What's your state's best known food dish?

[Alistair]

Coney Island hot dogs, buffalo chicken wings, NY has tons. I don't know what Florida has..something with grits prolly

They listed garbage plates and bagels too.

 

[rareboy]

Beaver.

 

[BillyT]

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/florida/iconic-foods-fl/

 

[Alnitak]

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/florida/iconic-foods-fl/

Nothing like fresh squeezed Florida OJ.

 

[62624rd]

virginia country (salty) ham and oysters(chesapeake bay).

 

[Alistair]

^ when I think Virginia I think country ham and scrapple

 

[62624rd]

^ when I think Virginia I think country ham and scrapple

my dad luved scrapple . i hate it.

 

[Alnitak]

virginia country (salty) ham and oysters(chesapeake bay).

VA definitely has a very similar cuisine to Maryland - based on seafood. We have one of the world's largest estuaries between our two states, the other two being the Gulf of St. Lawrence River and San Fran Bay. Puget Sound is also pretty big as well as the coast of Alaska.

 

[NotHardUp1]

I see shrimp and fried catfish on many food list for Alabama. Might it be a shrimp po'boy?

Any list I see on Arkansas it's all fried foods. Catfish, chicken, okra, pickles, hushpuppy.

I'm not sure who's making the lists you saw, but I can think of far more dishes eaten in Arkansas that are not fried.

Collard, mustard, and turnip greens
Turnips
Cornbread
Sweet potatoes
Boiled okra
Butterbeans
Crowder peas
Corn on the cob
Hoppin' John
Crookneck squash
Buttermilk biscuits
String beans
Bradley County Pink Tomatoes
Chicken & Dumplings
Pulled pork BBQ
White River Rainbow Trout
Pecan pie
Peach pie
Watermelon
TCBY was also founded in Arkansas

There's no question we eat a lot of fried food, as the entire South does. But, the truth is, America is eating out more than ever before, and I've lived in the four corners of this country, and fried food is the go-to for folks of every stripe, not just Southerners.

As for the Shrimp Po-boy, that's a good one for Mobile, although I'd reason that New Orleans sells more of them, but Mobile may be where they are brought to port.

I wish we had a Louisiana member on JUB. I attended college there, plus went to many a horticulture conference there. They have such great distinctive foods:

Natchitoches Meat Pies
Crawfish Pies
Oyster Po-boys
Crawfish or Shrimp Etouffee
Red Beans & Rice
Gumbo
Jambalaya
Dirty Rice
Beignets
Pecan Pralines
Blackened Catfish
Frog Legs
Crawfish Boil w/New Potatoes & Corn
Quail

 

[NotHardUp1]

VA definitely has a very similar cuisine to Maryland - based on seafood. We have one of the world's largest estuaries between our two states, the other two being the Gulf of St. Lawrence River and San Fran Bay. Puget Sound is also pretty big as well as the coast of Alaska.

And then there's the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf was the largest harvester of seafood in the US until Alaska developed their fishing industry.

 

[Thad1527]

Here's the big question Thad, with cheezwiz?

Wit wiz, yo!

And although there are many great cheesesteaks in Philadelphia, my home suburban Delaware County can rival the best. A branch of Jim's Steaks, the South Street favorite, is in Springfield. And everyone loves Leo's in Folcroft.

 

[NotHardUp1]

I'ma not gonna feel guilty about fried foods any more than. Cheez Whiz is about 90% salt, idn't it?

 

[belamyi]

https://www.google.com/search?q=bot...WkBGMBHTUrA9kQ_AUoAXoECAsQAw&biw=1920&bih=969

 

[Latimer]

California: tacos or guacamole

 

[Latimer]

Not my state but when I think of Texas I think chilli.

 

[Alistair]

Would we all agree Illinois is deep dish pizza?

 

[Alistair]

Beaver.

Poutine

 

[Alnitak]

Not my state but when I think of Texas I think chilli.

I'm thinking steak

 

[Vannie]

No state with stuffed cabbages?

 

[Alnitak]

No state with stuffed cabbages?

California is probably readying its crop for St. Patrick's Day.