# What's a well known (at least fairly well known) type of food or style of cuisine you've never, or only recently, tried? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [January 17, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-well-known-at-least-fairly-well-known-type-of-food-or-style-of-cuisine-youve-never-or-only-recently-tried/957931 "2022-01-17T14:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-well-known-at-least-fairly-well-known-type-of-food-or-style-of-cuisine-youve-never-or-only-recently-tried/957931/30 "2022-01-17T21:34:27Z")
I consider myself fairly food-adventurous and well versed in food offerings from around the world. So I was surprised when I recognized only one food from this list: > [@Southern American Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-american-food/957768/1): > > I have a copy of a Cook’s Illustrated magazine focused on food from states like Georgia and Alabama. This type of food is hard to find in Canada. While I’m sure you can get anything in a big city, I’m not sure how popular it is outside its namesake region. Yes, Nashville fried chicken with cayenne spicing, barbecue with fixings and pulled meat are fairly popular everywhere. But a lot of the dishes I didn’t know. How many of these dishes do you know? Carolina Chicken Bog Natchitoches Meat … I tend to steer clear of heavy foods and a lot of Southern foods are that, but I don’t think I’ve even been offered anything from @Dr_Paprika’s list except pimento cheese. I wouldn’t have the vaguest idea where to find any of it to try it, except to visit the South or attempt to make it myself. I’m not especially inclined to make either effort. I suppose we all have our blind spots. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-well-known-at-least-fairly-well-known-type-of-food-or-style-of-cuisine-youve-never-or-only-recently-tried/957931)._