Making a list of regional specialties

[cakerookie]

South Carolina:

Bar-be-que
macaroni pie
collard greens
green beans
fat back
bacon
cornbread
homemade biscuits
sweet potatoe pies

Know there is more but thats all for now.

Rgds Rook

[mudbug]

Springfield, Missouri: Cashew Chicken

[Kbear919]

The list so far.....
Keep it growing


St. Louis : toasted Ravioli, St. Paul's Sandwich.....egg foo young on white bread with mayo, lettuce and american cheese (served at cheap Chinese restaurants),Gooey buttercake.....yellow cake with gooey chewy middle....as good-bad as it sounds. Snoots, grilled pig noses
Kentucky: hot brown, mint juilep, burgoo
Philadelphia :cheese steaks,Hot Pretzels
Chicago: deep dish, Italian beef, Chicago dogs
Maryland: Crabs
Texas: Sweet Potato Pie, Dump Cake, Dr. Pepper Cake, Red Velvet Cake, Corn Bread.
Biscuits and white gravy, red eye gravy, scrapple. Huevos Ranchero. Chips and Salsa, 7 layer dip, Queso, Frito Pie. BBQ, Squeelers, Parisa, Fried Turkey. Corny Dogs, Chicken Fried Steak, Okra, Beef Brisket
N. Carolina: Pulled Pork
Maine: Lobster
South Carolina: Bar-be-que, macaroni pie, collard greens, green beans, fat back, bacon
cornbread, homemade biscuits, sweet potato pies
Alaska: Salmon, King Crabs, Reindeer Sausage, Halibut
Upstate NY : "Garbage Plates"
Florida: Stone Crabs
Reading Pa.: Pretzels & Funnel Cakes
Long Island: Pizza
Vermont: Vegetarian and breads
NJ Boardwalk: Pizza and Saltwater Taffy
Minnesota: Lutefisk
Quebec: Smoked Meat , Steak Spices (always best on bone-in rib steaks, probably most Montrealers' favorite cut of steak),Bagels (best from 24-hour bagel shops),Tourtiere,
Poutine, French Canadian Pea Soup, Steamed Hot Dogs, Sugar Pie, Feves au Lard (baked beans),Anything "a l'erable" (with maple syrup), May West & Jos. Louis (snack cakes)
Whippets (marshmallow & chocolate cookies)
Ontario: Italian Veal Sandwiches, Butter Tarts
Memphis....BBQ
Southern bayou Louisiana aka Cajun Country.....boudin, andouille, alot of various pork sausages, couchon de la (whole pig roast), gumbos, jambayla
Massachusetts - lobster and clam chowder, the white stuff, boston baked beans (with molasses), Indian pudding, brown bread (the steamed kind), Quahogs. FRIED CLAMS!!!
Seattle: Seafood, Salmon, Dungeness crab, Fish and Chips, apples, berry desserts, teriyaki shops everywhere, COFFEE,FRIED CLAMS at Ivar's Acres of Clams
Oregon: Hazelnuts and Berries

[Mezzaluna]

Don't forget Wisconsin! Beer, brats, cheese, cranberries... Add kringle pastry from Racine! There are specialties from around Green Bay (is it booya?) but I'm not too sure myself.

[cakerookie]

Oh and you can add catfish and crappie deep fried, South Carolina.

[castironchef]

San Francisco: Cioppino, Sourdough & Anchor Steam

[Kbear919]

May i ask what a Parisa from texas is????

[panini]

it's kind of unique to specific small parts of Texas. I have fly fished in an area where it was common.
It's basically uncooked meat ( very clean,fresh,quality cuts, of venison,or bear, bison,etc) mixed with onions,peppers,cilantro,spices. Then put through a fine meat grinder and put together like a pate. Served sliced with a trail flat bread or crackers and some ice cold Shiner Bock

[Botanique]

Maui -- poki, taco (squid), fresh ahi, mahi-mahi, Portuguese bean soup, looompia, lomi lomi, POG juice!

Mendocino -- abalone, crabbing, Mendocino Brewing Company

[AprilB]

Iowa:
Braised short ribs, briskets, pork chops, corn chowder, corn anything with lots of potatoes. Meat meat meat. Pies pies pies.

Montana:
Huckleberry baked goods of any kind. Game meat prepared any way. (I don't do animals that I kill myself so I'm generalizing)

So. California:
(I want to qualify this with when I was growing up 35 years ago)
Mexican. GOOOOOD MEXICAN. Tamales, real (not Taco Bell) tacos, shredded meat chilli, rellenos, chunky stewed meat burritos...

Australia:
Meat Pies (like ground meat Swanson pies with gravy)
Pie floaters (meat pies in a pea soup)
Pumpkin soup
Hamburgers with "the lot": pineapple, cheese, beetroot, egg, etc.
Pasties (vegetable pies)
Toast with beans
Vegemite (on a bet by two drunk Aussies...'you taste it...no YOU taste it!)
Fried egg sandwiches. (harrrrrdddd fried egg)
Vanilla slice
Pavlova
Ham and pineapple anything.

Guatemala:
Pepian (chicken in a lovely mild chili gravy with potato & chayote squash)
Tortiadas (stuffed grilled handmade tortillas with either a cotija cheese or chicharone, lightly soured cabbage and sauces)
Whole fried fresh mojara (Tilapia)
Garlic soup
Whole chicken rubbed in boullion and deep fried in peanut oil

Oh, man...I'm hungry...

April

[Mezzaluna]

Served sliced with a trail flat bread or crackers and some ice cold Shiner Bock

Think there's some German influence in that?! The first time I encountered "cannibal sandwiches" was among German-heritage friends in Kenosha, WI. I'd heard of steak tartare and steak Americain; both were more refined dishes. But this was definitely something to be washed down with a cold beer, more likely to be eaten by the guys who'd just come off the line at the auto plant (American Motors in those days!).

[Pete]

Don't forget to add "Fried Cheese Curds" to Wisconsin

There is also Scrapple, a specialty of both PA and IN - its the German influence.

[Free Rider]

South Africa: Boboti, koeksusters, boerewors, biltong, melktert.

[henry]

Oklahoma: Fried Catfish with Fried Onion Rings with Fried Okra

[oldschool1982]

Western NY also has Beef on Wick. Hot beef and gravy on a kimmelwick roll sometimes with onions, mushrooms and cheese. There's also Ground Steak Sandwiches and home made root beer at Tom Wahls in Avon and Fried Haddock on Friday nights at just about every restaurant in the area.

Also don't forget Buffalo. Home of the original Buffalo wings at Anchor Bar

Kentucky also has Derby Pie and Mint Juleps
New Orleans has Muffelattas and Pat O's Hurricanes
When there was Maxwell Street in Chicago they had the best Polish Sausage sandwiches
Pastrami at the Carnegie deli in NY
Deep fried turkey in the south