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My mum came over to visit and she brought a Louisiana Crunch Cake for tea. When I saw the box, I could not help but think of my dear friend Cay, from LA! It got me to thinking how fun it would be to know what everyone's regional specialties are. For instance, I live in the Boston area so I would say something like Indian Pudding or Boston Cream Pie.
Of course as we ate the cake and tea (well, we had coffee) I got to talking about all you lovely friends and about how blessed I am to know so many wonderful folks from all over the country - and the world!
So please would you share with me, what foods define where you live?
Cay, I have no idea if this cake was authentic (it was an Entenmann's ring cake with a delicious almond-y glaze) but I would love sometime to serve a tea snack that really represents your roots! And how about Texas, New York, California, Florida, Virgina, Australia, England, my fellow New Englanders ... etc.? 
It could be a fun geography lesson for the kids, too!
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We live in Oregon. Ours would be salmon (prepared any way, but especially brown sugared, or hazelnut covered or smoked), marionberry pies or cobbler, filbert crusted anything (filberts are hazelnuts, Oregon grows almost all the non-imported hazelnuts sold in the US).
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Oooo...fun idea Dawn!! Although I'm not sure if my answer fits like your example... 
I grew up in Southern CT (New Haven county) where there is great ethnicity and Mom and Pop restaurants. Two of things that we boast where I'm from are: some of the first modern pizza's and hamburgers (see links...)
So my friends all make fun of these claims! Now usually people think: NY Pizza or Hamburgers from Germany.... But we called it New Haven pizza and a New Haven Hamburger...although I'm sure no one else is aware of it!! (And there MAY be more history of the pizza beginning in NY, but New Haven definitely has the hamburger staked for its own!)
New Haven register aricle about New Haven pizza
Info about Pepe's in New Haven at wikipedia
Info about Louis' Lunch in New Haven and the Hamburger at wikipedia
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When I first moved to Brisbane from the state of Victoria as a 13year old, long donuts filled with cream and jam was in every bakery that I had never seen before - they are called simply jam donuts. Interestingly I got the picture of one from a site that calls them jam and cream eclairs? That is not my Australian understanding of an eclair - eclairs have a harder shell.
Pavlova is a distinctive Australian food - Erin posted a good receipe recently on the board and I just shake my head that the world has not cottoned on to it!
Lamingtons are an old fashioned Australian food that make me think of school fundraiser drives . These are not one of my personal favourites.
Anzac biscuits are a traditional biscuit with a traditional name, they are a yummy, crunchy bite.
Custard tart is another sweet that I would say is in every bakery throughout Australia - this was my childhood favorite!
Scones with jam and cream! Everyone's nanna or grandmother would serve these if you came to visit!  Only the girls from the UK might protest it is THEIR cusine - because an image search of scones all came from UK sites - that is obviously a bit of our English heritage showing through.
Well that's a start, I am sure Erin or Leonie could add more or different ones I have not thought of, plus I didn't touch savoury dishes at all.
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Crab cakes.
Anything with crab.
A traditional Maryland crab feast has big long tables covered with newspaper, little hammers and picks, some corn on the cob (and maybe 1 other side), and PILES of crabs. Old Bay seasoning, too.
It's a Baltimore thing, hon.
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guitarnan wrote:
A traditional Maryland crab feast has big long tables covered with newspaper, little hammers and picks, some corn on the cob (and maybe 1 other side), and PILES of crabs. Old Bay seasoning, too.
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In the summer we eat a lot of fryed panfish like Walleye or Sunfish. There is a taco salad at every get-together...lots of whip cream salads(with fruit) too.
Is this typical for you other MN ladies?
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Up here, it's Texas Hots. Basically a largish hot dog, you can get white or red. A really local favorite is the Garbage Plate it's veryyy yummy, but you pretty much have to starve all day to be able to eat a whole one, and if you go really late at night, fend off the drunks.
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Mexican food and barbecue here. Lucky me
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I'm with Michelle in OR.. but we're so far from those things she mentioned that I didn't even think of them  out here about the only thing local is beef... sagebrush?
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Oh gosh...............where to begin!!
UH..........boiled crawfish, boiled crabs, boiled shrimp.
Jambalaya, crawfish pie, file gumbo!!!
boudin......chicken andouille gumbo.....king cake.
roux.........poboys, dressed!
I could go on and on.!!!
Now I am hungry...........
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more.............
red beans and sausage, duck, oyster, andouille gumbo........anything with okra.,,, grillades, rice dressing........
most anything that crawls on the ground ,swims in the water,,fried, stuffed or blackened!
It's true....cajuns will eat almost anything!!!
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Add to that Maryland crab thing another specific - crab soup. Usually the soup of the day on Friday at anyplace in Baltimore, hon.
Also, Thanksgiving dinner includes as a vegetable sauerkraut and kielbasa. Maybe only if you are from a German or Polish background, but it IS weird if you weren't raised on it.
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Back home in New Orleans it's Debris Po-boys ( from Mother's a local eatery), muffulata's and beignets to name a few.
In my new home outside of Philly it's Cheese steaks and tastykakes.
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I'm hungry  .
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humanaevitae wrote:
In the summer we eat a lot of fryed panfish like Walleye or Sunfish. There is a taco salad at every get-together...lots of whip cream salads(with fruit) too.
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Ah, yes. And don't forget LUTEFISK and LEFSA!!!!
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marcie wrote:
Oh gosh...............where to begin!!
UH..........boiled crawfish, boiled crabs, boiled shrimp.
Jambalaya, crawfish pie, file gumbo!!!
boudin......chicken andouille gumbo.....king cake.
roux.........poboys, dressed!
I could go on and on.!!!
Now I am hungry........... |
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Marcie - my first thought....."Jambalaya, crawfish pie, file gumbo" - hummed of course!
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I grew up in upstate NY, so my favorite was Friehoffers baked goods. The best breads, cookies, you name it!
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msclavel wrote:
I'm hungry .
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Me, too!
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Being from that area as well - I hear you. Nothing particularly distinct. If sagebrush was edible that would be the one.
I think in general the west (except for Pacific coast and the southwest) don't really have a lot of very specific regional foods. The one that I can think of that sort of is a specialty here in Colorado that you don't find in a lot of locales, is Rocky Mountain Oysters - for the uninitiated that would be beef or sheep t*sticles, breaded and deep fried. A couple others would be exotic wild game meat like buffalo and smoked rattlesnake. But the reality is that not a lot of folks around here are eating these.
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Well, this is SO much fun! Please keep the ideas (and recipes? ) coming ladies! (And how about some New England favorites - Cheryl, Kristina ... who else is from up my way?  )
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