# What foods are unique to your area? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 2, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229 "2011-08-02T22:40:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/161 "2011-11-26T11:54:30Z")
> [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](#): > > I reckon MikeG might be talking more about this style, more so than what we normally consider deep pan of the Dominos/Pizza Hut variety: ie, realllly deep pan. > > [Crust Pizza - Order Online - Crust.com.au](http://crust.com.au/pizzas#!product_categories/chicago-deep-dish/products) That looks to me like it’s probably crossing some sort of culinary line from “Pizza” to “Open-topped Pie”, though… ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/162 "2011-11-26T12:02:47Z")
FRESH cheese curds. If they don’t squeak when you chew them they aren’t fresh. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/163 "2011-11-26T12:05:51Z")
> [@Dr.Righteous](#): > > Here’s a NJ one for you: [disco fries.](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=disco%20fries) [Poutine?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine) ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/164 "2011-11-26T15:36:16Z")
A Flint-style (dry meat, no sauce) Coney (hot dog) made with locally-branded Koegels sausage. [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Flint%20Style](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Flint%20Style) I think they’re gross, personally. But a regional thing and people are very opinionated about Flint-style v Detroit-style coneys. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/165 "2011-11-26T18:17:02Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > FRESH cheese curds. If they don’t squeak when you chew them they aren’t fresh. Agree. They shouldn’t be cold yet. But you can get them lots of places in the midwest. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/166 "2011-11-26T18:30:14Z")
North West England: Lancashire hotpot Lobscouse Lancashire cheese Parkin Eccles cake Chorley cake Goosnargh cake Manchester cake Parched peas Uncle Joe’s mint balls Throdkin probably a lot more that I can’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/167 "2011-11-26T19:04:58Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Dish, please. > > Is there some reason that the only recipes I’ve seen call for Concord grapes? Concord grapes have a thicker skin that peels off easily. You have to peel the grapes. (this is also why it’s a bit labor intensive) ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/168 "2011-11-26T20:20:11Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > [Poutine?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine) Ah, that reminds me of another Houston Hybrid dish…the [Tex-Cajun Virgin](http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/2010/06/robb_walshs_100_favorite_houst_80.php) at BB’s Cajun Cafe > [@](#): > > …a plate of hot, crispy, shoestring French fries topped with thin roast-beef slices, chile con queso and brown gravy. In this amazing triumph of Gulf Coast folk cuisine, BB’s owner Brooks Bassler has concocted a Tex-Mex Cajun version of poutine. Except that the restaurant owner didn’t steal the idea from Canada–but from New Orleans. The _chile con queso_ was his idea… ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/169 "2011-11-26T20:30:43Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > That looks to me like it’s probably crossing some sort of culinary line from “Pizza” to “Open-topped Pie”, though… Yeah, it’s absolutely useless as a delivery/pickup item; just gets crushed to death and turns into a jumble of ingredients. Honestly I’m not overwhelmed with it…I like my takeaway food to be simple and uncomplicated and not having to be scraped off the inside of the box. 😉 On the other hand, if you haven’t tried their normal [Crust Supreme](http://crust.com.au/pizzas#!product_categories/meat-pizzas/products) yet, give it a shot sometime - and their [vegetarian supreme](http://crust.com.au/pizzas#!product_categories/vegetarian-pizzas/products) is excellent, too. (Fair warning: some of Crust’s more exotic efforts don’t always translate into better pizza, IMO - if you stick with the tried-and-true ‘Supreme’ ones, they’re reliably delicious.) Costs more than Dominos, but decidedly yummy and worth the occasional investment - even now that Dominos have lifted their game - as it’s definitely a cut above.\* Speaking of which, you can usually get awesome Dominos online coupon deals through retailmenot.com.au.\* ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/170 "2011-11-26T23:02:50Z")
Chesapeake Bay Area - All you can eat “Blue Crabs” [http://www.bluecrabfeast.com/](http://www.bluecrabfeast.com/) Florida - Sun Tea > **[Bacteria in Sun Tea Risk](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steep-risk/)** > > Can homemade 'sun tea' harbor dangerous bacteria? ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/171 "2011-11-26T23:50:33Z")
> [@Jamicat](#): > > Chesapeake Bay Area - All you can eat “Blue Crabs” > [http://www.bluecrabfeast.com/](http://www.bluecrabfeast.com/) Blue crab is not a food unique to one area. > [@](#): > > Florida - Sun Tea > [Bacteria in Sun Tea Risk | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/suntea.asp) 😕 What does this have to do with the topic being discussed? Anyway, some good rebuttals to the Snopes article here: > **[Making "sun tea:" glass or black container?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=611635)** > > So, lots of people like to make “sun tea” in warmer weather. To wit, put a glass pitcher in the sun with a bunch of tea bags or loose tea of your choice, cover, and wait a few hours. Result: warm tea that can then be sweetened and served over ice.... [http://www.teageek.net/blog/?p=190](http://www.teageek.net/blog/?p=190) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/172 "2011-11-27T00:20:45Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Agree. They shouldn’t be cold yet. > > But you can get them lots of places in the midwest. Fine. Ellsworth white cheese curds. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/173 "2011-11-27T02:33:56Z")
> [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](#): > > Speaking of which, you can usually get awesome Dominos online coupon deals through retailmenot.com.au. Utterly irrelevant to the topic, but since I mentioned them I thought I should correct myself: it’s [retailmenot. **com**](http://www.retailmenot.com/view/dominos.com.au) - not .com.au ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/174 "2011-11-27T02:49:08Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > North West England: > Parched peas Isn’t that mushy peas using black (purple) peas instead of green? ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229/175 "2011-11-27T02:54:09Z")
Is [pie mash and liqour](http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/tv-show/come-dine-with-me-recipes/series-10/pie-mash-and-liquor-recipe) (that is the correct spelling in this case, btw) original to East London? That’s not a proper recipe, btw, just one you can do at home - in the proper recipe, the liqour includes eel stock. And in a proper pie and mash cafe the menu will read something like ‘1 pie, 2 mash, £3.50. 2 pie, 1 mash, £4.00. 2 pie, 2 mash…’ etc. With no mention of what is in the pie. It’s just random Meat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-are-unique-to-your-area/591229.md?page=8)