What foods are only available in your area?

[Jessica]

Here, it would have to be pepperoni rolls & hot bologna sandwiches. I can do without the latter, but when I'm traveling, I crave some pepperoni rolls & can't find them anywhere!



What foods can you only find at home? (Sorry - can't get enough of the food threads today). :9

[KitchenWitch]

Old Dutch potato chips

[MnFats]

5. Good point. There are none better!

Lays? Get the hell out of here with Lay's, and do NOT darken my door with Pringles!

[Logiola]

6. woo hoo for old dutch :D

but they are available all thru out canada as well :D

[Nikia]

17. Old Dutch chips are in Wisconsin

as well as other Old Dutch brand products.

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Um, whale blubber??

Not exactly to my taste, incidentally -- too gritty.

[nickinSTL]

2. toasted ravioli?

I've never heard of it anywhere else.

[AllegroRondo]

9. and those sausage pretzels from Gus's

yummy

[spinbaby]

13. Sausage pretzels?

Details, please.

[AllegroRondo]

15. Gus's Pretzels - a St Louis landmark

they make standard pretzels of all shapes and sizes, but the specialty is a pretzel with a whole italian sausage baked inside. (or a hot dog or bratwurst). Its a full meal you can eat with one hand.

[GOPisEvil]

3. I can get pepperoni rolls here in Texas.

http://www.doubledaves.com/home.html

[BOSSHOG]

4. Crawfish

Its in abundance this time of year in Louisiana and Mississippi; and it is exported from this part of the country to other parts. A true delicacy if you have never had it. Yeah, they look gross, and yeah they are boiled alive but with the right spice mix they are delicious and won't fill you up. The perfect combination for potatoes, corn on the cob, a sunny afternoon and alot of beer.

[MnFats]

7. do you have to eat the gut?

heard that the true way to eat them is to rip off the head and chow down on everything inside.

[BOSSHOG]

20. Hello MNFats

Pinch the tail and suck the head. Twist the body to get the meat out (which is delicious) and suck the fat from the head. I don't do the head sucking thing but crawfish meat is a delicacy. Its like eating a plateful of lobster only better. Of course, there are a million crawfish cooks in loooosiana and they all have their own recipe of various and asundry spices but ya can't beat a crawfish "berl" on the bajou. And of course, the obligatory mass quantities of beer.

[spinbaby]

8. You must be from West Virgina

Wheeling? Possibly Morgantown or Fairmont?

[Jessica]

10. Yeah.

Morgantown area. I live in Charleston now, though. :hi:

[spinbaby]

12. I went to school in Morgantown

I still find the fried balony sandwich rather shocking.

[Jessica]

14. WVU?

[spinbaby]

19. Yep

Graduated 30 years ago.

[Left Is Write]

11. I don't think there's anything exclusive to this area.

Some Idahoan/Boisean will come along to correct me if that's wrong.

(And I hope they do - not enough Idaho residents here at DU!)

[ihaveaquestion]

16. Raw Sugar Cane

from the Florida State Fair. You chew the sweetness out of the stringy insides and spit out the rough stuff. It's surprisingly good.

I'd guess this can be found other places, but not many.

[Nikia]

18. Where I grew up in Ohio, Ballreich's potato chips

They have a limited range and are not in Wisconsin. I could order them online though if I really wanted them.

[Blue Gardener]

21. Sterzings Potato Chips

If you're ever in Eastern Iowa, you'll have to try some.

[KamaAina]

22. Where to begin? Poi? Shave ice? Crack seed?

the last is actually dried fruit and contains NO crack cocaine: sorry, Bush** :-)

Actually many Hawai'i delicacies, including poi, may be had in mainland communities with large Hawai'i expat populations: the Bay Area, Vegas, etc., or you can always order online.

Edit: Always be sure to spell 'cocaine' correctly, or people will talk...