Most iconic food from each state

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@Chronos

No arguing with clam chowder for Massachusetts, but was it really not invented until 1950?

Of course not. Here’s a video of a guy cooking clam chowder from the “original Boston cooking school cook book”, by Fanny Farmer, published in 1896.

Struggling Through Fannie Farmer's 1896 Clam Chowder Recipe

And i don’t think the author claimed to have invented her recipes, she just wrote them down and taught people how to make them. I think it’s a British recipe adapted to the plentiful local clams.

The article seems to be mostly a way to plug various restaurants. Legal seafood does make a good clam chowder, but they didn’t invent it, and there are lots of other places that do it well.

Vermont should be Maple syrup.

Lobster roll is good for Maine.

I think coffee milk is okay for RI. Or egg cream. Both are weird elsewhere and make my think of the state.

@dorvann

New Hampshirite here. Poutine for NH is WTF for me. I have NEVER had it. New Hampshire is kind of hard state to think of a food EXCLUSIVE to the state and not one of the surrounding states. Chicken fingers were invented in Manchester NH at the Puritan Backroom Restaurant so I guess I would choose them.

Massachusetts first thought was Boston Baked Beans for me. Or Boston Brown Bread. or Fluffernutter(it is Mass’s official state sandwich!!)

Vermont. I would have gone with Maple Syrup or Maple Sugar Candy. Or Maple Pie. Or Maple Walnut Ice Cream

Yeah, poutine is Canadian, even if it’s possible to buy it in NH. I don’t think of NH as having an iconic food. They have a lot of clam shacks, but so do Massachusetts and Maine. Still, i might have gone with fried clams. Or soft ice cream. And don’t think this is about foods invented in a state, but about foods that make you think of a state.

@Gyrate

Florida and Key Lime Pie (and Cuban sandwiches). Better than I expected.

I would have gone with orange juice, but key lime pie is okay, as is Cuban sandwiches.

@Loach

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.

Yeah, i think something tex-mex is the answer for Texas.

@Loach

I would still say the pork roll, egg and cheese sandwich is more iconic and certainly more widespread.

I lived in Jersey for several years, and have never heard of disco fries. Pork roll sandwich sounds good, unless PA claims that. I associate new jersey with blueberries, but that might be a “me” thing.