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I am from Southern California and in my city it has to be Mexican food. The truth be known there are food trucks and food trailers everywhere selling the best tasting burritos, tortas, and taco's around. For Christmas time its tamale central. We usually order a dozen pork, chicken, beef, and sweet tamales. I prefer the pork myself. Sometimes my wife will get some cheese tamales as well. Those usually have some jalapenos in them.
"...Poke is a traditional southern Appalachian food. The leaves and stems can both be eaten, but must be cooked. The leaves have a taste similar to spinach; the stems taste similar to asparagus. Traditionally, poke is boiled, then fatback is added and cooked some more to add flavor..."
I thought the stems were poisonous. Oh, well, better safe than than sorry. Is it just the South? It grows in the Mid-Atlantic, too. I've never seen garlic mustard when it was young enough to eat. Either that, or I only notice it when it's in flower. By then, it's not supposed to taste very good.
Kentucky....
Bourbon balls, Bourbon beef, bourbon chicken, bourbon everything lol...fried chicken, Hot Browns, Burgoo,
Mint Juleps, Country Ham and Derby Pie.
NJ: Taylor ham* with eggs and cheese on a hard roll.
*Some people say "pork roll", of which Taylor ham is a brand, and this is a bone of much contention in NJ. I never even heard the term "pork roll" until well into adulthood, so obviously THOSE PEOPLE are WRONG. Probably from South Jersey.
Anyway, it's delicious and will exponentially increase your chance of a heart attack.
...or they're from PA, like me. Pork roll, pork roll, pork roll. I do like a meat disc, egg and cheese every once in a while. My triglyceride and cholesterol numbers are impressive. Every year the doctor asks about my diet.
California: Sand Dabs, of course, although the first thing that popped into my mind was California-style Pizza(mostly about the crust, and the Olive Oil). Or maybe Date Shakes?
Minnesota: Tater Tot Hot Dish, which is actually pretty good (But truly, I love EVERYTHING, when surrounded by Minnesotans, because I ADORE Minnesotans).
We travel through Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina regularly. There's no end to the culinary wonders found in The South. Oh, and in case you haven't noticed, BBQ pork is a religion down here. Long conversations ensue when BBQers meet and get to chatting about the best types of wood to use, optimum temperatures, and left-hand vs right-hand cuts of meat (one should never interject experiences with their gas grill at such gatherings).
Now, you're making all southern food sound incredible.. Might i remind you of Pickled Pigs Feet.. The ever-present 2 gallon jug of pickled eggs on the counter. Chitterlings. Hog Jowls.
There's lots of good.. But there's bad, too. Frankly.. I can't stand Collard Greens.
Onion burgers. Regular hamburger grilled over a mass of onions....
Yum, those are incredible.
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...My home state (AZ) is known for chimichangas, carne seca, mole' and machaca...
I'm not so sure Mexico would appreciate Arizona claiming to be known for the Oaxacan classic, and the "National Dish of Mexico," mole.
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