# States That "Own" a Food Item **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670 "2014-08-27T19:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/41 "2014-08-27T22:39:04Z")
Oregon hazelnuts. There’s an emblematic herb grown here, but a few other states have it as well. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/42 "2014-08-27T22:43:41Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Speaking of onions, Washington has Walla Walla Sweets, and Hawaii has Maui onions. Anybody can grow and sell Walla Walla Sweet onions, but Vidalia onions and carrots must be grown there. You can buy the Granex onion seeds they plant in Vidalia, and sell the onions, but you can’t call 'em Vidalias. Anybody can make Bourbon whiskey (some of it is made here in Indiana,) but Kentucky Bourbon is only from there. In other words, if the producers can arrange a protective law, then it’s limited. Sometimes, it’s coincidence that puts a food in one spot. Nearly all the mint in the US is grown in the muck land around North Judson, IN. Nearly all the white button mushrooms come from Amish country in Pennsylvania. Garlic will grow anywhere, but almost all of it comes from Gilroy, CA. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/43 "2014-08-27T22:59:48Z")
> [@Frapp](#): > > Rhode Island coffee milk. > RI Del’s Lemonade (properly mixed, not that take home DIY bucket) There’s also Rhode Island clam chowder (distinguished by its clear broth base) and johnny cakes (debatable, but Rhode Islanders claim they originated there and that the only true johnnycakes are made with Kenyon’s corn meal, made at the Kenyon grist mill in Usquepaug, RI). ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/44 "2014-08-27T23:03:09Z")
Texas shrimp and oysters. Although I’m not sure that’s true anymore, especially the shrimp. There used to be such rich shrimp beds off the coast, I remember in childhood going down to the marina in the morning and buying the fattest, sweetest shrimp literally right off the boat for like a dollar fifty a pound. I don’t think there’s a single shrimper left in the harbor today, it’s been so overfished. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/45 "2014-08-27T23:09:14Z")
I always associate oysters with Apalachicola, even though they produce my least favorite oysters. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/46 "2014-08-27T23:12:06Z")
Virginia ham. And I’ve always been curious: does “Virginia peanuts” mean anything to anyone outside Virginia? They’re sure as hell heralded from the rooftops here, but I’ve always been a bit :dubious: that anyone else thought they were anything to write home about. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/47 "2014-08-27T23:16:10Z")
We used to get a huge tin of Hubs every year at Christmas, but I think Georgia is probably better known for peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/48 "2014-08-27T23:36:42Z")
Virginia boiled peanuts–oh, yes. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/49 "2014-08-27T23:42:53Z")
Alaskan king crab ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/50 "2014-08-27T23:44:31Z")
Michigan is also King of tart cherries. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/51 "2014-08-27T23:45:53Z")
Texas brisket. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/52 "2014-08-27T23:46:05Z")
Did I miss Idaho potatoes somewhere? I think of Wyoming for beef cattle. Colorado - Rocky Mountain Oysters. Michigan - Walleye (fish) ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/53 "2014-08-27T23:58:45Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > Vermont maple syrup. Isn’t much different from NH or Maine syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/54 "2014-08-28T00:05:31Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Virginia boiled peanuts–oh, yes. Again, outdone by Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/55 "2014-08-28T00:43:59Z")
Queensland pineapples ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/56 "2014-08-28T00:49:24Z")
Maryland crabs. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/57 "2014-08-28T02:40:36Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Where do we get our pinapples now? I’ve been eating a lot of canned pineapple lately and they all say Product of the Philippines. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/58 "2014-08-28T06:39:55Z")
Not a state but a country… **New Zealand** Pavlova Lemon & Paeroa **Singapore** Chili Crab ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/59 "2014-08-28T07:22:19Z")
**JohnT** was right about Texas brisket. I would add Chicken Fried Steak. That with cream gravy _is_ Texas. If I ever went to a place that billed itself as “Ye Downe Home Old Towne Texas Eatatorium” and they didn’t even have a Chicken Fried Steak or even worse, had a breaded meat patty, well, those would be some very evil reviews. (My god, what must Australians think of Outback?) My Fella (who lived in Singapore for work for years) would ABSOLUTELY agree about Chili Crab. That’s the flavor of Singapore for him. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670/60 "2014-08-28T12:46:24Z")
> [@Roland\_Orzabal](#): > > And I’ve always been curious: does “Virginia peanuts” mean anything to anyone outside Virginia? They’re sure as hell heralded from the rooftops here, but I’ve always been a bit :dubious: that anyone else thought they were anything to write home about. I had never heard of Virginia peanuts until I moved there, but yes - a superior peanut! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-that-own-a-food-item/696670.md?page=4)