# Foods with State Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624 "2019-12-09T23:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/41 "2019-12-10T15:49:34Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Do not use New York Times recipes for Rhode Island dishes. That doesn’t resemble Rhode Island Red Chowder at all. I know of what I speak, I have won awards for my chowder. It’s not Rhode Island Red. It’s Rhode Island- clear, not red, no cream. I eat this version all the time, in Rhode Island and New England in general. It’s it’s own version. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/42 "2019-12-10T16:11:41Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > It’s not Rhode Island Red. It’s Rhode Island- clear, not red, no cream. > > I eat this version all the time, in Rhode Island and New England in general. > > It’s it’s own version. I noted it was clear chowder, just missed the edit window after typing Red. Seems I’m posting haphazardly a lot. My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/43 "2019-12-10T16:26:04Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > It’s not Rhode Island Red. It’s Rhode Island- clear, not red, no cream. > > I eat this version all the time, in Rhode Island and New England in general. > > It’s it’s own version. I was going to mention Rhode Island Red, as in the chicken. But that’s not really a food, per se, it just ends up as one :o ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/44 "2019-12-10T16:41:04Z")
There are breeds of chicken named for New Hampshire, Delaware, New Jersey (Jersey Giant) and two for Rhode Island (Rhode Island Red and Rhode Island White). All are either meat birds or dual-purpose, so they can be and have been eaten. They’re better known to poultry farmers than to cooks and diners though. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/45 "2019-12-10T16:43:16Z")
It’s a bit of a cheat, since they’re not named directly after the state, but there’s Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie and Pennsylvania Dutch Apple Pie. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > [Maryland Fried Chicken](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/75927943688982974/) (take _that_, Kentucky!) If chain restaurants count, there was/is Kansas Fried Chicken, which I used to see in the New York City area. Apparently it no longer exists in the US, but bizarrely there are restaurants by this name in the UK and Cairo, Egypt.😕 > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The same is true for New York pizza. Also New York Strip Steak, originally known as Delmonico’s steak from the restaurant in NYC. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/46 "2019-12-10T17:03:27Z")
Texas Red Hots ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/47 "2019-12-10T17:16:12Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I noted it was clear chowder, just missed the edit window after typing Red. Seems I’m posting haphazardly a lot. My apologies. No worries. It’s, hands down, my favorite version of chowder with NE a close second. Ones with tomatoes aren’t on the list. Few have heard of it and I’m a bit evangelical when it comes to RI clam chowder! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/48 "2019-12-10T17:20:06Z")
Hawaiian rolls? I’ve seen them, but never tasted one. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/49 "2019-12-10T17:23:03Z")
I think in a lot of cases we have more specific geographic indicators- Vidalia onions, Cajun gumbo, Monterey Jack, Chicago style pizza, etc… instead of state-specific ones. Even stuff like “Central Texas BBQ” versus the rest of the state. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/50 "2019-12-10T17:25:39Z")
Ohio buckeyes? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/51 "2019-12-10T17:30:49Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > [Maryland Fried Chicken](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/75927943688982974/) (take _that_, Kentucky!) > > My understanding is that it used to be a chain, but that apparently was decades ago. But there are still a number of Maryland Fried Chicken locations, operating independently, scattered across the Southeast. There’s one in Plant City, FL where my in-laws live, and it’s got damned good fried chicken. There’s a British chain called “Maryland Chicken.” Apparently they have 12 locations, mostly around Leicestershire. I’ve never been to the UK, and I’ve never successfully gotten someone I know that’s visiting the UK to go there, so I don’t know whether it’s any good or not. The one location I found a Yelp page for only had 8 reviews, but 7 of them were good, and almost all of them compared directly to KFC, some favorably, others not. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/52 "2019-12-10T17:30:52Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > No worries. It’s, hands down, my favorite version of chowder with NE a close second. Ones with tomatoes aren’t on the list. > > Few have heard of it and I’m a bit evangelical when it comes to RI clam chowder! 🙂 It’s not really all that common around here, although it may have been more popular in the past. There are a handful of restaurants that make clear chowder and then add cream or tomato sauce to provide white and red chowder, neither one being as good as the clear they were made from. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/53 "2019-12-10T17:32:31Z")
Texas caviar (a sort of dip made from black-eyed peas) is one that I just remembered. There’s also Texas chili ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/54 "2019-12-10T17:45:06Z")
You know, with as much of a food culture as they have in Louisiana and New Orleans in particular, it feels like there should be some sort of food with Louisiana in its name. But I will be damned if I can think of one. I suppose there are some brands of hot sauce that bill themselves as “Louisiana hot sauce” but that seems to be mainly a marketing thing, not a specific variety of hot sauce. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/55 "2019-12-10T17:55:06Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > It’s not really all that common around here, although it may have been more popular in the past. There are a handful of restaurants that make clear chowder and then add cream or tomato sauce to provide white and red chowder, neither one being as good as the clear they were made from. Long Island makes an abomination (called LI clam chowder) that is Manhattan and NE chowders mixed together. It is to weep. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/56 "2019-12-10T17:58:10Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Long Island makes an abomination (called LI clam chowder) that is Manhattan and NE chowders mixed together. > > It is to weep. The iced tea is the only good thing I can think of that starts with ‘Long Island’. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/57 "2019-12-10T18:07:31Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > You know, with as much of a food culture as they have in Louisiana and New Orleans in particular, it feels like there should be some sort of food with Louisiana in its name. But I will be damned if I can think of one. I suppose there are some brands of hot sauce that bill themselves as “Louisiana hot sauce” but that seems to be mainly a marketing thing, not a specific variety of hot sauce. There a lot of dishes called ‘Cajun’ or ‘Creole’, but I think you are right that there must be something out there. ‘Louisiana Hot Sauce’ is pretty much a synonym for cayenne hot sauce. Even the ‘Louisiana Hot Sauce’ brand labels itself as ‘Original’ because of competitors. Wikipedia lists [Louisiana Creole Cuisine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Creole_cuisine) as a separate category, there are other Creole Cuisines, but it’s not a dish, just a style of cooking. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/58 "2019-12-10T18:15:20Z")
Arkansas Rice might not count to some. I care not for we have a Diamond mine. So there! (:)) Let’s not for forget ‘Chocolate Gravy’ yummy! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/59 "2019-12-10T19:24:31Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > **Dork Vader** mentioned Wisconsin cheese. I think it counts if you specify Wisconsin _cheddar_. In fact, the signature cheese of Wisconsin is named for a town in the north-central part of the state, a blend of young cheddar and something white that is emblematic of the ethos of bland that pervades their cheesy culture. There are well-known cheddars that come from other states that actually taste like something. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624/60 "2019-12-10T20:50:09Z")
Georgia Gold, the mustardy fried chicken seems to be eve,rywhere at the moment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-state-names/844624.md?page=4)