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Guys, I guess most of you just read the main question and misunderstood it. I am sorry, I could have phrased it better.
I wrote this on a previous post and I just would like to clarify it: I meant to ask "what food item would you bring from the place you have visited?", and please consider it in case one could bring any food item.
You're correct, Miaiam. Most people (like me) just read the initial question, which was not your intent. That will probably keep happening, as not everyone takes the time to go back and read the OP on each thread.
That said, I would say in answer to your second question (bold above), it would depend entirely on what food items are available at the place I visit! When I visited Vermont several years ago, I brought back with me the best white cheddar cheese on the face of the earth!
I like to visit Farmer's Markets and bring home home-made specialty items like relishes, jams, mustards, and such...it's fun talking with the folks who made the foods...local wine and small locally brewed beer is fun to bring home, too.
When my mother was still living in Wisconsin, I'd never return home without about 30 pounds of Brats from Hoff's Red Owl store in Brownsville WI, and the trunk full of cases of Point Beer.
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Well, it would be nice to bring Wisconsin cheese home with me--but I have no way of keeping it refrigerated on the way back home.
You don't need to. Cheese keeps fine for a long time (weeks) at room temperature. To keep it from overheating and melting it in the car, wrap a bundle of cold cheese in newspaper, put it in a plastic trash bag, then put that in a closed cardboard box. That makes an excellent insulation. You can also toss a blanket over the box. The floor of your trunk is the hottest place in the car, right above the muffler, so if you stow it in the trunk, have something else beneath it. I've done that with the uncooked brats, and they're fine, even after a couple of overnight stops on the way home.
Or, just buy the cheapest camp cooler you can find, that'll work fine, you can always find other uses for it later on. No ice required, but open the lid overnight, so it can cool down from daytime temperatures.
Food as souvenirs! It's a lot easier when I'm driving -- I always bring a cooler! -- but I've managed just fine on airplanes, too.
Cheese from Wisconsin, especially cheese curds. When I blow through Cuba, NY, on my way to and from Philadelphia and Erie, I also buy cheese and cheese curds there.
We were just in Williamsburg, Va., and visited local winery and brewery, bought some barbecue sauce from Pierce's PITT Bar-B-Que, and of course Virginia peanuts.
The first time I went to San Francisco I came home with three loaves of sourdough bread. My family hated it and I had to eat it all myself. Dang.
When I visit Cincinnati, I come home with a six months' fix of Skyline Chili. When I visit Erie, I come home with a bag of frozen pepperoni balls, and some of Cleveland's Stadium Mustard that the local grocery stores carry.
Pecans from the Carolinas. Wine from just about anywhere.
Hahaha .. don't feel bad. Used to love sourdough and always in search of the ultimate sourdough myself, especially when around the SF area. Somewhere while travelling and camping through the US, came across some great looking sourdough .. and bought, not three .. but four loaves! and as in your case, seemed I was the only one who liked it.
Never heard the end of it, especially when we found a loaf about a year later stuffed in a corner of the camper somewhere. didn't eat that one.
When I traveled to Victoria BC to a book launch event, I brought along hostess gifts of boxes of hush puppy mix--they'd never seen such before and they were a big hit!
There are several good things you can only get in the south. Nowadays, I think you can buy grits up north but only in small expensive packages. In the south, you can buy cane syrup. Used to be able to buy raw, unrefined sugar in Louisiana, but I don't think it's available anymore, unless a sugar mill will sell you some.
Driving through Louisiana during sugar harvest, I always pick up canes that fell off trucks. In college, I kept a bunch of them under my bed to munch on.
We're a week into a road trip, have three weeks left, and are looking for interesting, somewhat healthy snacks that can survive the ride.
Sometimes we don't have refrigeration, so perishables are out. Stuff that goes stale or molds quickly is a bummer.
Flavorful, crispy, low in fat and sugar...any suggestions?
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It's a lot easier when I'm driving -- I always bring a cooler! -- but I've managed just fine on airplanes, too. 
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