I'm interested in foods that are mostly associated with your particular city, region, or even country.

Here in Cincinnati we've got two things worthy of mention:

Goetta
Of German origin and typically served with breakfast, it's a combination of ground meat, steel cut oats, and various spices. Generally formed into loaves and cut into squares, or made into patties, it's fried in hot oil. I prefer it as a breakfast meat to sausage or bacon, actually.

Cincinnati Style Chili
At its most decadent, consists of chili with beans, meat, and onions served over spaghetti noodles and topped with finely shredded cheddar cheese.

How about your area of residence?

Australia:

Vegemite - yeast spread
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Tim Tams - layered chocolate biscuit with chocolate cream sandwiched between two biscuits and then enrobed in chocolate

http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/tim-tam-inside.jpg

Vegemite's terrible, I think that to like it you have to have it given to you from birth, it's just awful.

Tim Tam's, on the other hand, are brilliant. All hail the Tim Tam Slam.

Tim Tam's, on the other hand, are brilliant. All hail the Tim Tam Slam.

Fuck yeah Tim Tam Slam. My mums friend went to austrailia and discovered the Tim Tam slam. She bought like a carton of them back for us. And my mom works in a grocery store and pulled some strings and now we can get them here in Canada. I FUCKING LOVE TIM TAMS.


We've got Poutine, everywhere. It's a little harder to find real poutine here though, the kind made with cheese curds instead of pre-packaged shredded mozza. It's just as good though.

I know the guys from the isle of mann like chease chips and gravy.

i actually originally hated eating vegemite,but now i dont mind it. its more suited to a really rough, brown bread. really vegemite is just like miso paste

anyway, i really like tim tams, though i miss their old chilli flavoured ones

i miss their old chilli flavoured ones

Eh, I could never really enjoy those...

Eh, I could never really enjoy those...

neither could I. I can stretch to a double coat or a dark tim tam, but anything other than that is too much.

Can't stand their tim tam crush things. those suck.

Man, I could kill people for some decent poutine.

Vegemite's terrible, I think that to like it you have to have it given to you from birth, it's just awful.


Where's the cheese?

Where's the cheese?

In his pants.

Anyone got any good ideas to spice up my gravy for future poutines?

In his pants.

Anyone got any good ideas to spice up my gravy for future poutines?

Nope, you didn't get it.

Nope, you didn't get it.

Cheese for his whine, I got it cheers.

I was alluding to the fact he's actually keeping a cheesy penis. Neverminds.

Cheese for his whine, I got it cheers.

I was alluding to the fact he's actually keeping a cheesy penis. Neverminds.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=UgRUUWrHPPw&feature=related

Beef on kimmelweck. Fucking delicious.

Lake Erie perch is probably the best regional thing here. People who have never had it might say "it's just fish" or "ewww I hate fish!!1" but trust me, people that don't like fish still like Lake Erie perch because it doesn't have a fishy taste at all. And yet it's not bland either. It's weird. And at $11/lb, expensive.

But yeah, someone should definitely market it nationally, frozen or something. It's pretty popular here.

Oh fuck yes.

I loves me some poutine.

Chili cheese fries are also damnably good.

Rocky Mountain Oysters.

Fuckin' amazing. I prefer them filleted, lightly dredged in seasoned flour, and deep fried, but whole, and skillet fried in a little butter with onions is heavenly as well.

The infamous oyster that isn't an oyster.

Insofar as RMCs are concerned I'm a culinary virgin.

clam chowder, the white and clear. infact, clear seems to be entirely a regional style which you'll rarely even find in a restaurant here...


oh yea, and crab cakes..

^ Rhode Island clam chowder?

Personally I prefer standard New England chowder fare with milk or cream.

Here's the recipe I use:

* 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, divided
* 2 cups chopped yellow onions (2 onions)
* 2 cups medium-diced celery (4 stalks)
* 2 cups medium-diced carrots (6 carrots)
* 4 cups peeled medium-diced boiling potatoes (8 potatoes)
* 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves (1/2 teaspoon dried)
* 1 teaspoon kosher salt
* 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
* 1 quart (4 cups) clam juice
* 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
* 2 cups milk
* 3 cups chopped fresh chowder clams (1 1/2 pounds shucked clams)

Not really a fan of the tomato-based Manhattan chowder.

http://site-images.ws/images/cust/64188134768858312503519754309169396601/Burros.jpg

Best food in my city.

^ I present thee with the McDonald's breakfast burrito:

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl0/1/15259/09_2008/mcskillet.larger.jpg

Filled with potatos, egg, steak, green pepper, onion, and sauce.

Actually quite good if you ask me.

i too am a fan of regional foods. something about local food is much enjoyable than your cookie cutter hamburgers an hotdogs.

that being said the one well known food from my region is the uhmm, west virginia slawdog. quite simply its a red hot served on a new england styled roll. topped with yellow mustard, chopped white onions, a mayo based coleslaw, an a bean free chilli.

another well known west virginia product would be the pepperoni roll. a yeast roll stuffed generously with pepperoni. simple an divine.

we are also known for eating various game animals including but not limited to squirrel, opossum, deer, an bear. these are usually served braised with lots of onion an root vegetables. like potatoes an carrots.

all in all i would have to say that west virginia is quite a unique culinary spot on this great rock we call earth.

Those suck, actually. The one I posted weighs like a pound, is around a foot long sometimes more and 10 cm thick. You gotta down it all, filled with grilled meat, avocado, mayo, lemon, tomato and a plethora of cream or sauce you can add to it. Enjoy with a liter of lemonade. THOSE are real burritos, not fast food crap.

Those suck, actually. The one I posted weighs like a pound, is around a foot long sometimes more and 10 cm thick. You gotta down it all, filled with grilled meat, avocado, mayo, lemon, tomato and a plethora of cream or sauce you can add to it. Enjoy with a liter of lemonade. THOSE are real burritos, not fast food crap.
Oh dude, don't get me wrong, I wasn't ripping on real burritos.

Gimme a giant tortilla, rice, black beans, diced chicken, onions, green pepper, tomato and pepper sauce. Fucking set mate.

Belize has some of the largest tortillas you'll ever see. They're like, a foot and a half round and a half inch thick. It's ridiculous! :D

Gimme a giant tortilla, rice, black beans, diced chicken, onions, green pepper, tomato and pepper sauce. Fucking set mate.


Agreed :)

I'm surprised no inhabitants of the U.K. have mentioned fish 'n chips. Serve with slaw and apple sauce for me, plus vinegar, lemon slices, tartar sauce and catsup.

Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich.
Tourtiere
Poutine
Pemmican
Smelt
Saskatoon Berry Pie
Nanaimo Bars
Persians
Ketchup Chips
Donair Pizza

Calgary's specialty would be a quality steak or quality beef ribs. People <3 Alberta beef.

In Salten, the region of Norway where I live, we have a traditional way of preparing pollock (a white fish somewhat similar to cod.) It is reffered to as "Rødsei" (Red Pollock,) "Gammelsei" (Old Pollock,) or "Gammelsalta sei" (Old Salty Pollock.)

When the fish is caught, one should try not to spill to much blood, and the fish should not be washed in any way. You remove its intestines and head after a while, and then you put it into a wooden barrel (or a plastic bucket) together with plenty of salt. The blood goes in as well.

Then, the idea is to store the barrels for a very long period (at least a year, some times several years,) creating a weird fermentation process that kills bacteria while making the fish rust-like red, a color that actually comes from the stuff the fish eats, some sort of red plankton named Calanus finmarchicus in Latin.

Usually served with boiled veggies, potatoes and bacon.

Here is a picture of it:

http://www.aperitif.no/oppskriftsbilder/25947/Saltsei-175b.jpg

Evansville Indiana is known for it's fried cow brain sandwiches. I've never actually tried one.

Sounds repulsive, actually. I'm not much of an organ guy. :D

Fish n chips, good
The Deep Fryed Mars bar, you can NEVER go wrong with one of those however only about 40 chipshops do them in scotland because nobody else wants to be responsible for our heart attacks

Also, i forgo tthe name of it, its a sausage, wrapped in doner meat put in batter and deep fryed

And, haggis, its oaty, herby and meaty and it just tastes good, once you fucking foreign prudes get over the possibility you'll get it in a sheeps stomach (most are plastic shrink wrapped these days)..