Official State Food of West Virginia (Hurricane: homes, restaurant, garden)

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Originally Posted by Bobilee

I noticed in one of the "fat" threads that Oklahoma has "official" food, so I did a search and found that many other states have "official" food. And once again, West Virginia gets short-changed and legislators have failed to provide us with "official" food. What would you want to see made the State food?
Official State Foods from NETSTATE

Ramps of course

[WVBurn]

Pepperoni rolls for sure...since the early miners took them in their lunch buckets, they have a historical angle as well.

WV hotdogs are a close second..with steamed bun, mustard,onion,spicy chili,and with or without cole slaw..delicious!

[HomersBoy]

I read every post on this thread and there was only one mention of dumplings. Mom used to make us blackberry dumplings, tomato dumplings and squirrel dumplings. I think it should be someting with dumplings and garnished with ramps......

[aeros71]

I believe I read somewhere on the WV cultural website that the Pepperoni Roll is the official state food of WV.

[Poca-Kat]

Smith's in Elkview hosts a Pepperoni roll that has a tiny bit of bread, and about 2 pounds of pepperoni! Holy cats! Now that is the official food of WV! The other is the hot dog. Ever seen a garage sale, and hot dogs, or car wash, and hot dogs, or deer hunt, and hot dogs!!!!!!!!!

[Caleb Longstreet]

Originally Posted by Bobilee

I noticed in one of the "fat" threads that Oklahoma has "official" food, so I did a search and found that many other states have "official" food. And once again, West Virginia gets short-changed and legislators have failed to provide us with "official" food. What would you want to see made the State food?
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I give up, illegal deer? Doe's out of season?

[Q-tip motha]

Originally Posted by Bobilee

I noticed in one of the "fat" threads that Oklahoma has "official" food, so I did a search and found that many other states have "official" food. And once again, West Virginia gets short-changed and legislators have failed to provide us with "official" food. What would you want to see made the State food?
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The most notable food is obviously the pepperonni roll. You can find it in some form or another anywhere throughout the state, yet they are almost nonexistant outside of our borders.

Other's worth mentioning:
- FGT's: nothing beats the slightly sour flavor combined with some good breading. I like to soak mine in butter milk, dip them in heavily seasoned flour (with cumin, chili powder, paprika, s+p), dip them in an egg wash, cover them in a mixture of panko and italian bread crumbs, and then fry them in a mixture of olive and vegetable oil. I've made it my mission to expose the wonder of such a simple thing as a fried green tomato to as many people as possible where I live, and have several converts who are now obsessed with them.

- Biscuits: Hard to find many elsewhere that resemble the type of biscuit you'll find at Tudors or Suzi's. In the north or west they are sadly altogether nonexistant.

- The WV hotdog: chili and slaw

- Fried apples/potatoes: everyone's grandmother has her own special recipe that they grew up with


Unfortunately much of the food in the mountain state, outside of the highlights in this thread, frankly suck. People are using recipes or techniques born out of impoverished conditions but without much technical knowledge as to what they're doing. Where as the Bayou has traditional one pot meals like gumbo we have casseroles that get their flavor from the amount of fat we put in them and prefer our vegetables to come from the can. At its best the cuisine of WV is amazing, but unfortunately most people don't know how to cook it.

[eysbluelpn5]

Hamburger gravy, cream tomatoes, fried potatoes, corn on the cob, homemade bread, blackberry cobbler, and salad dressing cake.

[snorpus]

Salad dressing cake? Recipe (or at least a description), please.

[Janipoo]

I have recently gotten the ingredients from my mom for hot dog chili....YUM! Still can't beat the hot dogs and hamburgers I used to get as a kid in WV that came wrapped in the white paper....smelled soooo good!