Said it before and I don’t care what order the animal belongs to, but tongue and cheek meat are where it’s at.
I think that’s foul, but my wife (Fresno born) and best friend (Seattle born) both have loved it since childhood.
For me, it’s Pork Roll. Growing up in Trenton, it was ubiquitous. And surprising that they had no idea what I was talking about when I moved away. Sigh.
Joe
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Joe
Three-in-one - (boiled or fried) rice, curry sauce, and chips in a tray
Garlic cheese chips - chips in a tray with garlic sauce and melted cheese
They are getting harder to find even in the DC suburbs.
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Absolutely concur…especially with cheeks. Can I eat your cheek?
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Where do you live? Tex-Mex is found all around the country, although quality definitely varies. (Even here in Texas, it varies considerably. Then there’s Mex-Mex, Interior Mexican ($$$), etc.)
I live south of Houston. I guess I should have said Tex-Mex WAS unique to Texas at one time but well, it got kinda popular.
I’m sure there are other regional specialties but for the life of me I’m drawing a blank.
Is that some of that soder-water I keep hearing about? I’ll have to try it. By the way, down in Brenam they have this company called Blue Bell Ice Cream. I recon it’ll catch on someday.
Some regional comfort foods from my childhood: tourtière, pâté chinois, cretons, and pets de soeurs (which are really just cinnamon rolls made from leftover dough, but the name has always made me chuckle). Er, can you get ketchup or all-dressed potato chips outside Canada?
Ubiquitous on Minnesota’s Iron Range as well. Made by and available at nearly every local bakery, grocer, and meat shop from Grand Rapids and Calument past Toivola and on to Mountain Iron and points beyond. UP’ers didn’t just bring their dishes to Minnesota’s Iron Range. 
Also the St. Paul sandwich (an egg foo yung patty on white bread with mayo) served in St. Louis Missouri lower-end Chinese restaurants, not your gourmet types of places. I’ve never tried one myself.
Food unique to my area is braaaiiiins.
Pretty unique to this part of the world; prarie oysters. And the Ceaser (or Bloody Ceaser if you will) was invented here. Good for washing down the “oysters”.
This zombie thread makes more sense than one about, say “that promising new candidate, Rick Perry.”
Houston has long been a crossroads of cultures. One example: Boudin Filled Kolaches. From Shipley Donuts. The one in my neighborhood…
Beer nuggets! I was just talking to a friend about them last week. It breaks my heart that I’ll probably never have them again. Even though I have a lot of family in Rockford, IL, I have no reason to go all the way to DeKalb when I’m home visiting. Cries about fried bread
I live in north east PA, and work at a truck stop. We have perogies, and always have people say they have never heard of them before.
My area also has Old Forge Pizza, which I generally hate.
At this time of year, SCal folks have tamales.
Christmas and tamales. Both are from God.
~VOW
Pretty much exclusive to Aberdeen, Scotland - the rowie:
Absolutely fantastic, especially if bought from Aitken’s bakery (no, I don’t work for them).
Looking forward to getting home for Christmas…
I came here to list Ithaca/Finger Lakes/Central NY foods but they’ve almost all been listed!
I’ll add French bread pizza, aka Poor Man’s Pizza aka PMP. Originated at the Hot Truck at Cornell in 1960.
Perogies are plentiful in Minneapolis. We can even get them at the supermarket.