Regional foods

[protokatie]

Started this to prevent the derailment of the Happs shipping thread in Main.

[Samstag]

Nice!

p.s. Is it working?
p.p.s. Is this topic about regional food, or Happs shipping?
p.p.p.s. Is this a self-derailing topic?

[Hoopz]

It's Happ Controls.  Not Happs.

 

[patrickl]

"Hapjes" is the dutch word for snacks and "Hap" for bite. Now isn't that a nice little tidbit to bridge the two threads? 

[Hoopz]

"Hapjes" is the dutch word for snacks and "Hap" for bite. Now isn't that a nice little tidbit to bridge the two threads? 

Are we supposed to do stuff like that???   

[shardian]

I saw a moon pie in the vending machine this morning. I was gonna get one just to remind myself what it was like. I saw the date on it though and it was past due. That vending machine guy really needs to keep a better eye on his product.

[ChadTower]

I wish there was a place to get a decent poutin around here.  I load up on it every time I go home but I have never seen even a crappy poutin in this region.

[knave]

For the life of me I can't really think of many foods that are really all that regional to northern California.  Perhaps Sourdough Bread?  We have lots of microbreweries...bold and flavorful beer around 6-8%.  But there are microbrews all over.

Of course there's the wine but again lots of places make wine. The next town over is know for it's Gravenstien apples, lots of good stuff made from them.

Hmmm...I'll keep thinking.

[Silver]

Deep-fried Mars bars, Chips'n'gravy, Mushy Peas, Lancashire Hotpot.

Kebab. With Chilli' sauce.

[Ed_McCarron]

Philly.

Scrapple.

'nuff said.

[lanman31337]

Primanti's sammiches.  Cheesesteaks.

[protokatie]

I wish there was a place to get a decent poutin around here.  I load up on it every time I go home but I have never seen even a crappy poutin in this region.

Maine style poutine is good, I havent had the traditional Canadian kind tho (The idea of cheese curds, instead of a more meltable style of cheese) doesnt sound all that tasty too me.

Luckily for me when at work, I can just bake (not fry for me) up some fries, then I just throw some pizza cheese on them and top it with whatever gravy the cooks happened to have left over from the dining hours. Makes a pretty good "poutine".

[MaximRecoil]

I saw a moon pie in the vending machine this morning. I was gonna get one just to remind myself what it was like. I saw the date on it though and it was past due. That vending machine guy really needs to keep a better eye on his product.

Buy them up and send them to Chad, C.O.D.

Rumor has it that he loves the MoonPies.

[mybrainhurtz]

Philly.

Scrapple.

'nuff said.

/barf 

I don't understand why people eat that stuff... it looks like meat jell-o

[ChadTower]

The more I think about it, the more I get a little homesick, and gotta have me some real poutine.  I may have to find a place that will rush ship me some curds.  I won't find any around here.

[shardian]

Here in WV, ramp season will be coming up soon. I cannot stress how much I despise ramps. I was born and bred in the metro area of the I-64 corridor, so I don't much get into the hillybilly aspect of my state. Here at work, they will cook up a batch and the whole building stinks horribly from it. Not to mention the fact that anyone who eats them will excrete the scent from every pore on their body for a day.
http://www.richwooders.com/ramp/ramps.htm

[ChadTower]

I've never seen or heard of a ramp, so I found this:

Ramps are an early spring wild onion/scallion/leek-like vegetable that grow between North Carolina, New England, and Minnesota, and are in season only from late March to early May.

They have whole festivals down there for these things?  Ew.

[shardian]

I've never seen or heard of a ramp, so I found this:

Ramps are an early spring wild onion/scallion/leek-like vegetable that grow between North Carolina, New England, and Minnesota, and are in season only from late March to early May.

They have whole festivals down there for these things?  Ew.

The love for ramps here increases proportionally with geographical distance from the Interstate system. You know, it's the same way with avg. # of teeth per adult.

[ChadTower]

You know, it's the same way with avg. # of teeth per adult.

Boiled ramps are probably very easy to chew.  And very easy to find growing around the outhouse.  It makes sense.

Where I grew up they have strawberry and shark festivals.  No one will ever say "damn you stink like strawberries".   

[ChadTower]

I'll pay for your ticket to Canada if you promise to never come back.

Psst - they have the inn3rn3ts in Canada now.  Cheffo told me.

[JimmyU]

Italian Beef Sandwiches from Chicago!!!

Yummy

[shardian]

Italian Beef Sandwiches from Chicago!!!

Yummy

Yeah, that just sounds...well...not good. You might want to rephrase, or tone down the enthusiasm. 

[JimmyU]

Italian Beef Sandwiches from Chicago!!!

Yummy

Yeah, that just sounds...well...not good. You might want to rephrase, or tone down the enthusiasm. 

If you ever had one, then you'd understand my enthusiasm. 

[bfauska]

You can get it just about anywhere, but I do love our local salmon in Washington. If we are including fast food, I mentioned it in another thread, but when in WA I miss Carl's JR, and when in CA I miss Taco Time. If I liked In 'n Out burger I would consider it a CA food to miss (although it's spread a little, at least to Vegas.)

[boykster]

You can get it just about anywhere, but I do love our local salmon in Washington.

What I really LOVE is Copper River Salmon - it's from Alaska, only available for a few weeks, and flown in fresh when the season opens.  I'll be damned if that's not the absolute best salmon in the world.  If you're ever in seattle mid-June - July, you have to try it.  Its expensive, but very tasty..

http://gonw.about.com/od/fooddrink/a/copperriver.htm