@heartny Very exotic… My guess is North America. (The “ny” in your handle may be a clue or a red herring, so i disregarded that. Unless it was on a New York bagel…?)
@katbyter Never found a Faygo I liked but I miss this old Vernors that was way stronger than the watered down crap that Schweppes turned it into when they owned it.
@katbyter Me too, but add in Saunders hot fudge, Entemann’s bumpy cake and whatever that thing was that the Lebanese neighbors made that tasted amazing.
@cbilyak I grew up in the state next door, but one of the TV channels I watched alot was out of Ft.Wayne… I can clearly remember those commercials running all summer… Never visited the park
OBTW, while the recipe and flavor of Fritos changed for the terrible some 30-plus years back, HEB’s store brand of corn chips are as close to a dead-on replica of original Fritos as can be had anywhere. We keep them in a big plastic jar so that they don’t go stale, and call them “people treats” because we keep the cat treats in a similar jar.
@mike808@tinamarie1974 As many times as I’ve had egg foo young in my life, i must say it never occurred to me to make a sandwich with it! I might be able to choke down one of those…
@werehatrack
Whenever we visit Miami we always eat Cuban food. Just restaurant stuff. We used to go a lot bc we had a friend on Estero and that was our vacation bc visiting him but it’s been years since we’ve been down.
@caffeineguy So I had to look up “spiedies,” never heard of them - and they look delicious! How have these not traveled around the country? I can get cuban sandwiches and gyros and we used to have a muffaletta place, but I’ve never had spiedies. Someone needs to set up a food truck and serve them here. I’m tired of soft tacos.
@Kyeh If there’s a Kroger near you they may carry the State Fair Spiedie Sauce that I posted earlier. If you’re able to find it you’ll be hooked on them!
For me, “where did you grow up?” is different than “where were you born?”. To be honest, I’m not sure I ever did (see Jimmy Buffett’s “Growing Older But Not Up”). So here goes…
Peaches
St. Louis BBQ
Fish tacos
Orange blossom honey
Carolina BBQ
Orange blossom honey
Cuban sandwich
@chienfou That’s unique in my experience!
No one on my mother’s side probably would ever have considered that because it was just too common for such a special occasion. (Doesn’t mean it wouldn’t have been good, though.)
@phendrick
wife and I quasi eloped… We had picked a date but everyone started bitching about when it was and how inconvenient it was going to be for them, so we decided “screw it we’ll just get married”! We sent announcements instead of invitations…
Babka was available at the bakery that we went by to pick up a cake to celebrate with our two witnesses after the ‘wedding’…
As Paul Harvey would say: And now you know… The rest of the story!
@phendrick My grandmother made great golumpki. IDK why none of us ever asked for her recipe for the sauce before she died. I don’t remember her making pierogi, but I remember eating them, so she must have. My mom and I used to make chrusciki every Christmas for years.
@Kyeh The whole shebang- Seattle and surrounding towns. I lived there 53 years, have been away for a little over 4 years. All my friends are there. I get so homesick sometimes it feels like my heart is actually breaking.
@Pony I can imagine that you’d miss it a lot - it’s so different here. I spent one summer on Mercer Island when I was in college, and while I loved it, I found myself missing the light dry pine-scented Colorado air. It must be the exact opposite for you! Can you go back?
BTW those of you within driving distance of a Wegmans should be able to find “white hots” branded as Hoffman Snappys. The folks from that city just west of me say they aren’t the same but…Wegmans also often stocks Spiedie Sauce (including their own version) and salt potatoes throughout the chain. There are a few other specialty items from the area around Wegmans HQ that they often carry to appeal to expats. I won’t go near the place but my kids all over the east make frequent pilgrimages.
Mines already been said but I’ll list some of the other things that made my state famous. Potato chips, tart cherries, cereal, paczkis and deep dish pizza.
Blake’s ice cream, Mack’s apples, Van Otis Swiss fudge, poutine at Chez Vachon, Granite State potato chips by the bucket from the factory store (RIP ), lobstah rolls & steamahs
@capnjb@ircon96@Star2236 Yes, Maryland. Have lived in Annapolis, College Park, Eastern Shore, Bethesda, Potomac, and Chevy Chase. I think there may still be some High’s around but all the ones around here have gone away.
@cf1@ircon96@Star2236 So, I was kind of close
I do miss Mo-dos though… are they still around? My dirty little MD secret is, while I love to cook, Nissin Cup Noodles are my guilty pleasure… but I always add a half teaspoon of Old Bay and it almost feels like crab soup(ish). Or, I guess, just tastes like home
@cf1@ircon96@Star2236 Picking crab is a way of life for Marylanders. It’s a wonderful communal event that is messy, takes a long time, is fantastically delicious and you smell like Old Bay for a day. It is advised to have a Marylander with you for your first attempt
@capnjb@cf1@ircon96@Star2236 There used to be a MoDo in Olney way back in the 80s. I’ve no idea if it’s still there.
There’s a High’s a couple miles from my house. It was built less than 5 years ago. There are also several Royal Farms near me. I didn’t know until recently that they’re a local company too.
@capnjb@ircon96@Star2236 MoDos was clinging on for a while but got taken out by a snowstorm. The roof collapsed on the building they were in and I guess they just decided that they’d had enough. They were the best donuts.
@cf1@ircon96@Star2236 Sad but true. We recently spent a week on Chincoteague on the water and pulled crabs every day. What we couldn’t eat we froze after steaming them. Came home with about 30 large males. Surprisingly they reheat pretty well.
@cf1 I bought my car in Hanover. The dealership is right next to the Utz outlet. Nothing like filling up the back of a new suv with all sorts of salted goodness. I guess Baltimore doesn’t have their own chips. I would also add Natty Boh to the list there, even if it’s not technically a MD thing anymore.
Not sure that they are “from” here, but I sure ate a TON of Hot Beef Sandwiches growing up. White bread w/ roast beef, served with mashed potatoes & SMOTHERED in gravy!!
@tohar1 Those used to be really common all the way from Ohio down to Florida. Waitrons in roadside cafes in Florida and Georgia used to joke that you could always tell when the car was from Canada or Ohio, the whole table would order the open-face hot roast beef sandwich.
@werehatrack correctamundo.
“The taste of Lima since 1928” ( and that’s Lima like the bean, not the city in Peru)
The Shutt Family here owns the name and associated IP. They have 3 Restaurants locally.
There’s a 4th location in Wisconsin (Racine?) That is totally unrelated, completely different menu, they just license the Name,etc. From the Shutts.
If you are at all familiar with the Lima area, I’m from Elida( with an E)
@shaunanl Gold Star is actually chili. Skyline, not so much. It’s actually a variant of a traditional Greek dish called makaronia me kima. I’m told that in the winter, the original Skyline location was visible from our front porch. It was about a mile away downhill.
@shaunanl I’ve only ever had skyline, so I can’t really take sides in this war… We have a Skyline location in town over near 75… I don’t recall seeing a Gold star anywhere north of 70…(i could be wrong)
@earlyre@shaunanl Gold Star is is pretty much just Greater Cincy; no farther north than Springdale, west to Cleves, similar distance east, and south across the river. Dunno why it hasn’t expanded more.
@shaunanl@werehatrack I know there WAS one in Athens 20 years ago, but last I checked a few years back, there was a different restaurant in that building.
Most of the year in scrapple n boardwalk fries country, with summers spent in the land of fresh watermill ground grits, moon pies, and sorghum & biscuits.
@Deri143@earlyre More likely Waco, since that’s where DP originated. But Dublin has a special place reserved in the lore of DP for their valiant battle to keep the original DP in production after the LBO. Eventually, they had to throw in the towel. Now they produce a reasonably popular line of specialty sodas including several that I like that can’t be had down here anymore. I may have to drive up there to grab a case or two.
@Deri143@werehatrack just looked up Old Doc’s Soda Shop for the first time in a few years…
sad that the Museum, and the Tourist side of the business were victims of the Pandemic.
but glad that the Dublin Bottling works arestill up and running.
@jeff32819 Navels would make it SoCal, Valencias or most of the other varieties puts it in Central or South Florida. (Navels are a piss-poor excuse for an orange IMNSHO.)
All Dressed and Ketchup chips, Coffee Crisp, Smarties (chocolates, not those disc candies we call Rockets), Butter Tarts, Mars Bars, Peameal bacon, and Beavertails, to name a few!
@curtise I’ve actually ordered them online a few times. Other than ski trips to Canada, I have no access otherwise. They are absolutely my favorite candy bar. Come to think of it, I believe I have one hiding in my emergency stash at home. Today might be the day…
@tinamarie1974 good guess but there is a less known area that uses a similar sauce. I thought “soda” would rule out North Carolina, but checking now I see that NC is slightly more “soda” than “coke”.
@fibrs86@tinamarie1974 Yeah, if you’d said “coke” with a small “c”, I’d have said East Texas, though the sour sauce is more of a scattered Hill Country thing. Locally here in Houston, Hickory Hollow is the best-known place that uses one. Most of the others use a sweeter sauce based on any number of things. There really is no “Texas barbecue sauce” per se; while the 'cue tradition is strong, there is the exact opposite of unanimity about what the sauce should be, or even whether one is needed.
As for “coke”, this is a conversation you might hear:
“You want a coke?”
“Sure.”
“What kind?”
“Dr. Pepper.”
Maple Bars.
St Louis Style ribs (and French Fries)
@chienfou you’re from Ohio aren’t you.
TEX-MEX!!!
Possum Pie
Old Bay
Bacon, egg and cheese sandwich
@heartny Very exotic… My guess is North America. (The “ny” in your handle may be a clue or a red herring, so i disregarded that. Unless it was on a New York bagel…?)
Faygo and Vernors. (yeah I know drinks not food)
/image Faygo
@katbyter Never found a Faygo I liked but I miss this old Vernors that was way stronger than the watered down crap that Schweppes turned it into when they owned it.
@yakkoTDI
I don’t know who owns Blenheim now, but it is a pale shadow of what it used to be.
@katbyter motor city?
@katbyter @yakkoTDI
It’s still one of my favorite pops.
@werehatrack @yakkoTDI Blenheim claims the recipe hasn’t changed in over 110 years… How old ARE you?!
@katbyter Vernors! Really miss that! Introduced to it when i spent a few years in the home of Steelcase and Amway…in case we’re still being elusive…
@katbyter @ybmuG i think the beverages gave it away…?
@yakkoTDI Red pop and Cream Soda are my favorites
@Yoda_Daenerys Glass City — close
@katbyter Me too, but add in Saunders hot fudge, Entemann’s bumpy cake and whatever that thing was that the Lebanese neighbors made that tasted amazing.
@katbyter other options could be Mackinaw Island Fudge, Koegel’s hot dogs, or Kellogg’s cereal
Tony Packo’s chili dogs
/image Corporal Klinger
Huckleberries, Jojos, and Tim’s Cascade chips.
@metaphore
Huckleberries sound so good, I don’t think I’ve ever had one though besides a jam or something. But Oregon or Washington?
@metaphore @Star2236 Huckleberries are basically tart blueberries.
@metaphore Oregon?
@Star2236 @moonhat My clues are too broad and cover the whole PNW, had to dig a bit for something specific to my town: Soft Peanut Brittle
@metaphore @moonhat @Star2236 Spokane?
@ircon96 @moonhat @Star2236 Yup.
@ircon96 @metaphore @moonhat @Star2236 So would that be “Peanut Not Brittle At All”?
Horseshoes and gooey butter cake
@mschuette I know gooey butter cake, but have never heard of a horseshoe. Is that a St Louis thing?
@mschuette @tinamarie1974 Its absence from The Simpsons is evidence that they do not live in Illinois.
Corn-ville. There really is more than corn here.
@cbilyak
@earlyre BINGO. That park closed a few years back but new owners bought it. Have not been since the new ownership.
@cbilyak I grew up in the state next door, but one of the TV channels I watched alot was out of Ft.Wayne… I can clearly remember those commercials running all summer… Never visited the park
Steaks, Mrs Baird’s Bread, and Frito Pie
@ExtraMedium Somewhere in Texas…
OBTW, while the recipe and flavor of Fritos changed for the terrible some 30-plus years back, HEB’s store brand of corn chips are as close to a dead-on replica of original Fritos as can be had anywhere. We keep them in a big plastic jar so that they don’t go stale, and call them “people treats” because we keep the cat treats in a similar jar.
@werehatrack I guess I should have specified that the steak was 72oz and is served with all the fixins.
@ExtraMedium Yeah, that does nail it down.
@ExtraMedium @werehatrack Don’t get those jars mixed up!
@ExtraMedium @werehatrack @lisagd The dog vehemently disagrees with that warning!
@ExtraMedium
Amarillo, maybe?
@compunaut
@compunaut @ExtraMedium does anyone else have other names for Frito pie? From the pnw and my mom always called them pepper bellies.
Casino buffets and Anderson Dairy
White hots and garbage plates
@sammydog01 with meat hot sauce!
Ooh! This is one of those “Tell me where you’re from without telling me where you’re from” games!
Ok. Bananas Foster.
@mike808 That is a lot more specific than beignets, shrimp remoulade, and crawdad étouffée.
@mike808 @werehatrack did you want city too?
@amehzinggrace @werehatrack
I done tole you already. You want me to pass by yo mominem’s and step down to read the street name on the banqette fo you?
If you know, you know, and it ain’t hard.
/giphy yeah, that’s what she said
Food stamps.
@yakkoTDI
That narrows it down lol
Toasted ravioli and gooey butter cake
/image toasted ravioli
/image gooey butter cake
@tinamarie1974
and …
/image provel cheese
@mike808 ih and although Ive never had one, apparently a
/image St Paul Sandwich
@mike808 @tinamarie1974 As many times as I’ve had egg foo young in my life, i must say it never occurred to me to make a sandwich with it! I might be able to choke down one of those…
Cuban sandwiches.
@werehatrack Although, if you go far enough back, makaronia me kima sold as “chili” (which it isn’t).
@werehatrack Cigar City???
@llangley Nah. That’s on the Gulf coast.
@werehatrack
Miami?
@Star2236 yep.
@Star2236 @werehatrack I thought so…but also considered Havana
@werehatrack
Whenever we visit Miami we always eat Cuban food. Just restaurant stuff. We used to go a lot bc we had a friend on Estero and that was our vacation bc visiting him but it’s been years since we’ve been down.
@Star2236 I loathe Florida in general, but S Fla in particular; I avoid going there as much as possible.
Chicken Spiedies
@caffeineguy So I had to look up “spiedies,” never heard of them - and they look delicious! How have these not traveled around the country? I can get cuban sandwiches and gyros and we used to have a muffaletta place, but I’ve never had spiedies. Someone needs to set up a food truck and serve them here. I’m tired of soft tacos.
@caffeineguy did you get to Speedie Fest this year?
@Kyeh If there’s a Kroger near you they may carry the State Fair Spiedie Sauce that I posted earlier. If you’re able to find it you’ll be hooked on them!
@IndifferentDude
It looks like they do!
I wish someone was making and selling the entire sandwiches, though.
For me, “where did you grow up?” is different than “where were you born?”. To be honest, I’m not sure I ever did (see Jimmy Buffett’s “Growing Older But Not Up”). So here goes…
Peaches
St. Louis BBQ
Fish tacos
Orange blossom honey
Carolina BBQ
Orange blossom honey
Cuban sandwich
My Dad was a lifer in the Marines
@llangley Just wanted to say, I’m grateful for his service & your sacrifices, along with those of your family.
@ircon96 thank you
Crawfish
@taneplapeorb And boudin rouge?
Alligator Jaws.
@blaineg Clover Club potato chips.
Toured the factory when I was a kid.
Denver omelette
Palisade peaches
Olathe sweet corn
Trout
Jolly Ranchers candy
@Kyeh
And now celestial seasonings tea?
@chienfou Some, but I’m not really a fan of most of the flavors. I do like the Candy Cane Lane Christmas tea.
Sara Lee factory outlet
Sheet pizzas, spiedies, hoagies, and corn on the cob…
Apples and salmon
@benj dont forget walla walla sweet onions, and rainier cherries
/image Cortland Apple
/image State Fair Spiedie Sauce
Golumpki & pierogies, with some babka on the side.
@phendrick
We had babka as our wedding cake.
@chienfou That’s unique in my experience!
No one on my mother’s side probably would ever have considered that because it was just too common for such a special occasion. (Doesn’t mean it wouldn’t have been good, though.)
@phendrick
wife and I quasi eloped… We had picked a date but everyone started bitching about when it was and how inconvenient it was going to be for them, so we decided “screw it we’ll just get married”! We sent announcements instead of invitations…
Babka was available at the bakery that we went by to pick up a cake to celebrate with our two witnesses after the ‘wedding’…
As Paul Harvey would say: And now you know… The rest of the story!
@phendrick @chienfou That’s great!
@phendrick My grandmother made great golumpki. IDK why none of us ever asked for her recipe for the sauce before she died. I don’t remember her making pierogi, but I remember eating them, so she must have. My mom and I used to make chrusciki every Christmas for years.
Fried catfish and chicken fried steak
Salmon. Clams. Coffee.
@Pony Seattle?
@Kyeh oops, I didn’t know anyone had replied- yes, Seattle is correct. And I miss it so much.
@Pony Ohhh - just the food, or the whole city?
@Kyeh The whole shebang- Seattle and surrounding towns. I lived there 53 years, have been away for a little over 4 years. All my friends are there. I get so homesick sometimes it feels like my heart is actually breaking.
@Pony I can imagine that you’d miss it a lot - it’s so different here. I spent one summer on Mercer Island when I was in college, and while I loved it, I found myself missing the light dry pine-scented Colorado air. It must be the exact opposite for you! Can you go back?
Just north of Cortland apples and Spiedie Sauce. Due east of white hots and garbage plates. Where salt potatoes spend the summer.
@Frcal ummm, that might be cheating?
or i am just not familiar with those menu items - lol
@Frcal Yum!!
/image salt potatoes
@Frcal @Yoda_Daenerys it’s actually very descriptive and would be the vicinity of Syracuse, NY.
@ybmuG @Yoda_Daenerys
Ring that winner’s bell
BTW those of you within driving distance of a Wegmans should be able to find “white hots” branded as Hoffman Snappys. The folks from that city just west of me say they aren’t the same but…Wegmans also often stocks Spiedie Sauce (including their own version) and salt potatoes throughout the chain. There are a few other specialty items from the area around Wegmans HQ that they often carry to appeal to expats. I won’t go near the place but my kids all over the east make frequent pilgrimages.
Blue crabs with Old Bay
Though whether I actually grew up is fairly debatable.
@mehcuda67 Same here for both!
@mehcuda67
@werehatrack Okay, Now I’m crying.
buckeyes
/image buckeye cookies
cool thread!
comments are guesses, based on clues provided?
Fried lake perch, bluegill and muskie
Venison
Jitrnice
Kolaches
Cranberry everything
In-N-Out
@Ignorant SoCal, maybe Baldwin Park?
Fresh Lobster, clam chowder and steamers!!
YUM YUM YUM
@Lynnerizer shouldn’t that be “chowdah”?
Apples, Cinnamon and Nutmeg
@grammycakes
Did you grow up in Indonesia??
Cheese steaks, pretzels, and scrapple
@callow and Herr’s potato chips, TastyKakes and Ivins Spiced Wafers…
@bee1doll @callow Same! And hoagies, the original stromboli, and water ice, and Goldenberg Peanut Chews and …
Mines already been said but I’ll list some of the other things that made my state famous. Potato chips, tart cherries, cereal, paczkis and deep dish pizza.
@Star2236
and cherries?
@chienfou
Yes tart cherries.
@Star2236
MI oh MI!
@chienfou
Yup. You win!
@Star2236 Western side of the mitten.
@gt0163c
No eastern side. I’m right about 30-40 mins north of Detroit.
Snickers
Gumbo
Chili with beans
Crawfish boils
@amehzinggrace Washed down with some Barq’s (the real stuff - not the fake stuff after Co-Cola bought it and fucked with the formula and ruint it).
Blake’s ice cream, Mack’s apples, Van Otis Swiss fudge, poutine at Chez Vachon, Granite State potato chips by the bucket from the factory store (RIP
), lobstah rolls & steamahs
Yak-a-mein
72oz steak
I just realized @ExtraMedium already played this. Runners up: Calico County, Dyer’s BBQ
Italian Combo
@tarroyo Are you referring to sandwiches/subs? Does the name Amato or Moe mean anything to you?
Old Bay and blue crabs. Stuffed ham. Utz potato chips. Montgomery Donuts.
@cf1
Is that Maine?
@cf1 @Star2236 Definitely not Maine, that’s lobster. I believe all those items have Maryland in common.
@cf1 @ircon96 @Star2236 I’m guessing within 10 miles of Rockville
And/or College Park. If you had said High’s, I’d put you on Olney 
@capnjb @cf1 @ircon96
I don’t know why I said Maine, I meant Chesapeake Bay Area? Maryland? I used to watch that show.
@capnjb @ircon96 @Star2236 Yes, Maryland. Have lived in Annapolis, College Park, Eastern Shore, Bethesda, Potomac, and Chevy Chase. I think there may still be some High’s around but all the ones around here have gone away.
@cf1 @ircon96 @Star2236 So, I was kind of close
I do miss Mo-dos though… are they still around? My dirty little MD secret is, while I love to cook, Nissin Cup Noodles are my guilty pleasure… but I always add a half teaspoon of Old Bay and it almost feels like crab soup(ish). Or, I guess, just tastes like home
@capnjb @cf1 @ircon96
I don’t think I’ve ever had blue crab before (I love crab though) I’ll have to put it in my list.
@cf1 @ircon96 @Star2236 Picking crab is a way of life for Marylanders. It’s a wonderful communal event that is messy, takes a long time, is fantastically delicious and you smell like Old Bay for a day. It is advised to have a Marylander with you for your first attempt
@capnjb @cf1 @ircon96 @Star2236 There used to be a MoDo in Olney way back in the 80s. I’ve no idea if it’s still there.
There’s a High’s a couple miles from my house. It was built less than 5 years ago. There are also several Royal Farms near me. I didn’t know until recently that they’re a local company too.
@Star2236 What show?
@capnjb @ircon96 @Star2236 MoDos was clinging on for a while but got taken out by a snowstorm. The roof collapsed on the building they were in and I guess they just decided that they’d had enough. They were the best donuts.
@capnjb @ircon96 @Star2236 Blue crabs are delicious. And expensive.
@cf1 @ircon96 @Star2236 Sad but true. We recently spent a week on Chincoteague on the water and pulled crabs every day. What we couldn’t eat we froze after steaming them. Came home with about 30 large males. Surprisingly they reheat pretty well.
@lisagd
Chesapeake bay. It’s a hallmark show.
@cf1 I’m confused about the Utz chips. They’re from Hanover, PA.
@cinoclav Yes but those seem to be our local brand now. Hanover is only about an hour away.
@cf1 I bought my car in Hanover. The dealership is right next to the Utz outlet. Nothing like filling up the back of a new suv with all sorts of salted goodness. I guess Baltimore doesn’t have their own chips. I would also add Natty Boh to the list there, even if it’s not technically a MD thing anymore.
@cinoclav !! I want to go to the Snyder’s of Hanover outlet and get a load of pretzels. I think I could fit some chips in there, as well.
@cf1 I’m slightly addicted to these.
https://www.snydersofhanover.com/twisted-pretzel-sticks/
@cinoclav I really liked the braided twist, myself, but my true addiction is the sourdough pretzels. So good.
Golden Flake potato chips and Sun Drop
@njmartin You forgot Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale
Not sure that they are “from” here, but I sure ate a TON of Hot Beef Sandwiches growing up. White bread w/ roast beef, served with mashed potatoes & SMOTHERED in gravy!!
@tohar1 Those used to be really common all the way from Ohio down to Florida. Waitrons in roadside cafes in Florida and Georgia used to joke that you could always tell when the car was from Canada or Ohio, the whole table would order the open-face hot roast beef sandwich.
@werehatrack Close. Just have to continue west…Minnesota to be exact.
Chicken Fried Steak
@clb Central Texas, eh? (It has spread to just about everywhere at this point.)
similar to @Yoda_Daenerys:
and more specifically:
@earlyre Lima area. (Kewpee actually originated in Flint, Michigan, but it’s mostly been in Lima since the 1920s)
@werehatrack correctamundo.
“The taste of Lima since 1928” ( and that’s Lima like the bean, not the city in Peru)
The Shutt Family here owns the name and associated IP. They have 3 Restaurants locally.
There’s a 4th location in Wisconsin (Racine?) That is totally unrelated, completely different menu, they just license the Name,etc. From the Shutts.
If you are at all familiar with the Lima area, I’m from Elida( with an E)
Gold Star Chili! Skyline could also work, but I know which one I prefer.
@shaunanl Gold Star is actually chili. Skyline, not so much. It’s actually a variant of a traditional Greek dish called makaronia me kima. I’m told that in the winter, the original Skyline location was visible from our front porch. It was about a mile away downhill.
@shaunanl I’ve only ever had skyline, so I can’t really take sides in this war… We have a Skyline location in town over near 75… I don’t recall seeing a Gold star anywhere north of 70…(i could be wrong)
@earlyre @shaunanl Gold Star is is pretty much just Greater Cincy; no farther north than Springdale, west to Cleves, similar distance east, and south across the river. Dunno why it hasn’t expanded more.
@shaunanl @werehatrack I know there WAS one in Athens 20 years ago, but last I checked a few years back, there was a different restaurant in that building.
/image Abbott’s Frozen Custard
Most of the year in scrapple n boardwalk fries country, with summers spent in the land of fresh watermill ground grits, moon pies, and sorghum & biscuits.
To be more specific. RAPA & Gus&Gus, with Prater’s Mill cornmeal summers.
@TrinSF Scrapple seems PA but boardwalk fries is OC (to me). I’d guess Georgia for the rest?
Hard to say. Dad was in the service, we moved a lot.
@lisaviolet so apple pie, then?
@lisaviolet @ybmuG Burger King is about 99% chance. (I say having served in 14 locations around the world. One constant when it comes to food on base.)
@ExtraMedium Thank you for all the stuff
Dr Pepper!
@Deri143 Somewhere along I-35 between Austin and Foat Wuth.
@Deri143 dare I say it? Is it too soon?
Dublin?
@Deri143 @earlyre More likely Waco, since that’s where DP originated. But Dublin has a special place reserved in the lore of DP for their valiant battle to keep the original DP in production after the LBO. Eventually, they had to throw in the towel. Now they produce a reasonably popular line of specialty sodas including several that I like that can’t be had down here anymore. I may have to drive up there to grab a case or two.
@Deri143 @werehatrack just looked up Old Doc’s Soda Shop for the first time in a few years…
sad that the Museum, and the Tourist side of the business were victims of the Pandemic.
but glad that the Dublin Bottling works arestill up and running.
It’s-It, garlic fries, crabs (crustaceans, not the bugs…although, they could be famous for that, too).
@DTominator yum. Sounds hella good.
Fluffernutters, Ovaltine, Maypo, and lots of Almond Joys, Mounds, and Almond Clusters.
BTW, Peter Paul you ever think about bringing back Almond Clusters? Pretty sure America would be receptive.
@lordbowen Those Mounds with the added orange flavor in the coconut filling would also be a repeat that I’d welcome.
@lordbowen the 1950’s?
Runza’s
@toycardriver Kansas, eh?
@werehatrack Nope, Nebraska.
Bertman’s Original Ballpark Mustard
Cheesesteak
Too obvious.
Oranges
@jeff32819 Navels would make it SoCal, Valencias or most of the other varieties puts it in Central or South Florida. (Navels are a piss-poor excuse for an orange IMNSHO.)
Lemon pepper wings, The Varsity, peaches
@kirafarley Atlanta, yea on The Varsity!
Maple Syrup and Cheddar Cheese
@ethanhmoore Vermont, eh?
Since the obvious ones have already been given, I’ll go for the obscure: Goetze’s Caramel Creams, Berger cookies, and Suburban Club soda.
@lisagd
Goetze’s Caramel Creams are one of my favorite kinds of candy!
@Kyeh @lisagd
@lisagd Berger cookies are Baltimore. And delicious!
cheese curds, bratwurst, beer & frozen custard
@rtjhnstn Just taking a guess, Milwaukee?
@rtjhnstn Apparently giphy has no idea what Culver’s is, so I had to go with an image
/image Culver’s
@katbyter @rtjhnstn That looks really good
@katbyter @rtjhnstn just had one of those in AZ
Sub. Not hoagie, not hero, not grinder, but a sub.
@njfan Uhhhhh … NJ?
@Kyeh @njfan
… And more specifically, North Jersey…?
@ircon96 @Kyeh
/giphy standing ovation
@Kyeh @njfan Hey, who needs an Oscar, we got a Lin-Manuel! I can die happy.
All Dressed and Ketchup chips, Coffee Crisp, Smarties (chocolates, not those disc candies we call Rockets), Butter Tarts, Mars Bars, Peameal bacon, and Beavertails, to name a few!
@curtise I’ll take a 2 and 2 if you’re running by Timmy’s.
@GetClosure One double-double coming right up!
@curtise Old Dutch Ketchup chips?
@curtise @GetClosure I’ll take an XL DD if you don’t mind!
@curtise @earlyre @GetClosure Could someone bring me a crunchie bar please?
@curtise I tried those All-Dressed chips, and I have to say, I don’t get it. Maybe you have to grow up eating them …
@cinoclav I had no idea you didn’t have Crunchie bars there! Spun “honeycomb” toffee covered in chocolate is a beautiful thing
@Kyeh fascinating. Aside from Ketchup, they are my favourite flavour!
@curtise I’ve actually ordered them online a few times. Other than ski trips to Canada, I have no access otherwise. They are absolutely my favorite candy bar. Come to think of it, I believe I have one hiding in my emergency stash at home. Today might be the day…
geoducks
@moonhat Washington state, right?
@Kyeh @moonhat I thought the topic said, “…using only FOOD”
@ircon96 @moonhat
They kind of don’t LOOK like food!
@ircon96 @Kyeh aren’t they big in Japan too?
@ircon96 @moonhat I didn’t know that, but I guess you’re right!
Vinegar based BBQ sauce and “soda”
@fibrs86 some of the best bbq I have had came from the Carolinas
@tinamarie1974 good guess but there is a less known area that uses a similar sauce. I thought “soda” would rule out North Carolina, but checking now I see that NC is slightly more “soda” than “coke”.
@fibrs86
@fibrs86 @tinamarie1974 Yeah, if you’d said “coke” with a small “c”, I’d have said East Texas, though the sour sauce is more of a scattered Hill Country thing. Locally here in Houston, Hickory Hollow is the best-known place that uses one. Most of the others use a sweeter sauce based on any number of things. There really is no “Texas barbecue sauce” per se; while the 'cue tradition is strong, there is the exact opposite of unanimity about what the sauce should be, or even whether one is needed.
As for “coke”, this is a conversation you might hear:
“You want a coke?”
“Sure.”
“What kind?”
“Dr. Pepper.”
Mud bugs
Tater tot hot dish!
Fluffernutter
Chocolate sprinkle sandwiches
@mehla Hagelslag! Not like the vile, waxy American-style “jimmies” i grew up with.
Deep dish pizza
@Enigma Oh, you stole mine
How about Portillo’s hot dog (loaded)?
@compunaut or a chocolate cake shake!!!
Brown beans and cornbread. Biscuits and gravy.
Summer corn and tomatoes. Cucumbers from the backyard garden
Chourico, malasadas, and cabinets
@Grumman Good grief, Rhode island?
@werehatrack that’s Row-Dye-Lan
Zucchini
Anybody want some?
@tweezak Late.
https://www.kj.com/blog/national-sneak-some-zucchini-your-neighbors-porch-day#:~:text=August 8th is National Sneak,feed a family of twelve.
@tweezak Yes please
A bit closer to Chicken French than Chicken Wings.
Lets go get a slice.
Tasty Kakes, hoagies, scrapple and soft pretzels! Too easy, I know…
But clearly I reside near an exceedingly healthy city.
American chop suey
Corn chowder
Although technically not made here it is named after our city: Pendleton Whiskey