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Old 06-14-2017, 10:56 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, OH
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Yesterday on ABC's "The Chew" Cleveland's Cassata Cake was highlighted:

http://abc.go.com/shows/the-chew/video/most-recent/VDKA3922074

It wasn't until I left Cleveland, that I realized very few people outside of NEO had ever eaten (or even heard of) cassata cake before. I now realize cassata cake is extremely regional to us.



What other foods would you consider to be pretty specific to Cleveland and NEO?
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Old 06-14-2017, 12:19 PM
 
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^Nice find. Makes me hungry just looking at this. Michael is such a great goodwill ambassador for Cleveland it isn't funny...

I'd say the Polish Boy, Kielbasa hotdog is unique to Cleveland.
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Old 06-15-2017, 06:45 AM
 
Location: cleveland
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Old 06-15-2017, 10:38 AM
 
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Yesterday on ABC's "The Chew" Cleveland's Cassata Cake was highlighted:

http://abc.go.com/shows/the-chew/video/most-recent/VDKA3922074

It wasn't until I left Cleveland, that I realized very few people outside of NEO had ever eaten (or even heard of) cassata cake before. I now realize cassata cake is extremely regional to us.



What other foods would you consider to be pretty specific to Cleveland and NEO?

Cassata cake is not unique to Cleveland. I'm originally from Detroit and many Sicilian bakeries in Detroit's suburbs make and sell cassata cakes; we have them every year at family gatherings and my family isn't even Sicilian.
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Old 06-15-2017, 10:48 AM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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Cassata cake is not unique to Cleveland. I'm originally from Detroit and many Sicilian bakeries in Detroit's suburbs make and sell cassata cakes; we have them every year at family gatherings and my family isn't even Sicilian.
I don't think he's saying it's "unique" just regional. Detroit would qualify, to me at least, as pretty regional to Cleveland as well.

Pierogi aren't unique to Cleveland either. But they are certainly way more available, popular, and cultural in Cleveland than here in Boston.
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Old 06-15-2017, 11:15 AM
 
Location: Cleveland
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Cassata cake is not unique to Cleveland. I'm originally from Detroit and many Sicilian bakeries in Detroit's suburbs make and sell cassata cakes; we have them every year at family gatherings and my family isn't even Sicilian.
Is it yellow sponge cake with custard and strawberries, though? That's cassata cake to us. There are other cassatas in other cities with Italian populations -- most of which include ricotta, nuts, other ingredients -- but if you ask a Clevelander what a cassata cake is, it's the one with custard and strawberries.

Corbo's in Little Italy sells a Cleveland-style one they just call a cassata cake, and then they also sell a more traditional cassata cake which they call Sicilian-style.
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Old 06-15-2017, 11:45 AM
 
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A favorite regional specialty of mine is fried lake perch, very different than fried ocean perch more common elsewhere in the country.

I know walleye is very popular throughout the Great Lakes region, but I don't remember seeing lake perch as frequently in places such as Minnesota.

Any thoughts?
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Old 06-22-2017, 10:07 AM
 
Location: New Mexico via Ohio via Indiana
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I second those who mentioned lake (Erie) perch and polish boys. What about potato wedge fries called JoJos? I've had the wedge fries obviously anywhere but I said to the lady at the chicken place here in new Mexico when I pointed at them that I wanted JoJos and she looked at me like I had seven heads. I think the name is regional, yes?
Also no one in Cleveland seems to say kielbasa......they all seem to say kielbasi, even if its singular.
Also, Clevelanders seem to call all brown mustard "stadium mustard." But we mustard guys know the truth!
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Old 06-26-2017, 07:06 PM
 
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Cassata cake is not unique to Cleveland. I'm originally from Detroit and many Sicilian bakeries in Detroit's suburbs make and sell cassata cakes; we have them every year at family gatherings and my family isn't even Sicilian.
It's not unique to Cleveland because it was created in Palermo. Sicilian cassata was originally filled more like cannoli with ricotta, chocolate chips and candied fruit. However, the version of cassata with custard, strawberries and whipped cream was created in Cleveland in the early 1900's at the LaPuma bakery. It made it's way to Detroit, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, etc. from Cleveland.
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Old 06-26-2017, 07:20 PM
 
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Also no one in Cleveland seems to say kielbasa......they all seem to say kielbasi, even if its singular.
This isn't true at all. With all the Eastern European influence around these parts, the proper name and its plural are well known.

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Also, Clevelanders seem to call all brown mustard "stadium mustard." But we mustard guys know the truth!
Huh? While we're one of the few cities whose stadiums both have a good, spicy brown mustard for the offering, that's where the name ends.
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