Foodstuffs local to your area

[RedBeard]

I've posted meatballs here before, but I was curious, what do you consider to be a "local" food related to the area you live in?

The pickled herring is another good example of Swedish food that's rather "Sweden-only".

[Coplann]

Berliner and beer :p

[Allison]

The only thing I can think of here that's different is North Carolina-style barbecue. The meat itself isn't any different, it's just slow-cooked, pulled pork. But the sauce is something I've never seen on barbecue. Instead of the sweet, tomato-based sauces you usually find with barbecue, they use a vinegar and red pepper sauce, which I ADORE.

So, if you have a NC-style BBQ sandwich, it will be pulled pork on a bun, and then you'll put as much vinegar sauce on as you like, (I like to put on so much that my bread gets soggy and I have to use a fork.), and then, for it to be a true NC-style sandwich, you have to top it off with a pile of coleslaw. Serve it up with some hush puppies and some Sweet Tea (Iced tea with tons of sugar), and you've got the perfect NC barbecue plate!

I've never made the sauce myself, but I found a recipe that sounds about right.

http://recipegal.com/other/EasternNorthCarolina-StyleBarbequeSauce.htm

[spyder913]

here's one local to my area: Coffee

[Solomente]

shrimp and grits (that's one dish)

[malkovich]

lobstah and chowdah ... ;) ...

[Brey]

Living on Long Island, all kinds of seafood.....

[Bedpost]

I've thought about this a number of times for Columbus, OH. For the city that has the highest number of restaurants per captia (at least we used to not sure if that's still true) We don't really have any food thing that we're known for.

There are tons of good restaurants, just no one thing that Columbus is known for that I know of

[Yoggoth]

Egg Creme Soda
Jungle Juice (40oz of Midnight Dragon mixed with 12oz Pina Colada mix)
Manhattan Special
NY Pizza
Meat on a stick

[POKER]

Back bakon on a Bun and Poutine

[kitty]

coffee and micro-brews..spyder must live close to me o.O

[bloodreign]

I want micro brews!!!!

[Rooster]

The only thing I can think of here that's different is North Carolina-style barbecue. The meat itself isn't any different, it's just slow-cooked, pulled pork. But the sauce is something I've never seen on barbecue. Instead of the sweet, tomato-based sauces you usually find with barbecue, they use a vinegar and red pepper sauce, which I ADORE.

So, if you have a NC-style BBQ sandwich, it will be pulled pork on a bun, and then you'll put as much vinegar sauce on as you like, (I like to put on so much that my bread gets soggy and I have to use a fork.), and then, for it to be a true NC-style sandwich, you have to top it off with a pile of coleslaw. Serve it up with some hush puppies and some Sweet Tea (Iced tea with tons of sugar), and you've got the perfect NC barbecue plate!

I've never made the sauce myself, but I found a recipe that sounds about right.

http://recipegal.com/other/EasternNorthCarolina-StyleBarbequeSauce.htm
Allison, Canidae makes some AWESOME home made Eastern-Carolina Style BBQ (You can't get it West of Lexington) with a recipe VERY similar (if not the same) to the one you linked.

She'll roast the port butt for like 6 hours.. then just pull it apart with 2 forks... OMG.. I can eat that until I'm sick.

and your plate of good carolina BBQ? Damn skipppy.. you just forgot the corn bread.


OH!! Local to Carolinas (afaik)... Brunswick Stew. Not sure if I can explain that one.

[Noleader]

Bah I had typed up a huge reply about how the Detroit are had lots of different foods from all different parts of the world... and hit post just to have it timeout and then lose it all.

[MickeyFinn]

Ha!

[Ivyrielle]

Because Roo didn't give any further detail, and I like google...

Brunswick Stew: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick_stew

And a quote about it that made me laugh:
"Brunswick stew is what happens when small mammals carrying ears of corn fall into barbeque pits."