pardon me, me but what’s a “fruity bagel”?
Good poutine is fantastic.
I am a SoCal guy, and I think I have tried everything. Not a huge fan of menudo, however.
Is there anything really odd but common that is Californian, that something may suggest?
not only can you get them at Buckhorn Exchange in Denver, but at Timberlane Steaks at airport
There’s a local dish called pens en pootjies. In English: tripe and trotters.
I love eisbein, but that’s as far down the pig’s leg as I’m happy to go. Trotters are a whole other thing. I’ve had them, but don’t like them. And I don’t squick at a lot of offal, and ate curried tripe as a kid, but it generally does not do it for me.
So a combo of both? Naah.
That’s the kind of poverty food that tells you someone with a horse and sword got the edible parts of the hog.
In the 16+ years I’ve been living in Canada, I’ve learned about Nanaimo bars, but I’ve never had one.
The Monte Cristo sandwich was invented in California. Ham, turkey and Swiss on thick-sliced bread, dipped in French toast batter and deep-fried, then sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with strawberry jam.
Las Vegas is not Basque territory so it’s less commonly known there.
I’ve since had picon.
I was once told that my Hungarian grandfather (jumped ship in NYC in 1911 and wound up in Milwaukee) would take the heads from the chickens he kept in his back yard, sauteed them, and then cracked the skulls open and sucked the brains out.
Not at all attractive, to my way of thinking. 
I have had that a few times at Disneyland. Now, if a friend wants one, we split it.
Pretty damn tasty and worth trying once, at least.
I’m of Italian heritage and live in Minnesota amongst many Swedes and Norwegians, my husband being one of them. I have never nor will I ever try lutefisk or pickled herring. My husband loves pickled herring in wine sauce. He’s a bit skittish regarding lutefisk, but I’m sure he’d eat it.
The Romans traditionally ate “worse” stuff so really you’d be just trying easier stuff.
I would try anything, even maggot cheese and I make a point of eating local cuisine so when travelling. I believe the only thing I did not get a chance to try was Chicago thin-crust pizza while there. I did get the deep-dish and beef sandwiches and Chicago dog however.
Lots of cultures still eat fish sauce today, from Asia to England.
I’m a horribly picky eater. I also gave up pork back in the mid-90s, but have since gone back to at least eating bacon. I’m still wary of ingesting swine-based street food or anything near to it. My travelling of late has usually included Germany, and half of the food in that country seems to be pig-based, but I’m anxious about giving myself stomach issues while on holiday.
Locally, not sure what the indigenous cuisine would be. Went to school in Quebec, but I’ve never tried poutine, as I don’t like gravy
There’s more Italians in Rome, though.
They still make it in Italy.
Also, not remotely worse than lutefisk, so appropriate quotes there.
Yep, the production process certainly seems grosser, but I’m going to try to make some some day with zero hesitation.
Got back from Alsace a few days ago. It’s a long way from the sea, so the fish dishes you see on menus contain some interesting options. I did get to eat pike dumplings, but annoyingly I didn’t manage to try sandre (sander, zander or pikeperch in English). A fish I had never even heard of, but a pretty common menu item in Alsace. It’s possible that some Dopers have eaten it without knowing. An article I read (which I can’t find now - dammit) said that it was sometimes substituted for walleye.
Also on several menus - and I have never seen this before - were frogs’ legs. You do occasionally see snails, which I always took to be a bit of a dare for tourists (uh, yes I have); but frogs’ legs left me a bit mystified.
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I have tried pickled herring. No thanks.
Worcestershire sauce has anchovies in its base.
I guess I wouldn’t make a good Roman!