# Most iconic food from each state **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 4, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151 "2024-05-04T23:48:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/281 "2024-07-18T21:32:13Z")
Because it’s not. You are correct. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/282 "2024-07-19T07:01:00Z")
We used to call those “fodder beans”. I can recall sitting with my Grandma for hours, stringng fresh string beans on heavy string with big needles. Then we’d hang the strings of strung-up string beans over coat hangers and put them in the windows to dry for several days or a couple of weeks until the pods were brown and leathery-looking. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/283 "2024-07-22T15:46:27Z")
I’ve never heard “fodder beans”, but Google tells me that’s one of the names they use in east TN/west NC. My granny didn’t string them up; she just spread them out on a big white sheet on the hottest days of the year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151.md?page=14)