?

That's what I was wondering too; why did Utah get Green Jello?

[Skybird]

That's what I was wondering too; why did Utah get Green Jello?

Soylent Green. It is the radiating remains of the members of the Pentomic division. :O:

[mookiemookie]

That's what I was wondering too; why did Utah get Green Jello?

Jello is a very Mormon thing.

http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive/2010/03/jell-o-love-a-guide-to-mormon-cuisine/37929/

And I sure do miss RI coffee milk. I don't drink coffee, but I loved that stuff.
http://s1.hubimg.com/u/1459476_f260.jpg

[Takeda Shingen]

Jello is a very Mormon thing.

http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive/2010/03/jell-o-love-a-guide-to-mormon-cuisine/37929/

Aaaaahhh. I did not know that. :up:

[tater]

Sad that they put pictures of chiles, but not NM chiles. Seranos, habañeros, Jalapeños... no Green chiles.

NM is also a large dairy state, and I think the 2d or 3d largest pistachio producer.

[Betonov]

Now that's a tour I want to do :D, eating the US of A

[GoldenRivet]

well as someone who has traveled coast to coast, and had a legitimate reason to visit all but perhaps 3 of the states in this great land i'll say this much...


... foods by state is one place where stereotypes DEFINITELY apply :up:

thats one thing i love about traveling - because when it comes to girls, cigars, fine drink and dining... variety truly is the spice of life, and i rarely meet with cuisine in any of those categories that i dont enjoy.:D

[mookiemookie]

well as someone who has traveled coast to coast, and had a legitimate reason to visit all but perhaps 3 of the states in this great land i'll say this much...


... foods by state is one place where stereotypes DEFINITELY apply :up:

thats one thing i love about traveling - because when it comes to girls, cigars, fine drink and dining... variety truly is the spice of life, and i rarely meet with cuisine in any of those categories that i dont enjoy.:D

I've been to a large majority of the states as well, and one of the keys to having a great time is telling random people you're from out of state and you "want a true taste of (insert state name here)'s food. Where should I go?"

Cabbies, bellhops and bartenders know some great places.

[GoldenRivet]

thats absolutely right.

I dont like going 800 miles to eat at a chain restaurant... i can do that 1 mile down the road. I like finding the mom and pop places, or those restaurants that are unique to the town. :up: they yield some of the best eatin' imaginable.

one of my favorite past times is the "$100 hamburger"... for those unfamiliar, that is loading up into a small private airplane with a buddy or two and finding an out of the way, hole in the wall place to fly into and have a bite to eat.

we went to this small louisiana town once and ate at what appeared on the exterior to be a nearly abandoned old truck stop or something, i had my doubts... but i'll tell ya - i have not found better crawfish anywhere yet.

here in my home town, we have a small place with 3 tables and a counter... run by a family of mexican immigrants. best Tamales I have ever had.

good food, like most things of high quality, must be searched out.:D

[Sailor Steve]

The Green Jello has been adequately explained, as has the Utah version of the pastrami burger. That's something I'd like to address, though. Utah is one place you can come to and actually find some specialized fast food that is worth sampling (I'm sure others have similar things but I just wanted to brag).

Crown Burger. Back in the 1970s a Greek immigrant started a burger joint that served pastrami burgers, steak sandwiches, barbequed pork sandwiches and other items not found in the usual chains. When an Arab mogul built a business tower across the street he wanted a parking lot, and Crown Burger disappeared.

Several months later it was back, less than a block away. I got the opportunity to ask the owner what had happened, and he said "Oh, their offer was too good to argue with. So good, in fact, that I was able to open this new restaurant and two new ones, plus loan money to my cousins for their own businesses!"

So now we have three Crown Burgers, Atlantis Burgers, Apollo Burgers, and Burger Palace, all serving pretty much the same fare. And it's good. :sunny:

[papa_smurf]

Wonder what a UK version would look like?

[Penguin]

I could recognize most stuff, but can someone identify the weird stuff people eat in the Dakotas, in MN and OK?


... foods by state is one place where stereotypes DEFINITELY apply :up:

I have only travelled a few states, but this is true definitely true for the ones where I've been. Same goes if you travel Europe, all your food cliché expectations are fulfilled ;)

[Platapus]

Nothing beats going behind Embassy Row in Seoul Korea and stopping off at Burger Jacks for a Shrimp Burger:yeah:

It is just like it sounds. :yeah:

[mookiemookie]

I could recognize most stuff, but can someone identify the weird stuff people eat in the Dakotas, in MN and OK?


I don't know what the Dakotas stuff is, but as for Oklahoma, okra is a vegetable that looks like this:

http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/images/okra/bendifry3.jpg

It can be pickled or added to soups, or in this case fried. It originally came from Africa, and its popularity in the south owes to it having been introduced to the Americas through the slave trade.

[nikimcbee]

Jello is a very Mormon thing.

http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive/2010/03/jell-o-love-a-guide-to-mormon-cuisine/37929/

And I sure do miss RI coffee milk. I don't drink coffee, but I loved that stuff.
http://s1.hubimg.com/u/1459476_f260.jpg

+1 jello and cool whip.:haha:

[breadcatcher101]

No state with TV dinners?

I hate those things.

[nikimcbee]

I think it's funny that or-gone didn't have salmon listed.:haha: This whole states universe revolves around salmon. I'm surprised they don't have voting rights.

I'd vote for dungoness crabs!:know:

[Penguin]

I think it's funny that or-gone didn't have salmon listed.:haha: This whole states universe revolves around salmon. I'm surprised they don't have voting rights.

I'd vote for dungoness crabs!:know:

The wise people who created this graphics made a smart choice: do not connect any state with salmon.
If they did, this could lead to a war between the pacific states - each one (including BC) claims to have the best salmon.

[Ducimus]

Jello is a very Mormon thing.

http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive/2010/03/jell-o-love-a-guide-to-mormon-cuisine/37929/

And I sure do miss RI coffee milk. I don't drink coffee, but I loved that stuff.
http://s1.hubimg.com/u/1459476_f260.jpg

I was about to post something along these lines. Mormon's love their jello for some reason.

[tater]

You should figure out some bizarre jello recipes to freak them out if you move there.

[Ducimus]

You should figure out some bizarre jello recipes to freak them out if you move there.

Nah, i think its impossible. They have a ton of jello recepies. The one my fiancee has is actually pretty damn good. I do like to order coffee in public though. Sometimes you'll get a dirty look. Then i'll hot slip it loudly. :O:

That said, i'll be happy if Utah remains tightly controlled by the mormons. I hope it does in fact. Cause i think it keeps all the people out that i'm trying to get away from, or at least discourages them from sticking around. So Utah, I raise this mug of coffee in toast to you and your jello!

[Growler]

Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs make Maryland cuisine.
Just like you can't get real Maine lobstuh outside of Maine, you can't get real Maryland crab cakes outside of Murland.

[Bort]

Being away from my native Chicago make me miss Chicago-style pizza all the more. I love that stuff. Giordano's, Geno's East, Uno's, and Lou Malnati's, all too good to forget.

[Aramike]

Man, you have no idea how good Texas looks in that graphic.