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Where I'm originally from -- Montreal -- the thing to have is poutine. It's french fries, with bits of cheese, smothered in gravy. It sounds grotesque and looks grotesque -- and I hate the cheese that is traditionally used -- but everyone else loves it. I actually do like it... I just have to take out the bits of cheese.
Wow, that actually sounds pretty good! Would hate to see how many calories are in that thing though, lol.
Yep, Cincinnati Chilli is the name. And yes, it is good. Wow, I'm already learning so many new foods! I'll have to research your whole list because I haven't heard of any of these things. But that's good. I love learning about new foods that are specific to certain regions of the country.
This is tough because I don't know what it is you don't know.
Here in Oklahoma we have something that I'd never heard of until I moved here, and I just moved from Texas so it's not like I came from across the country. It's an onion burger. When I first heard of it, it was not at all appealing. Then I tried one. They are wonderful. They take an onion and slice it very thinly. Then they place them on a hot griddle in a pile and began cooking them. Then they take a ball of hamburger meat, put it on top of the onions and smash the meat out into a patty. The onions caramelize while the burger cooks and they flavor the meat. They are wonderful and much better than just a burger with sauteed onions. There are onion burger places all around town. Apparently they started out during the depression as a way to make the meat go further.
As a kid we had moon pies. I think those are pretty much a southern thing. I'm not sure if they even make them anymore.
Growing up and even as an adult in Texas there were all kinds of things we ate that people we met from other parts of the country had never heard of before. Much of it was various Mexican dishes. Now with our much larger Hispanic population throughout the country, I suspect most people have heard of them. For instance, breakfast burritos. These are a staple with our family. But even 10 years ago, my own father in law, who'd lived in Texas his whole life had never heard of them. I'd rather have some sort of Mexican breakfast such as migas than anything else.
I remember as a teenager, being in New York in 1976, and asking for a Dr. Pepper. They looked at me like I was from Mars. I didn't realize the whole country didn't have it. Now it's everywhere.
What I wish we could get here that we can't is Utz chips.
Hey, no problem. Just throw it out there. What I may have heard of, maybe somebody else hasn't. I created this thread in the hopes that ALL of us can learn some new foods, not just me.
Very interesting about the Onion burger and it's history. I'm loving this thread already, lol. I'm learning so much. This is awesome! In regards to the moon pies, I have had them before. They are still out there and they do sell them here in the midwest. I'm not a huge fan of them.
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Here in NY we refer to poutine as disco fries. Same concept except it's french fries with melted mozzarella and you dip the fires in brown gravy.
I'd love it if real poutine was made with mozzarella! But, alas... the Quebecoise had other plans. As for dipping into gravy, it's so much easier when the whole mess is already swimming in it.
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By the way, I like the name "disco fries" WAY better than "poutine."
Well, there's always goetta (Cincinnati) or scrapple (eastern Pennsylvania). They're pretty much the same thing -- grain and pork scraps -- except goetta is made with pinhead oats, and scrapple with corn meal.
I don't like either one.
In Cincinnati, you can order omelets with goetta or Cincinnati chili. The chili omelets are divine.
An especialite of my hometown of Erie, Pa., is pepperoni balls. Sooooo yummy!
It's an onion burger. When I first heard of it, it was not at all appealing. Then I tried one. They are wonderful. They take an onion and slice it very thinly. Then they place them on a hot griddle in a pile and began cooking them. Then they take a ball of hamburger meat, put it on top of the onions and smash the meat out into a patty. The onions caramelize while the burger cooks and they flavor the meat. They are wonderful and much better than just a burger with sauteed onions. There are onion burger places all around town. Apparently they started out during the depression as a way to make the meat go further.
And of course White Castle made that style popular throughout the midwest as the first real hamburger chain: What You Crave | White Castle
But the only place I've heard them referred to as onion burgers is Oklahoma. Everywhere else they are called "sliders" because of the way you have to sliiiiide them off a spatula to keep the onions in place.
Well, there's always goetta (Cincinnati) or scrapple (eastern Pennsylvania). They're pretty much the same thing -- grain and pork scraps -- except goetta is made with pinhead oats, and scrapple with corn meal.
I don't like either one.
In Cincinnati, you can order omelets with goetta or Cincinnati chili. The chili omelets are divine.
An especialite of my hometown of Erie, Pa., is pepperoni balls. Sooooo yummy!
You know, I always thought goetta was a Cincinnati thing, but obviously it's not. I don't get what all the fuss is about it, especially here in Cincy. I've had it before and it's fine, but it's nothing special. I mean, it's not like I ever crave it or anything and if I ever eat out for breakfast, it never even crosses my mind to order it.
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