# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/121 "2024-05-06T18:07:46Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Both the _Onion_ and _Food Network_ agree that the most popular and/or iconic food from New Mexico is **frito pie**. Of course the _Onion_’s take on it is funnier: > > > [@](#): > > > > Frito Pie: Proof that Midwesterners aren’t the only ones who can concoct an inedible casserole. A casserole? The description is a little funny, but Frito pie is not a casserole. At least not if done correctly. > [@saucywench](#): > > I lived in San Antonio two different times. I remember at our high school football games and other places, they served frito pie. They cut the top off the frito bag, spooned the Wolf’s in and stuck a spoon in it. This is the correct way 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/122 "2024-05-06T18:51:29Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > I’m at one of ten. A Jucy Lucy (its spelled without the i - unless you are one of those heathens who think the 5-8 came up with it) is great - I used to live about four blocks from Matts. I was just in Minnesota a couple weeks ago. I wish I’d read this thread back then so I’d have known a few more good restaurants to try. (What, you say this thread is only 2 days old? Unacceptable.) ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/123 "2024-05-06T22:20:12Z")
Stupid weird font. I c&p’ed it into a notepad and it is a lower case i ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/124 "2024-05-06T22:27:27Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Especially since fritos originated in San Antonio > > > [@saucywench](#): > > > > What is the food for Texas, anyone? > > Brisket, apparently. I would have put Tex-Mex first, but the number of BBQ restaurants, Tex-Mex restaurants and places serving chicken fried steak are probably almost equal Suppose it’s a regional difference. To me you have to be more specific when you say brisket. Just the word alone and I will picture Jewish style braised brisket. If you want me to think Texas you have to put a BBQ in front of it. I was stationed at Fort Hood for two years. I don’t remember going to any BBQ places. I did have a lot of Tex-Mex. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/125 "2024-05-06T22:37:29Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Bratwurst is also worth mentioning. When I was a kid we would travel from North Carolina to Wisconsin every other summer to visit my grandparents. We would always return with a cooler full of bratwurst, because back in the 1980s you couldn’t get the stuff in North Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/126 "2024-05-06T23:27:09Z")
I’ve never heard of Matts; it probably opened after I left in 1991. Three places I can recommend, if they’re still there: The Green Mill, for excellent pizza and pasta; the Village Wok, for delicious and plentiful Asian food; and the Russian Tea Room (actually a little bistro), for great fast food like deep-fried pirozhki. I understand Bridgeman’s has, alas, gone out of business, which is a crying shame. They had the best ice cream, malted milks, and quarter-pound hamburgers in existence. Viking Village was the smörgåsbord in my old neighborhood, but I suspect it too is gone now, along with Porky’s drive-ins. One more place comes to mind: the Mac Hotel, just outside of Roseville. It’s along the lines of Motel 6 and caters mostly to long-haul truckers, but don’t let that fool you. I lived there for several months back in the '80s, and its restaurant is fantastic! They pride themselves on serving “OUTRAGEOUS PORTIONS!” and they do. If you go there try the roast pork with wild rice dressing. It’s superb! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/127 "2024-05-07T00:03:01Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Three places I can recommend, if they’re still there: The Green Mill, for excellent pizza and pasta; the Village Wok, for delicious and plentiful Asian food; and the Russian Tea Room (actually a little bistro), for great fast food like deep-fried pirozhki. Who knows when I’ll get back to the Twin Cities, or if. I was mostly on the St. Paul side. I did stumble across two nice little places; Big River Pizza and The Nook. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/128 "2024-05-07T00:22:50Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Yeah, that’s weird. I lived there for 4 years and never saw it. I see it between the berkshire pork chop and scottish salmon. Nothing special although when we did the Michelin tour of Denver each restaurant had a lamb dish. > [@Moriarty](#): > > I lived in Denver, and the weird thing about Colorado green chiles versus New Mexican chiles was prominent. And hatch chiles are winning ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/129 "2024-05-07T00:56:34Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Louisiana is either crawdad gumbo or Bananas Foster. Louisiana has such a robust food culture that it’s hard to pick just one food to represent them. Boiled crawfish, gumbo, po’ boys, jambalaya, all would be good picks for them. I’ve only been there once in my life, but I ate a _lot_ of great food when I was there. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/130 "2024-05-07T01:23:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > You’d think if you were going to choose a burrito to represent California, you’d go with the one named after the state. For foods named for California, I’d nominate the fake sushi California roll. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/131 "2024-05-07T03:23:40Z")
Thank you. I did see it later in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/132 "2024-05-07T12:27:00Z")
That link doesn’t work for me in the UK. What was Idaho? Even as a Brit I know that it’s probably something to do with potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/133 "2024-05-07T12:58:26Z")
> [@Eclipse\_Chaser](#): > > What was Idaho? Even as a Brit I know that it’s probably something to do with potatoes. Likely not what you’d expect, though. > **[The Potato-Shaped Sundae of Boise, Idaho](https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/ice-cream-baked-potato-boise-idaho)** > > Vanilla ice cream gets disguised as the state's beloved tuber. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/134 "2024-05-07T13:21:58Z")
Shrimp Dejonghe is absolutely a Chicago dish, probably the oldest dish we have associated with Chicago, but it’s an old timey dish so unless you’re a food nerd like me, you may not have come across it. It’s certainly not as iconic anymore as at least a half dozen other Chicago dishes. More importantly, where are you seeing Shrimp Dejonghe? I’m getting Deep-Dish Pizza as well when I pull up the website. I’m rather impressed at the source that found shrimp Dejonghe and I’d be curious to read their other picks, assuming you are looking at another website. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/135 "2024-05-07T13:24:11Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > What’s up with that weird “I” in place of “i”, anyway? I’m not seeing that. I see a normal, dotted I. Did they fix it or is it just on your end. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/136 "2024-05-07T13:38:10Z")
Every instance of the letter was a capital “I” for me as well; which annoyed me almost as much as the pick for Wyoming. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/137 "2024-05-07T13:45:40Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > More importantly, where are you seeing Shrimp Dejonghe? I I clicked the link, and that’s what came up. Maybe I’m seeing everything, everywhere, all at once, and it’s an alternative universe type thing. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/138 "2024-05-07T15:04:29Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > > [@Skywatcher](#): > > > > What’s up with that weird “I” in place of “i”, anyway? > > I’m not seeing that. I see a normal, dotted I. Did they fix it or is it just on your end. > [@Kron](#): > > Every instance of the letter was a capital “I” for me as well; which annoyed me almost as much as the pick for Wyoming. Maybe it only happens with certain browsers. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151/139 "2024-05-07T15:06:33Z")
From some of the complaints this seems to be a rare article that works better on a phone than a computer. ---
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> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Disco Fries seem like a terrible choice, I’ve been here for over 50 years and never thought of them as a Jersey thing and rarely seen anyone order them. I think I must poke my head out of my secret underground bunker more often…I have no idea what “Disco Fries” are, and I have lived her for decades! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151.md?page=8)