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I grew up, as did most in my area, eating Scandinavian favorites. Lutefisk and lefse, boiled rutabaga, Swedish meatballs, sild, (pickled herring) kumla, (potato dumplings in ham broth) and wonderful buttery Norwegian Christmas cookies - krumkake, kringla, rosettes, fattigman, sandbakkels.
lol........ boy was i in for a culture shock moving to the south after living my entire life above the Mason Dixon Line.....
never ever heard of a hushpuppy. not once
up north, pimento cheese was that sickly orange Kraft 4 oz tiny glass bottle on the uppermost corner of the dairy case that spread more like a cream cheese....... who knew it was this chunky, rich mishmosh of who the heck knows what? All i knew was it was sheer heaven and i put on 10 pounds the first week here eating it!!!!!!
fat back. LOL!!!!! LOL!!!!! LOL!!!!! LOL!!!!!!
and need i mention barbecue sauce up north was a thick, dark red sweetish delicacy to die for????? not this thin soup of vinegar poured over a pig?????
I guess it depends upon where you grew up. I has hush puppies at Long John Silver's in PA in the 1970s. A neighbor used to make pimento cheese. That was in the 1960s. Eastern NC BBQ sauce was a surprise. I'd never heard of it before I moved there.
"Chopped Steak" is another thing you see here a lot that I really didn't see when I lived in the Midwest. Basically its hamburger steak covered in Gravy.
"Chopped Steak" is another thing you see here a lot that I really didn't see when I lived in the Midwest. Basically its hamburger steak covered in Gravy.
Probably a southern thing.
People here in Texas seem to like Pimento cheese (I've never developed a taste for it) and I see chopped steak on the menu at every "meat & 3" type restaurant. Didn't see either growing up in California.
I lived in Michigan for a long time. A couple of favorites are pasties (pronounced "pass-tees"), which is a handheld meat pie, and a special kind of ginger ale called Vernor's. You may think you've had ginger ale, but probably not as spicy as Vernor's!
Up here in Vermont we have these trees that grow all over the place. You stick a spigot in the side, sap comes out, and if you boil it long enough it turns into this really sweet, tasty syrup. I think they may make it other places, too, but it's mostly from here. Then, while it's still hot, people pour the syrup over snow and eat it with dill pickles. It's called sugar on snow.
I lived in Michigan for a long time. A couple of favorites are pasties (pronounced "pass-tees"), which is a handheld meat pie, and a special kind of ginger ale called Vernor's. You may think you've had ginger ale, but probably not as spicy as Vernor's!
Up here in Vermont we have these trees that grow all over the place. You stick a spigot in the side, sap comes out, and if you boil it long enough it turns into this really sweet, tasty syrup. I think they may make it other places, too, but it's mostly from here. Then, while it's still hot, people pour the syrup over snow and eat it with dill pickles. It's called sugar on snow.
The best comes from Vermont and it makes the BEST sugar on snow. Now I want it to snow but it's June.
I kind of think people eat corn, strawberries and melons in places other than Maryland. Also crabs and other crab dishes; definitely lake trout.
Pit beef, on the other hand, may be something you can hang your hat on - but I'll take a Buffalo "Beef on a Weck" any day of the week.
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and it makes the BEST sugar on snow. Now I want it to snow but it's June.
It is my preferred choice.
