Local Foods

[ManicMoose]

I like seeing where people are from and learning about the place. I also like food, so I'm going to talk about both.
Here in Newfoundland, all of our food is really fattening. It also may look bad, but it's good tasting.

Spoiler: Supper

The conventional fish and chips, nothing special.

Scrunchions, which is pork rinds.

Capelin, little fish that wash up on the shore June/July when they finish mating.

And for something to drink there's syrup. Not so much traditional, but it's still a staple. I've seen many Canadians from off the island fill up their whole cup with it, take a sip, and discover how strong it is. You're supposed to add just a drip then add water (like kool-aid)

Spoiler: Dessert

Here we have a variation of a pancake called a 'touton.' It's smaller and fluffier than an American/Canadian pancake. (and in my opinion tastes better). It's also good with butter instead of syrup.
Finally there's a controversial one. You might be grossed out by it, so I'll hide it. It isn't too bad though.

Spoiler: Pie

This is sort of like chicken pot pie, but instead of chicken it's seal. I present, seal flipper pie.

There's also plenty more where that came from, but there's a lot, and I won't bore you with it.
So post the foods from where you're from! It can be anything from a unique dish, or just something different from a local restaurant.

 

[Aryxia]

Woot Canadian food~
I can't really think of anything special to Vancouver, so I'm just going to leave this here:

 

[ManicMoose]

Wow, didn't know that they didn't have the first few. Americans sure are missing out

 

[Ichigo.]

living in California, I feel like our food isn't anything exciting. but being Vietnamese, I've eaten lots of interesting things. snails, frog legs, chicken feet, etc. they're all pretty great tbh.

 

[Aryxia]

Wow, didn't know that they didn't have the first few. Americans sure are missing out

The Nanaimo bars are what surprised me. I thought they'd be everywhere by now

 

[ManicMoose]

living in California, I feel like our food isn't anything exciting. but being Vietnamese, I've eaten lots of interesting things. snails, frog legs, chicken feet, etc. they're all pretty great tbh.

Sounds interesting, there's a new Vietnamese place nearby, I'll have to see if they have any of those. Adding to the body parts, we have fried cod tongues. Could never bring myself to trying one though

 

[MozzarellaSticks]

I was waiting for poutine.

- - - Post Merge - - -

We don't have too much local cusine I thought. Until I learned no where else has:

Blue Moon ice cream (the blue part of Superman):

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Coney Islands as 24/7 Greek themed diners:

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And that not everyone knew what cannolis are:

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Also we celebrate Fat Tuesday as Paczki Day:

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[RiceBunny]

Spoiler: P?o de queijo

Spoiler: P?o de queijo and its cheesy goodness

These are Cheese buns or Cheese breads(they go by various names). They're a popular Brazilian snack and breakfast food. ^.^ Cheese buns are distinctive not only because they are made of cassava or corn flour, but also because the inside is chewy and moist. The size may vary from 1 to 6 inches in diameter and approximately 2 inches in height.

I love these SOO much, but they make me fat so I only eat them once a month or so xD.

 

[Naiad]

California has avocados

 

[vriska]

I'm from upstate New York and uhhhhh not really sure if we have anything special except for maybe apple cider donuts?



Yeah I'm pretty sure that's about it haha if it can be considered special at all >.<

 

[Ichigo.]

Sounds interesting, there's a new Vietnamese place nearby, I'll have to see if they have any of those. Adding to the body parts, we have fried cod tongues. Could never bring myself to trying one though

yeah, I'm not sure if I could try tongue. if you've never tried pho, you should! it's definitely my favorite Vietnamese dish, and probably the most know.

 

[ManicMoose]

I'm from upstate New York and uhhhhh not really sure if we have anything special except for maybe apple cider donuts?

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Yeah I'm pretty sure that's about it haha if it can be considered special at all >.<

Sounds pretty good! Though I wouldn't know, you can't buy cider up here (as far as I know) so I've never tried it.

 

[MozzarellaSticks]

I'm from upstate New York and uhhhhh not really sure if we have anything special except for maybe apple cider donuts?

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Yeah I'm pretty sure that's about it haha if it can be considered special at all >.<

Oh my God I used to live by a cider mill with the best cider doughnuts.

 

[ManicMoose]

yeah, I'm not sure if I could try tongue. if you've never tried pho, you should! it's definitely my favorite Vietnamese dish, and probably the most know.

I looooooooooooove pho. I've only had it once, at a place across the island. I think now that the new place is open I'll probably eat it every week

 

[xiaonu]

Well, I'm from America so I can't say anything here is different, but living in California is home of the "foodies". There's alot of authentic cuisine from around the world here. Vietnamese and Chinese (not americanized or a mix of the two) are popular where I live. I grew up on the east coast though, and we had an italian festival in the summer for the town I lived in mostly had italian residents.^^;

 

[jeizun]

here in georgia you're going to see boiled peanut stands on every corner you pass so you better learn to like them.

 

[ManicMoose]

here in georgia you're going to see boiled peanut stands on every corner you pass so you better learn to like them.

Boiled peanuts? Wow, I've never heard of them before. By the "you better learn to like them" do you mean that they're bad?

 

[jeizun]

Boiled peanuts? Wow, I've never heard of them before. By the "you better learn to like them" do you mean that they're bad?

no, i love them most people have never heard of them so that's why i say it lol

 

[Han Solo]

Kentucky doesn't really have a lot of unique things that I've ever had. KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN AWWWW YEAHHH.

Uhhh. we have hot brown which is an open faced sandwich with turkey and bacon and you pour mornay sauce on it and bake it.
derby pie is good too, it's pecan & chocolate.
burgoo is just a stew with pork, mutton, squirrel and stuff like that.

We're just a bunch of hicks ayyyy lmaooooo.

 

[ManicMoose]

Kentucky doesn't really have a lot of unique things that I've ever had. KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN AWWWW YEAHHH.

Uhhh. we have hot brown which is an open faced sandwich with turkey and bacon and you pour mornay sauce on it and bake it.
derby pie is good too, it's pecan & chocolate.
burgoo is just a stew with pork, mutton, squirrel and stuff like that.

We're just a bunch of hicks ayyyy lmaooooo.

Really wanting that derby pie, sounds good.