Pennsylvania's Best Traits?! (Pittsburgh, Reading, Plum: how much, live, land)

[in2dadark]

The food, the mountains and the warm blooded women...

[L.K.]

for us non natives,what is a whoopie and a shoe-fly pie?

[jeb412]

Don't forget the Phila. soft pretzels, they can't be beat. In college at Temple U., lunch consisted of a soft pretzel and Coke for under a buck. Cheap, tasty, hit the spot.

[Dawne]

Originally Posted by L.K.

for us non natives,what is a whoopie and a shoe-fly pie?

Shoo-fly pie is a molasses pie. It got its name from cooling on the sill of an open window. It was so sweet you had to shoo the flies away.

A whoopie pie is like a huge "cake" Oreo. Two chocolate cupcake-type things with white sweet cream filling between. They're about the size of your hand. You can also get them with peanut butter filling. I've seen pumpkin cakes with white filling and I've seen white cakes with chocolate filling. They're usually made by Amish in our area. The best ones are the ones you buy sold right out of the back of an Amish buggy!!

[Tama]

Oh-you people are giving me fits. I am now totally homesick. Oh gawd--ring boloney sandwiches! Don't forget Tasty cakes, folks. My mother has to send some to me a few times a year. And the Italian cheeses made in a little family cheese shop (she sends this as well!) and the apple cider in the fall and the deep green green grass and the blue blue skies of summer. Taking a ride in any direction will bring you to something interesting--historical, tasty, charming, scenic, or ethnic. Smart, competent, hard-working and enterprising people. L.K.--you are a lucky person. Enjoy my home state

[openless]

dont forget bbq middleswarth as a local chip favorite! frito-lay doesnt have anything on them!

[Duderino]

Originally Posted by Dawne

Shoo-fly pie is a molasses pie. It got its name from cooling on the sill of an open window. It was so sweet you had to shoo the flies away.

A whoopie pie is like a huge "cake" Oreo. Two chocolate cupcake-type things with white sweet cream filling between. They're about the size of your hand. You can also get them with peanut butter filling. I've seen pumpkin cakes with white filling and I've seen white cakes with chocolate filling. They're usually made by Amish in our area. The best ones are the ones you buy sold right out of the back of an Amish buggy!!

This makes me REALLY hungry and homesick as well, haha. I think most people have covered the great facets of Pennsylvania, but another plus for those of you with a sweet tooth is definitely the PA Dutch and Amish baked goods. If anyone wants a real treat, take a trip to Shady Maple in Lancaster.

[virangos]

Cheese Steaks, don't forget cheese steaks.

[bboy36win]

Silver Queen sweet corn on a hot August day.

Martin's Kettle Cooked Potato Chips.

Mountains.

[Lauraferg]

Mountains, Whoopie Pies, Ham Pot Pie(it's not a real pie shape, for all of you non-natives!!!!) State College, Bellefonte, wildlife in your back yard, Penn State, I could go on for hours.