# Over Rated Items from your Regional Cuisine **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940 "2009-01-12T17:31:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/41 "2009-01-12T21:38:51Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > Oh, and what are slingers? [Slinger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slinger) That wiki picture really makes it look rather vile; so, accurate enough, IMO. šŸ˜‰ Good Lord, a wiki [recipe](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Slinger), too? Who the heck would need a recipe to make a _slinger_? It is about the Platonic ideal of the ā€œpile some crap on your plateā€ meal. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/42 "2009-01-12T21:46:17Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I was happy when I found some Moxie in a general store in Vermont. I had read about several times. One gulp killed that happiness for good and ruined the next few hours. Luckily, my little brother was visiting and he didnā€™t see my contorted face so I offered him a drink. Most of the rest of the day was ruined for him as well. I have heard some people like Moxie and even order it through mail but I donā€™t see how or why. The people who LIKE moxie are a small (and dying) minority-dank gawd for that! the stuff tastes positively awful! And (Iā€™m told) the original company went bust years ago-and the bottler who bought the righst altered the original recipe to make it less bitter! The original swill musta really tasted vile! I used to wonder why the cans of it sat gathering dust 9in my local market)one sip told me wny..bleeccch! ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/43 "2009-01-12T21:50:07Z")
Oklahoma doesnā€™t have much unique food, but the closest I can think of would be: The Onion Burger: A hamburger, laid atop some onions, then cooked on a griddle. Pretty good in theory, great even. The Theta Burger: A hamburger with barbeque sauce, mayo, pickles, and shredded cheddar cheese. A little unusual, but not over-the-top. Both of these have the same problems: 1. Typical Okie attitude towards food-low quality ingredients and careless cooking. Crappy beef, cooked until dried out. Putty-like buns that are a step below Wonder Bread. Preshredded cheese that tastes like salt and low expectations. 2. Thereā€™s nothing unique about this. You have been able to get all kinds of stuff on hamburgers for decades. Some fast food chains even run variations on these ideas. Also, Oklahoma barbeque is just Texas barbeque made by people who donā€™t give a damn. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/44 "2009-01-12T21:59:00Z")
Texas Barbeque (or Bar-B-Q, or barbecue, orā€¦). Yeah, itā€™s good, and yeah, I do miss it from time to time (Iā€™m a Texas native currently exiled to Florida), but whenever I go back home to visit I always want _real_ chicken fried steak. Save the barbeque and the chili for the tourists. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/45 "2009-01-12T22:03:44Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > [Slinger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slinger) > > That wiki picture really makes it look rather vile; so, accurate enough, IMO. šŸ˜‰ > > Good Lord, a wiki [recipe](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Slinger), too? Who the heck would need a recipe to make a _slinger_? It is about the Platonic ideal of the ā€œpile some crap on your plateā€ meal. Urgh. That looks absolutely disgusting. Iā€™m sorry I asked now. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/46 "2009-01-12T22:03:57Z")
> [@Kid\_A](#): > > Blasphemy!!!:eek: > > Iā€™d have to go with Nanaimo Bars and Sugar Pie. I like dessert but these two are just an excuse for eating sugar. Sez you. Iā€™m happy to take your share of the eggplant sandwich at Mustachioā€™s in exchange for my share of peameal bacon sandwiches, though. šŸ™‚ Win-win. Besides, the Quebecker in me feels that a lifetime supply of peameal sandwiches is suitable punishment for dissing the splendiferousness that is _tarte au sucre_. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/47 "2009-01-12T22:05:22Z")
Since iā€™m in Clearwaterā€¦ Iā€™m gonna say Hooters Wingsā€¦are **not** the best Iā€™ve had, but they are not horrid. Tampa areaā€¦ Cuban Breadā€¦What kinda shoe leather is that? and why they press my sandwich into a 1/2 in slab from what was once 2 in, piled high with stuff? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/48 "2009-01-12T22:13:27Z")
Stilton. Mouldy, stinking cheese ainā€™t going into this manā€™s gob. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/49 "2009-01-12T22:19:32Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > ā€¦ > Also, Oklahoma barbeque is just Texas barbeque made by people who donā€™t give a damn. I laughed so hard when I read this. Iā€™m still laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/50 "2009-01-12T22:23:19Z")
The Portland contribution to World Cuisine: The Jojo. Itā€™s a giant steak fry. Of course, no thread such as this would be complete without mention of the Horseshoe. Southern Illinoisā€™ contribution. Put two hamburger patties on a piece of thick-sliced toast, smother in cheese, gravy, butter, beer, eggs, salt and Worcestershire, then pile on french fries. Eat, remove colon. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/51 "2009-01-12T22:26:48Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Of course, no thread such as this would be complete without mention of the Horseshoe. Southern Illinoisā€™ contribution. Put two hamburger patties on a piece of thick-sliced toast, smother in cheese, gravy, butter, beer, eggs, salt and Worcestershire, then pile on french fries. Eat, remove colon. OK, I might need to revise some vacation plans to check out Southern Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/52 "2009-01-12T22:29:11Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Eat, remove colon. Is that a side effect or a post-prandial requirement? ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/53 "2009-01-12T22:39:55Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > The Portland contribution to World Cuisine: The Jojo. Itā€™s a giant steak fry. > > Of course, no thread such as this would be complete without mention of the Horseshoe. Southern Illinoisā€™ contribution. Put two hamburger patties on a piece of thick-sliced toast, smother in cheese, gravy, butter, beer, eggs, salt and Worcestershire, then pile on french fries. Eat, remove colon. Is the beer mixed into the gravy or something, or is it just poured onto this gross (yet strangely compelling) foodstuff? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/54 "2009-01-12T22:44:25Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > Is the beer mixed into the gravy or something, or is it just poured onto this gross (yet strangely compelling) foodstuff? Not sure where beer fits in, other than being an accompaniment to the dish, but [hereā€™s the Wikipedia entry on the Horseshoe ā€œsandwich.ā€](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_sandwich) Iā€™ve seen it as far north as DeKalb, Illinois, at some bar near the NIU campus. (edit: Ah, duh, the beer is in the cheese sauce.) The horseshoe is positively disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/55 "2009-01-12T22:44:50Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Of course, no thread such as this would be complete without mention of the Horseshoe. Southern Illinoisā€™ contribution. Put two hamburger patties on a piece of thick-sliced toast, smother in cheese, gravy, butter, beer, eggs, salt and Worcestershire, then pile on french fries. Eat, remove colon. Thatā€™s a little more than your standard Shoe: at least in Springfield, IL, where **tygre** is from and where the horseshoe was I think invented, a horseshoe is toast, ā€œmeatā€ (can be anything from burger patty to buffalo chicken), cheese sauce, and fries. I suppose you could butter the toast or put beer in the cheese sauce, but the above sounds like a regional variation to me. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/56 "2009-01-12T22:53:34Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > Thatā€™s a little more than your standard Shoe: at least in Springfield, IL, where **tygre** is from and where the horseshoe was I think invented, a horseshoe is toast, ā€œmeatā€ (can be anything from burger patty to buffalo chicken), cheese sauce, and fries. I suppose you could butter the toast or put beer in the cheese sauce, but the above sounds like a regional variation to me. Yeah, the variation I recall attempting to eat used Welsh rarebit sauce, which is where all those funky ingredients come from. This was probably somewhere in Little Egypt, where my grandparents lived. Marion, or Waverly, or someplace nearby. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/57 "2009-01-12T23:08:25Z")
I donā€™t think Iowaā€™s famous for any food items. The one good thing we used to have was a handcut, handbreaded fried pork tenderloin sandwich, but those have been replaced by the pork ā€œfritterā€, which is basically pork-flavored breading on a bun. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/58 "2009-01-12T23:22:03Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I donā€™t think Iowaā€™s famous for any food items. Corn? Hard to over rate corn, really. Corn is good. Mmmmā€¦corn. Is it summer yet? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/59 "2009-01-12T23:26:50Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I donā€™t think Iowaā€™s famous for any food items. The one good thing we used to have was a handcut, handbreaded fried pork tenderloin sandwich, but those have been replaced by the pork ā€œfritterā€, which is basically pork-flavored breading on a bun. I saw one on the Food Channel. It was this Sloppy Joe type sandwich but you werenā€™t supposed to call it a Sloppy Joe because of some subtle difference that I didnā€™t quite catch. The showed a restaurant that served a ton of them. ---
**Author:** ![PharmBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@PharmBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PharmBoy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940/60 "2009-01-12T23:30:10Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > Oooh. Me!, Me! > > [waves hand frantically in nerd-like fashion] > > Crabs. Specifically Maryland steamed crabs. More specifically as in over rated, over priced, bottom feeders that yield miniscule droplets of crab ā€˜meatā€™ which were it not for the Old Bay seasoning slathered around said critter would draw a similarity in taste with moist cardboard. > > For the longest time I postulated that Marylanders didnā€™t enjoy the taste of crabs so much as the experience. Alas, Iā€™ve heard too many testimonials from non-Marylanders coming in and raving about them that it appears Iā€™m in a lonely minority here. WHAT!!!:eek: Youe havenā€™t had good ones then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-rated-items-from-your-regional-cuisine/480940.md?page=4)