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Benne wafers? Wha??? There’s more to South Carolina than just Charleston (lovely tho it is). The rest of the state wouldn’t know what a benne wafer was if it came with our shrimp ‘n grits.
Here are a few suggestions: Biscuits, shrimp ‘n grits, chicken ‘n rice, Cheerwine, pulled pork bar-b-cue.
Benne wafers…get real.
Sorry Bucky, pork barbeque and Cheerwine (Pepsi, too) are North Carolina claims to fame. We’ve got Eastern and Lexington ‘cue styles unlike the infidels to our southern border who use mustard-based sauces.
Typical SC move hanging onto the real Carolina for anything worthwhile.
Uh-huh, doesn’t the name of the LEXINGTON style tell you anything? As in Lexington, South Carolina? But that’s okay, take your bbque and cheerwine, and well take sweet tea. Screw benne wafers, whatever those are.
No, as in Lexington NORTH Carolina, actually.
sorry Bucky, but cheerwine is from north carolina. hate to burst your bubble
GRAPES for California? C’mon, you can get grapes anywhere. Dungeness Crab!
Grapes seem like a good choice for California because they have the biggest wine industry, and are known worldwide for their excellent and diverse wines. California could represent SO MANY things because of all the excellent produce, seafoods, chocolate, etc., etc., that come from there.
coffee milk is basically 75% milk and 25% coffee. i dont live in Rhode Island but ive had coffee milk and its pretty good
While what you mentioned sounds delicious, that’s not what RI coffee milk is. It’s just coffee flavored milk, like chocolate milk. Cartons are sold in grocery stores and even in school cafeterias alongside the regular and chocolate flavored milks. It’s made with a special coffee-flavored syrup – think of Hershey’s syrup, only coffee flavored. Autocrat is the most well-known brand.
I am from Cincinnati, Ohio and I LOVE Skyline Chili. But, as you might already have been told, you spelled our city’s name wrong. Thank you and kudos for recognizing and pointing out our little treasure!!
As a fellow Ohioan, I was also happy to see Skyline representing our state. Yum!
Pasties are a U.P. food, not a State-wide food.
How about Michigan Sweet Corn, Cherries, Vernors, or Asparagus. There is even a song: “Everybody knows that Asparagus grows in Oceana County in Western Michigan.”
ah! i love vernors! i dated a guy from michigan once & now i can only drink vernors. i’m so glad i can find it where i live
So Michigan’s state motto is “Our Pee Smells Funny”?
I thought it was “Bridge Slick When Icy”.
Some of the best pasties I ever got, I got down near Detroit…..from a family bakery that had originated in the U.P.
Vernors is not “food” (and you typically can’t buy it north of the bridge, so it is a “troll thing” – sweet corn is not different/better here than in many other states – T.C. cherries are legendary (and so are U.P. thimbleberries) and asparagus grows almost anywhere.
Pasties, now THAT’S a Michigan food!
You can definitely buy Vernors North of the bridge…it’s all over the place U.P. here!
We can buy it in the grocery store here in Charlotte, NC now because it is bottled (?) here.
You are definitely right, Liz.
Duuuudddeeee, I’ve lived in Michigan my entire life, as has most of my family back generations, and I’ve never had a pasty. I couldn’t even tell you what it is, though I could guess.
I do go to university in PA, and once our cafeteria did this lame food from across the nation theme. Michigan’s was a “Michigan pie” with what looked like clumps of potato in gray paste with some kind of meat.
What about Koegel snap dogs? Everywhere we visit out-of-state people beg us to bring them a box. Or is this just a Flint thing?
Tennessee is known for barbecue not tomatoes. I know you have ribs pictured for Kansas but hello, Memphis is like rib and barbecue capitol.
Have you never heard of Grainger County tomatoes? I live in Sevier County and know that…
You put the food for Kansas in the State of Missouri, and the food for Missouri in the State of Kansas. D’oh.
While I agree that MO should represent BBQ, Toasted Ravioli are St. Louis all the way!
From Oregon-
Pears are probably more representative than hazelnuts. I spent Labor Day weekend every year picking pears at some local orchards. I think we had 3 varieties on our property.
No, the nuts were a good choice for Oregon, but we actually call the Filberts ’round here. A fun second would be blackberries. They grow like a weed, but yum!
Michigan: Toss up; cherries or coney dog (Southern Michigan)
Missouri: BBQ (West), toasted ravioli (St. Louis) or catfish (Southern)
Illinois: Toss up; Deep dish or Italian beef
Florida: Any seafood or oranges
Wisonsin: Absolutley cheese (would love to back to the cheese festival, for the sqeaky cheese)
Ohio and Iowa: Not real sure
Yeah Coney is a southeast MI thing for sure, Pasties are the UP (but they have to have rutabaga or they are not legit) and cherries are the west side.
Please spell Cincinnati correctly.
Cool map.
Why is Minnesota fried food on a stick? Is that because of the state fair? All other State Fairs I’ve been to (which is a mid-west sampling) have deep fried so-and-so too. I live in Minnesota and consider this choice not thought out and not informed. Why not choose hot dish? That’s something every resident of MN could agree upon.
I think of wild rice when I think of Minnesota food. Hot dishes, too.
Hot Dish is such a catchall, though–almost any casserole can be a hot dish. As someone born and raised in St. Paul, MN State Fair “Food-On-A-Stick” is so iconic…
I can eat a block of lard the size of my head.
Well, I am from Oklahoma. Okra was never served. It wasn’t even on the menu. I lived Miami and Tulsa. Been to OKC, Grove, Bartlesville, Stillwater, Broken Arrow, Norman, and Vinta. Never have served okra in the cities or the country. Some of the foods that might be more popular are minced pies, apple pies, mashed potatoes, pecan dishes. crappie, catfish, bass. Corn Bread is very good.
I now live in Cleveland. The chilli only popular in southern Ohio while pierogies are popular throughout the state.
I agree- okra is a vegetable, and Oklahoma is about meat. Some form of beef- barbequeued, grilled, broiled, or battered and fried- is what belongs here. Sure, you can probably get fried okra as a side dish in parts of the state, but it’s a side-dish with beef as the main attraction. For a real Okie touch, serve with baked beans, cowboy coffee, grape dumplings, and a prairie sky that goes on forever.
Surely you have Oklahoma and Arkansas mixed up. Here in Arkansas fried Okra rules. Jelly Cake? Never heard of it.
Exactly – WTH is jelly cake?
I grew up in WV . . . ramps??? Try pepperoni cheese rolls or brown beans and cornbread with chow chow. If you are from WV you will know these two.
Chow chow is a good choice for WV.
I’m from WV and I immediately knew that picture (in a small thumbnail version no less) was ramps even though I’ve never actually seen a ramp – just smelled them. I thought ramp was a great choice.
Ramps and pepperoni rolls are the two foods considered to be native WV cuisine. I was beyond pleased to see that ramps were chosen. Usually on a list like this they would associate us with deep fried butter or something.
Maybe Chicago Style hotdog. No one eats that nasty pizza.
New York should have Buffalo Wings~ we made the original!!
You are dead on for Wisconsin. Obviously
In Oregon, we do not refer to Filberts by the yuppie term Hazelnuts.
We even have Filbert Festivals. Oregon produces over 80% of the worlds supply of Filberts.
With that said, I doubt that it is Oregon’s favorie food.
Filberts might be a good choice for Oregon, but by Oregonian husband would say berry pie–like blackberry pie, especially–is most representative, and what he misses most now that we live in Nebraska.
I have NEVER Heard of JELLY PIE, not a native to the state of Arkansas, but have lived here for 30 yrs. Where o’ where did you glean your facts from?
South Carolina as benne wafers? Really? That’s just the tourist food sold at the Market in Charleston. How about oysters or she-crab soup or pork barbecue with mustard sauce?
Even worse: North Carolina as dry ribs? Really??? The wet/dry rib thing is for Tennessee/Kansas City MO. How about pork barbecue. They own that.
Right with you on the NC thing. I’m a Tar Heel born & bred, and pork barbecue is our thing.
Lived in Charleston for a year and don’t know WTF a benne wafer is but shrimp and grits a first their. As for NC nasty vinegar based BBQ here in Charlotte and everywhere else.
“Cincinatti” chili is actually Cincinnati chili. Common misspelling.
Wow, whomever did the research for this must be from another country??? Toasted Ravioli???? Steaks (See Kansas City Strip) and Barbeque (the largest BBQ contest in the world – KC, MISSOURI American Royal) for MIssouri. Kansas? Low protein fruits and nuts!!
Nevada food of buffet is hilarious.
Not too bad. Growing up in New Hampshire, I definitely agree on the maple syrup. I went to school in Arizona, and know the fry bread well. However, I think the picture for Iowa (where I currently live) is misleading. Sloppy joes, as shown in the picture, have nothing to do with Iowa…but pulled pork would fit the bill as a “loose meat sandwich” popular in Iowa. However, I think that breaded pork tenderloin sandwiches would be an even better representative of the state.
I lived in Iowa for 10 years and in our town we had a maid-rite, I have never heard of a maid-rite (loose hamburger sandwich) anywhere else, they are very good though.
I think of pork when I think of Iowa, above other foods.
have you ever been to Arkansas? How about Kansas? No? Oklahoma? Shocking. I guess those “middle ones” just needed something to fill the space. WTH is jelly pie?
Thought you guys might want to know – its Cincinnati, OH
Coffee milk is milk with coffee syrup (concentrated and sweetened coffee) in it. JFGI, man.
@Jeannie — that was my first comment, too. Isn’t Kansas more of a corn state? (and I love corn, so no offence)
Oregon is boysenberry. for sure. where else can you get boysenberry pie at EVERY diner
Mississippi equals catfish. I don’t know of many Mississippians or MS eateries that even serve “mud pie”.
Not sure that green jello should be ahead of funeral potatoes. I can truthfully say that green jello is never served at typical gatherings, however, funeral potatoes (and all its variations) are ALWAYS served. Thank heavens for those little doses of fat, cheese, and starch!
I should specify that I am talking about Utah.
I’m genuinely curious why green jello is such a big thing in Utah.
It’s so….specific? xD
Green Jello in Utah is iconic. During the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics one could buy green Jello souvenir pins.
New York as pizza??? Psh…bagels and buffalo wings all the way. Coming from New York City, we love our bagels and I know buffalo wings are top on the list of tons of people in New York…but pizza??? Noooot quite so much….Italian subs for New Jersey, right on. Lived there for a while….I’ve never seen a Benne wafer at South Carolina Before….Okra doesn’t quite belong in Oklahoma (which you spelled wrong) I think…Grapes for California???? I’m assuming you just ran out of ideas cause there’s a lot more favorite foods over there than just…grapes. Oh…one more thing….what’s a Jelly Pie??????
I live in Illinois (not Chitcago)
I’ve been born and raised in Illinois,not Chitcago but just outside of St Louis. I have traveled many places and I can for sure state that Illinois and Missouri have no idea how to make pizza. Hey Chicago, it’s not all about the amount of cheese and how thick you can make it. Hey Missouri, provelle cheese is the joke of the pizza making world.
Coffee milk is a magical drink that only the strong survive. Okay it’s really sweet, coffe flavored milk but it’s wicked awesome
Pizza. New York. Nailed it.
I grew up in Columbia, South Carolina (21years) and I’ve never even heard of a Benne Wafer! I’d say grits or pulled pork with mustard based bbq sauce for sure.
I’ve never heard of them either! And grits and pulled pork are excellent suggestions but I would have put sweet tea.
Bought my Pork Fat Rules T-shirt in SC.
For Michigan-
While I admit that pasties are a food unique to the UP (and have migrated their way under the bridge), I think we are more famous for Cherry Pie. The Northwest lower penninsula has an abudance of orchards and there is the Traverse City Pie Company.
Kalamazoo used to be a huge celery growing region .
St. Johns is the mint capital of the world, producing the most mint flavoring.
Michigan: cherries. That’s what I think of. That, and Zingerman’s.
Yooper Door County cherries…yum!
I would think more of a Coney Island, or a Sander’s Bumpy Cake for Michigan.
Then again I also love Olga’s and I don’t think you can get those anywhere outside of Michigan.
Yeah…pasties are definitely a U.P. thing
Came to mention something but Marisa mentioned it already. Though I don’t know what she means by not knowing where to get Mud Pie as it or one of its variations are served at most any restaurant with more than two stars on the coast to cater to the tourist market.
But catfish production in America is a Mississippi driven industry. I believe something like two-thirds of all catfish farms are located in MS, with something close to 55% of the nation’s total weight being produced in the state.
My grandparents lived in MS, and I’m glad my Yankee Mom got my Dad’s Southern Belle Mama’s Cornmeal Fried Catfish and Hushpuppies recipes! (And I’m damn sure glad Mom can cook!!!)
Now, frybread and chiles are actually pretty interchangeable between Arizona and New Mexico. Both states do both-and pretty darn well too. So, this New Mexican is ok with the results. xD I just knew you were going to have some debates over where you stuck BBQ tho. It’s really a toss up.
I feel like my homestate of Kentucky and my current state of New York are well represented
I personally think that the Hot Brown would have been a better choice it being a regional dish mostly unknown outside of Kentucky.
KFC isn’t even that good. And besides, the Colonel wasn’t even from Kentucky (he was from Indiana) and the First KFC was in Salt Lake City Utah. It would be like if Australia was known for Outback Steakhouse.
Grew up in Delaware, and spent a few years of my adult life there. Never came across “crab puff” on a menu. We ate blue crabs and crab cakes, and of course Maryland has dibs on those, but never heard of the crab puff.
I’ve lived in DE my whole life and have never come across a “crab puff.” It’s a pretty small state, so if there were really a big thing here, It would be hard to miss. What about scrapple? The Apple Scrapple Fesival is held annually in Bridgeville, DE.
Mississippi is the Catfish Capital of the World, so change that mud pie to a catfish! and then come on down and join us for some hot, succulent fried catfish, steaming hush-puppies, delicious Miss’ippi collard greens, tangy marinated onions, fried dill pickles, and the best cornbread ever… we’ll teach you how to “sop” and what “pot likker” is!
http://www.cockofthewalkrestaurant.com/
I’m from Ohio and us Northerners (Cleveland) cannot and will not identify with that mess they call chili in Cincinnati. It’s disgusting. However, a pierogie, corned beef sandwich or polish boy is the bees knees for Ohio!
Nebraska = corn –> YES. Could also be beef, but corn is really better because this is the home of the Cornhuskers, plus: both cows and people eat corn here. So corn is really it.
Texas= Steak=Awesome. As an actual Rancher’s daughter who does raise her own black Angus beef, that is quite accurate!!
I’ve lived in Missouri for 22 years and I have no idea wtf toasted ravioli is. My sister has lived in Missouri for 45 years and neither does she. And, btw, where the hell does Kansas get off stealing our fu**ing barbecue?
Rocky Mountain oysters? Really?? What about huckleberries? I’ve lived in Montana all my live and have never once even SEEN a rocky mountain oyster but every where I go I see huckleberry syrup, jam, jellies, candies….
Hah, same really. I’ve lived in Montana my entire life and I’ve never seen them served ANYWHERE. I’m quite glad for it too.
RIGHT?!?!? I work for the forest service and we get ACCOSTED every summer by huckleberry hunters.
I’ve never in my life eaten a rocky mt oyster, the only place I’ve seen them being served was a little town in Kansas. On the other hand, I’ve eaten all three subspecies of huckleberries, often daily while doing field work.
My thoughts exactly! I’m assuming it’s because whoever made this either attended, or at least heard of, the Testicle Festival. Still, it should be huckleberries all the way.
Yeah, I grew up in Eastern MT – far from the huckleberries – but I would definitely pick those over the oysters. I guess the oysters are just a more infamous food to those outside the state. I think I only saw them on a menu once. Never had them myself, but my Dad’s Uncle used to eat them raw – straight from the calf – while we branded. Nasty.
connecticut HAMBURGER WHY
I’m from Mississippi and I have to point out that Mud Pie, while really yummy, is not regularly consumed in Mississippi, however I have found it everywhere else I’ve been with the name “Mississippi Mud Pie.”
Some better suggestions for Mississippi are catfish (even in London my husband was able to get “Mississippi fried catfish”) or crayfish (called crawfish in Mississippi).
Another suggestion is that BBQ should have just been left off of the map. Too many states lay claim that they have the best BBQ and putting it on just one of those state will cause a lot of comment.
Where I lived in MS (near Tupelo in a little widespot in the road called Guntown), the mud was red clay. My dad introduced me to the joys of that red Mississippi Mud as a little girl. When I heard about Mississippi Mud Pie, I was an adult living in East Tennessee. I expected it to be as red as that clay. Imagine my shock when it was just brown chocolate!
As a Nevadan, I will say that a buffet is pretty spot on.
Hawaii should be spam. Srsly.
Anyone who says “pineapples” has not lived here.
Hawaiians LOVE their spam!
Should be poi or plate lunch!
…WTF is a Denver omelette?
At least it’s not Rocky Mountain Oysters though… -whew-
Georgia needs some love for pecan pies. All the good peaches get shipped out =(
I’m from Texas, and while steak very stereotypical, it’s also accurate.
Nebraska should be changed. Iowa is known more for it’s corn, and Nebraska is known for it’s beef, hence the company Omaha Steaks!
I grew up in MA right on the RI border.. Coffee milk is amazing!!! Its just milk with coffee syrup.. Just like chocolate milk. And its AMAZING! I’ve tried to get it elsewhere but its NEVER the same!
I live in Rhode Island, coffee milk is like chocolate milk with the syrup stuff…but the syrup is coffee flavored. very sweet. Google ‘Aristocrat’
I have lived in SC my whole life (26 yrs) I think Benne Wafers in perfect! And to the person that said they r just for tourist, not true. My family is from Edisto Island and we make them at home all the time.
Cornbread for Alabama? That’s…odd. I mean, if anything, it should be peanuts–see: George Washington Carver.
Oh no you di’n't. North Carolina for dry ribs?
Having visited a few places in the great state of Tennessee, I acknowledge that the only part of it that actually knows how to make the stuff is my own tiny corner (Memphis), but seriously? The North Carolina dry heaves?
If the entire state of Pennsylvania can be defined by the Philly cheese steak and Illinois by Chicago pizza, then Tennessee should be represented by Memphis dry ribs. North Carolina would be better represented by white bean soup, anyway.
White bean soup? What does that have to do with NC? I’ll tell you – nothing.
Vermont is the largest producer of maple syrup, not New Hampshire!
I agree. And I truly believe that while Vermonters are proud of Ben & Jerry’s, they’d give it up here to take maple syrup from NH.
No one ever talks about “New Hampshire Maple Syrup!”
If you took maple syrup away from NH though, what would it have? Maple syrup is the only food I can think of that I would associate with NH.
I’m from Massachusetts and grew up spending summers in Vermont and New Hampshire — Vermont wins the maple syrup title in quality and quantity. VT maple syrup industry is also currently defending the sanctity of maple syrup in a lawsuit against McDonalds for advertising their maple oatmeal as having maple syrup — in the state of Vermont, a McDonald’s must serve you real maple syrup if requested, in other states you will only get the fake stuff no matter what you ask for.
Massachusetts = New England clam chowder! WIN! We know nothing of this thing you call Manhattan clam chowder. In fact it’s disgusting.
Hey man. Call it Sky Line or Gold Star. You can’t just get all generic on my with Cincinatti. Even though that’s gold star……>___> Now I miss home
SKY LINE IS BETTER!
OHIO WHUUUUUUUUT?!
Hamburgers for Connecticut?!? WTF??? Good grief, some kind of seafood, maybe, but burgers? What, whoever made this map just had to fill the holes and couldn’t be bothered to, oh I dunno: maybe ASK for a REAL answer?!?
Maybe if you’ve ever heard of Louis’ Lunch, you’d know why hamburgers were listed for Connecticut. New Haven, 1900.
Maines right but I hate lobster….it smells disgusting…
Some of these are right on and others are iffy. Cheese steaks is an eastern Pennsylvania thing not a Pennsylvania thing
Grew up in Maine but never had lobstuh until I left the state to attend the Naval Academy. All the lobstuh is shipped out of state, except for the Rockefellas in Bar Harbor. There is no Red Lobster restaurant in Maine. In all the other states, though.
Cheesesteaks are not really an eastern Pennsylvania thing it a South Philly thing.
I’ve lived in Kansas all my life. Not sure just what “one” food is Kansas. We do a lot of BBQ in the spring, summer and fall. But I’m not thinking of anything that’s just Kansas.
And yes, we grow corn, but we are the Bread Basket of the World (or used to be–I saw those billboards all along the highways/Interstate while growing up). Losta wheat grown here.
Cincinnati is spelled incorrectly (Cincinatti)- but to food is correct! Chili’s the word.
Umm- no. I’ve lived in SC my whole life and I’ve never heard of a benne wafer. My grandma hasn’t either. You guys would give us something lame like that. We should have gotten sweet tea.
Oranges are kind of a bland choice for Florida – if you really want something specifically Floridian, I’d go with Key Limes or rock shrimp.
Or Conch. Or swamp cabbage
Lived in West Virginia all my life and never had ramps.
Should be Venison. There are generations of hunters here and I don’t know anyone who hasn’t tried Venison.
Georgia gets all their peaches exported from Clanton, Alabama, there are no Peaches grown in Georgia
For Chicago I would go with hot dogs over deep dish pizza. My dad is from Chicago and argues that true Chicago pizza is made on a thin crust.
Kentucky ought to be either the Hot Brown or Burgoo. Kentucky Fried Chicken is only really associated with Kentucky because that’s where Harland Sanders happened to be from. To my knowledge, fried chicken in Kentucky is just like fried chicken made throughout the south. There’s no particular style that separates it from anywhere else — which is to say that the right way is always the way your mama made it.
TRs-Toasted Ravioli-only in St. Louis. They have never heard of them anywhere else-esp. in the finest Italian restaurants of Miami.
Colorado – hops! Coors gets most from there as do other breweries. Okay, maybe “Beer” will do.
Born n raised in Maryland- I would change blue crab to striped bass, aka “Rockfish” – the best fish for eating in all the oceans (and the Maryland state fish as well)
Coffee milk. Ulch. I think you have to be a native to like that stuff. It’s INCREDIBLY sickly sweet. I lived in RI for 30 years and never got the hang of it. It’s a fair cop (though quahogs would be a natural choice, too).
But I was born in Tennessee. Tomatoes? What the heck?
I vote for pan-fried catfish and hushpuppies. Or Goo Goo Candy Clusters. Or Moon Pies!
North Dakota should be Lefse.
Knoepfle is really only popular in one small portion of the state, while everyone in ND has Lefse for every holiday.
I’m a transplant to St Louis and it’s not really ‘toasted’ ravioli, it’s deep fried, often sprinkled with a tiny bit of parm. You eat it by dipping it into marinara sauce. Is it good? If they do it right, it’s fun. If they don’t, it’s bland and too chewy. If you like things like deep fried mozzarella or zucchini, you’ll probably like this.
But Provel cheese is something that is local, known only to St Louisans, and it’s liked only by the locals. IMO’s pizza is a local pizza chain, uses only provel on a thin, hard crust. It ranks as some of the worst pizza out there for mozzarella purists. One note of caution, if you find that you like that cheese, you’ll be in hog heaven since it’s on a lot of things like salads, etc. If you don’t like the cheese, ask before you order and tell them to leave it off.
Regional stuff can be something that you love if you grow up with it, and something that may not be so lovely, if you didn’t.
Grapes for California?! If the intent was wine, well, ok. But burritos would fit, too.
Scrapple or hoagies would be better for PA. Cheesesteaks were only eaten in Philadelphia proper.
I noticed NO ONE has said a thing about Louisiana LOL Good job on my home state! Nobody does crawfish like we do!!
I think Spam for MN.
im from rhode island..coffee milk has no coffee in it..and its not like chocolate milk either. its milk and coffee syrup.. tastes like coffee ice cream
absolutely have to correct this.
Being a lifelong Arkansawyer, I heard the term “jelly pie” TODAY. I’m now doing a search on it to see what can be done to fix this misconception.
It’s true, Arkansas has no official state food. But there are foods that originate here. We host the Hope Watermelon Festival which claims the world’s largest melons and the Cave City Watermelon Festival that serves up the (academically asserted) world’s sweetest melons. We produce a fantastic amount of rice and soybeans.
Cheese dip was invented here in the 40s. The cheese-filled hot dog is one of our inventions. We love sassafras tea and rice smothered in chicken gravy (and rice with just sugar and butter to boot). Our state produces fabulous cheese straws, funnel cake mix, yellow corn grits and muscadine wine.
We like our pies — oh heavens we do — but we prefer them meringued or creamed or with a little coconut in them. We also love our burgers, having an almost unreasonable number of burger offerings around these parts.
Our cultural food oddity is the Reuben sandwich, found on about 90 percent of non-ethnic menus here and traced back to the first days of Oaklawn Racing Park in Hot Springs. We’re used to picking blackberry seeds from between our teetch in summer and enjoying our Arkansas Blackapples in the winter.
If you really do have any questions about Arkansas, its food, its culture and cuisine, drop me a line at kat@tiedyetravels.com. I stand behind this answer 100 percent.
Kat Robinson
Eat Arkansas (Arkansas Times food lovers blog)
Tie Dye Travels
California . . . I can’t complain. Spent a good deal of time in Napa Valley, and all you ever hear about there is the local wines.
Washington – ehhh, it could be a toss up between that and coffee, actually. Starbucks did start there, y’know. maybe fancy fussy coffee XD
funny, I’m not a coffee drinker.
I couldn’t have been happier to see the cheesesteak in PA though. If it ain’t from there, it ain’t a cheesesteak in my book.
I think Alaska should be Salmon, not king crab. And Indiana should be coleslaw or toasted cheese sandwiches instead of popcorn.
Fry bread for AZ???? Have you ever been to AZ??? Its not about the fry bread–its about great Mexican food. Give us a sonoran dog, a great burrito, –anything besides the balnd, awful fry bread!!!!
Fry bread is bland? WTF? Have you never had the Fry Bread Taco? The Fry Bread with Prickly Pear Preserves? How about the Apple Topping? Cinnamon and honey?
Sonoran food is good (though I find hot dogs in format nasty) but really? Navajo food rocks.
you should really try going to kansas there food is really good juat try going thank you if you went
Oh god! Rocky mountain oysters???
Mixing Richard Nixon with Marion Barry is just wrong.
No, the DC food would probably be a Half Smoke – preferably at Ben’s Chili Bowl, but otherwise available at many food carts.
Hear, hear! I think Ben’s Chili Bowl is a good one for DC. It’s also got about the most international cuisine available anywhere.