# Recipes from your state **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 11, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087 "2013-05-11T16:57:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Soulcatcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Soulcatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soulcatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/61 "2013-05-14T22:27:04Z")
Michigan doesn’t have a lot of regional specialties, but Cornish Pasties are strongly associated with michigan’s upper peninsula. ---
**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 14, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/62 "2013-05-14T23:24:56Z")
> [@Soulcatcher](#): > > Michigan doesn’t have a lot of regional specialties, but Cornish Pasties are strongly associated with michigan’s upper peninsula. When I think of Michigan food, I think of [Coney Dogs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island_hot_dog) and [Detroit-style pizza](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit-style_pizza) a la Buddy’s. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/63 "2013-05-15T18:03:29Z")
Most of the pie cherries (i.e. sour cherries) in the country come from Michigan, so cherry pie could represent that state. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/64 "2013-05-15T20:30:46Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > You forgot fried Razor clams. This would apply to coastal Washington as well. > > And then there is Dungeness Crab, far superior to even Alaskan King Crab. The only problem with both of these is that the top is going to be impossible to get in Texas and the latter is out of season (and actually so is the first). I haven’t been in Washington long but I would say that the biggest traditional food other than those is certainly salmon and by that I mean Copper River Salmon from [Alaska](http://www.seattlepi.com/business/boeing/article/Alaska-Air-delivers-first-Copper-River-salmon-3568964.php). Every store and [restaurant](http://www.rays.com/copper-river-salmon-pinot-noir-a-rite-of-spring/) advertises it like crazy when the Copper River salmon are available and everyone grills it for the couple of weeks it is available. So the recipe is quite simple: Put it skin down on the grill. The moment the top gets milky and more importantly the flaking apart of the pieces happens, remove it and serve. Some people prepare it ahead with a little sea salt on top. Others use a [little butter and lemon](http://blog.seattlepi.com/whidbey/2011/05/30/cookin-with-farmer-bob-grilling-copper-river-salmon-on-the-bbq/). But it is a little fattier than most salmon so you don’t need much prep beforehand. Theoretically any salmon will do, but this has become synonymous with early summer grilling with friends in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/65 "2013-05-15T22:11:00Z")
> [@Jungian\_Camisole](#): > > I grew up in Upstate NY. Though I now live in Texas, I will never forget speidies served on soft white bread or Cornell chicken. I still make the latter on occasion to many accolades. Served with salt potatoes and corn on the cob, that could be my Last Meal. > > :::drools::: You and **salinqmind** stole my answers. In case the OP has trouble finding a Cornell recipe or salt potatoes recipe: Cornell Recipe (for 4 leg quarters or 4 breast halves): 1 egg, beaten 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 cup cider vinegar 5 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 teaspoons poultry seasoning 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper Combine all ingredients, marinate chicken for at least 4 hours, up to 24. Grill. Salt Potatoes 3 lb small white potaties (can use red but make sure they are thin-skinned and about bite-sized) 1 1/2 cups salt 2 quarts water butter (keep the salt to water ratio if you decide to increase the water you use) Bring water to a boil, dissolve the salt in it (may take some stirring). Add potatoes and boil around 20 minutes. Drain and dress with melted butter. I don’t have a favorite spiedies recipe because I always just buy State Fair Spiedie marinade. Available online - [http://www.spiedie.com/](http://www.spiedie.com/) - though shipping costs are pretty high. If you decide you’d like to try State Fair marinade, PM me. ---
**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 18, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/66 "2013-05-18T23:44:35Z")
Never heard of this one until they mentioned it on _ **Jeopardy!** _ a few minutes ago: > **[Primanti Bros.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primanti_Brothers)** > > Primanti Bros. (/prɪˈmænti/, locally /pər-/), sometimes called Primanti's for short, is a chain of sandwich shops in the eastern United States. Since its Pittsburgh founding in 1933, Primanti's has become a cultural icon of the region. The chain is known for its signature sandwiches made of grilled meat, melted cheese, an oil and vinegar-based coleslaw, tomato slices, and French fries between two thick slices of Italian bread. > During the 2007 James Beard Foundation Awards, Primanti's was named a... (No, I’m not from Pennsylvania, but I have spent some time there.) ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/67 "2013-05-19T01:27:56Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > [Runza sandwich](http://www.food.com/recipe/runza-80204) An Abomination unto the Lord! Runzas are rectangular perversions that allow cheese, mushrooms, and other foul contaminations! Volga-German fare is best represented by the [Bierock](http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/jan/18/bierocks-old-world-culinary-icons-live-kansas/)! I mean, really. Who would prefer a name that screams ‘diarrhea’ over a ‘Beer Rock’?!?! Only people intellectually stunted by the over-consumption of corn, that’s who! Or so I was taught in Kansas History class in 6th grade. In all seriousness, I think Runza for Nebraska and Bierock for Kansas are the answers you’re looking for. I can’t think of any food even close to distinctly Kansan as Bierocks. Nebraska has its own version in the form of the Runza. The Bierock is the only food that was in regular rotation on my school lunch menu that I doubt I share with almost every other American\*. I make a point to stop and pick up a few every time I’m back home in Western Kansas. Even the grocery stores around here (far east Kansas) don’t get them right (way too much cabbage and too little beef). Gotta have second-generation immigrant Grandma’s recipe… [whistful] Man, I just recalled how much I looked forward to Bierock day for school lunches…[/whistful] \*With the possible exception of beef & noodles, semi-common on the lunch menu and requisite at funerals. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/68 "2013-05-19T02:11:13Z")
> [@Soulcatcher](#): > > Michigan doesn’t have a lot of regional specialties, but Cornish Pasties are strongly associated with michigan’s upper peninsula. To add some lower peninsula flavor: [Olive burgers](http://lifesimply.weebly.com/2/post/2012/2/olive-burgers-a-michigan-thing.html) and [Coney dogs](http://www.fromaway.com/cooking/detroit-style-coney-island-hot-dogs). Good for a summer night grill-out. ---
**Author:** ![Katie\_Mae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@Katie\_Mae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katie_Mae)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/69 "2013-05-19T05:32:20Z")
Kentucky: (1) Michelin-tenderized roadkill; (2) 2 tbs crystal meth; (3) 60 mg Oxycontin; (4) 16 oz. moonshine; (5) 3 hairy buds of KY Gold MJ; and (6) constant monitoring throughout the day without interruption of employment afforded by (a) Section 8 housing, (b) food stamps, © Social Security Title XVI Disability Benefits (you know, the ones ya get if you’ve never worked), (d) utility subsidies, (e) free transportation shuttles, and (f) medical cards for you and your prodigious brood…peace/katie ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/70 "2013-05-20T00:11:46Z")
> [@Katie\_Mae](#): > > Kentucky: (1) Michelin-tenderized roadkill; (2) 2 tbs crystal meth; (3) 60 mg Oxycontin; (4) 16 oz. moonshine; (5) 3 hairy buds of KY Gold MJ; and (6) constant monitoring throughout the day without interruption of employment afforded by (a) Section 8 housing, (b) food stamps, (c) Social Security Title XVI Disability Benefits (you know, the ones ya get if you’ve never worked), (d) utility subsidies, (e) free transportation shuttles, and (f) medical cards for you and your prodigious brood…peace/katie Welcome to the SDMB, **Katie Mae**. We ask that people stay on topic; that they not engage in political commentary in Cafe Society threads; and that they refrain from offensive generalizations about large groups of people. Although I’m not going to give you one warning for this post, let alone three, it’s not a good sign that you’ve gotten a mod note already. I recommend you review our [rules and etiquette guidelines](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562482) before posting too much more to avoid further problems. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/71 "2013-05-20T01:32:12Z")
For South Carolina try a low country favorite, [Shrimp and Grits](http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2011/09/shrimp-and-grits). For a characteristic Tennessee flavor try a [Memphis style bbq ribs](http://bbq.about.com/od/ribrecipes/r/bl0815a.htm). And though true Memphis bbq has not sauce, you might prepare them with a [Jack Daniels BBQ glaze](http://bbq.about.com/od/barbecuesaucerecipes/r/ble30921j.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/72 "2013-05-20T06:30:54Z")
I’ve shown her these recipes and ideas- she’s thrilled! I’ll do my best to post pictures so you can see her culinary efforts. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/73 "2013-06-23T18:09:34Z")
Update! Here is our list so far: Alaska: king crab Washington: grilled salmon Maine: blueberry waffles Ohio: Cincinnati chile New Mexico: chile verde Texas: BBQ New York\*: bagels and lox Upcoming: Michigan: pasties and Macinac fudge. Pennsylvania: Philly cheesesteak Florida: Cuban food (undetermined) and key lime pie. This project has been a lot of fun. I’ve really enjoyed learning about the different states. I’ve been reading Empire of the Summer Moon and it has inspired me to find Native American recipes. Oklahoma, perhaps? \*some states we will do more than once because of the diversity. Bagels and lox was picked in that she loves fish and this is easy to assemble. I’m making her do the work to learn how to cook. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/74 "2013-06-23T18:24:15Z")
> [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](#): > > I’m making her do the work to learn how to cook. Good for you! It’s one of the advantages of doing the Hot Brown when you get to Ky. The only actual cooking to do is making the cheese sauce, and that teaches you how to make a roux/gravy which is a pretty major fundamental to know if you’re going to do any French or Cajun type cooking. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087/75 "2013-06-23T20:16:40Z")
Since it’s now summertime, you could make popsicles for ‘California’, as they were invented in San Francisco. And for yourself (but not your daughter), a couple other Bay Area inventions: the mimosa and the martini. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-from-your-state/658087.md?page=3)