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Regional Foods You Miss

My old Tampa faves:
Cuban sandwiches
Boiled peanuts (not from a can, though)
Smoked mullet
Appalachiacola oysters
 
I miss the food back in Chicago, although I would probably have gained about 30 lbs. had I lived there still.

Italian Beef Sandwiches dipped in gravy with peppers.

Pizza, Pizza and more Pizza!

The excellent Oriental Restaurants.

German Restaurants & Bars. At least in the old days before the neighborhoods were invaded by frat boys & girls.

I miss Superdawg on the NW side for their Supercheesie's on dark bread & Superdawg's they also have french fries to die for. Tamales in a bunch and a chocolate malt!

White Castle at 3 AM in the morning!

and O'Henry's across from Riverview on Western Ave.! :D
 
The only place I've ever had corn fritters, was on a Florida beach, made from scratch by a beautiful girl I was madly in love with, but she was about 5 years older than me, & didn't take me seriously. :tears: I'd love to find someone's recipe for those, but for some reason, I never really think about it much. :scratch2: :D
 
Ledo pizza (Washington DC suburbs). Left that area earlier this year. Frequented the original location in the 70's near the University of Maryland when I was a student there.
 
When we lived in Los Angeles, (moved there from Cleveland, Ohio) I missed:
Real Apples; Melrose, Cortland, Honeycrisp and other varieties we bought direct from the orchard.
Real Apple Cider with particles in it, no preservatives and non pasteurized.
Maple Sugar Candy
Tommy's Restaurant on Coventry, in Cleveland Hts, praised by Rachel Ray!
Grumm's Subs! I haven't had subs that good anywhere else.
Halevah. Ok, it's a Jewish thing, and for some reason, Jewish deli's in L.A. never heard of it. Bogframe! You got Halevah in New York?
It's a candy made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is firm, yet soft. Some kinds have nuts in it, some rippled with chocolate.
Russian Tea Biscuits - this is ruggele on steroids, about the size of your fist. Can't get them anywhere but Cleveland.
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Now that we are back in Cleveland, the only food I miss from L.A. is:
Numero Uno pizza.
Every other kind of food I can think of we have, because we have such a huge ethnic mix here. We have pizza here, too, but not like Numero Uno. the crust has to be 1/2" thick! Mmmmmmm!
 
Ahhh livermush. Pan fried crisp with white bread and mayo. THAT is a breakfast sammich.

I bet you would get arrested trying to bring the stuff into California.

Second the vote for Neese's.
 
dr*audio said:
When we lived in Los Angeles, (moved there from Cleveland, Ohio) I missed:
Real Apples; Melrose, Cortland, Honeycrisp and other varieties we bought direct from the orchard.
Real Apple Cider with particles in it, no preservatives and non pasteurized.
Maple Sugar Candy
Tommy's Restaurant on Coventry, in Cleveland Hts, praised by Rachel Ray!
Grumm's Subs! I haven't had subs that good anywhere else.
Halevah. Ok, it's a Jewish thing, and for some reason, Jewish deli's in L.A. never heard of it. Bogframe! You got Halevah in New York?
It's a candy made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is firm, yet soft. Some kinds have nuts in it, some rippled with chocolate.
Russian Tea Biscuits - this is ruggele on steroids, about the size of your fist. Can't get them anywhere but Cleveland.
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Now that we are back in Cleveland, the only food I miss from L.A. is:
Numero Uno pizza.
Every other kind of food I can think of we have, because we have such a huge ethnic mix here. We have pizza here, too, but not like Numero Uno. the crust has to be 1/2" thick! Mmmmmmm!
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Doc, not only do we have Halvah in New York, but I know how you can get the REAL stuff shipped right to your door!
Just go here and tell them what you want!
 
Sandy G said:
Do you have Chattanooga's contribution to Haute Cuisine, Krystal ? Pretty much the same thing...
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Ohh Ohh, I miss Krystal burgers! The one we had in town closed. In high school I had a linebacker friend who could eat 20 burgers and 3 strawberry shakes to wash it all down with.
 
Cheesesteaks, soft pretzels and blue crabs. Recently found Tastykakes, though.

Enjoy the music,
-Mark
 
Real ocean shrimp. They used to be very plentiful here in NC. Now all you can find is farm raised. Revel's sliced BBQ at the grocery store. It's been long gone.
 
jimfet said:
Real ocean shrimp. They used to be very plentiful here in NC. Now all you can find is farm raised. Revel's sliced BBQ at the grocery store. It's been long gone.
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See if you can find some "Georgia Pink". They are caught and marketed in and around Darien GA. Savannah. To me those tasted like shrimp ought to taste. Took me back in a time warp to when shrimp had flavor.
 
stratmel said:
Cheesesteaks, soft pretzels and blue crabs. Recently found Tastykakes, though.

Enjoy the music,
-Mark
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Oh yeah, there's nothing else quite like a Philadelphia cheese steak sub. :drool: And I don't really care for peppers & onions, either, but I can tolerate them in this case. :thmbsp: As long as they're at least cooked well, some of those folks like them crunchy, but I don't. :D They will warm you up good though, if you're out & about in the late fall or early winter. :thmbsp: For crabs, I think of Baltimore, & they have to have obay seasoning. Old Bay is on the can, but the "proper" spelling & pronunciation is obay. :D
 
Not sure now, but a few years ago, most all the blue crab sold in the Baltimore area came from the Gulf. I was told probably close to 80% sold in this area was from the gulf....

I had a friend that worked for a company that drove truckload after truckload every week up from New Orleans. This was before the oil spill, but I would guess that the majority of crab is still coming from elsewhere. The crab population is coming back, but no way could it support the amount that gets eaten around here...

So, to all those in the Baltimore area thinking they were getting great Chesapeake crab, sorry, but more than likely it wasn't... I know they also brought in the majority of craw fish that is in this area too..
 
Huh, I didn't know that. I lived there in the mid-80s for awhile, & I'm fairly sure they were fresh-caught from Chesapeake Bay, back then. My ex's grandmother sure "seemed" like she'd know about these things, at least. ;) But obviously, that was a few years ago, so I guess things could easily have changed, as you say. Sad. :sigh:
 
Back in the 80's I'm sure most were local caught. but the population had gotten so low, they had no choice but to truck them in if they wanted to sell any.. this was about 5 years or so ago I'm talking about.. no idea when they started, or if they still are, but I can't see that they can be selling all local crab.. the numbers they have been counting have still been fairly low..
 
eteller said:
My favorite food I can't get here is Poutine.
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A heart attack waiting to happen

onepixel said:
...Anything from Schat's Bakery in Bishop, CA.
Fresh California abalone/periwinkles/mussels. I just have to get off my ass and go get some.

Oh man... I'm hungry now.
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Gee Carl one thing I can say about you: wherever you have lived you have eaten good ain't ya?

What about the coffee from Costa Rica I remember you posting a while back?

No love for Costa Rican coffee?
 
spaceman said:
The only place I've ever had corn fritters, was on a Florida beach, made from scratch by a beautiful girl I was madly in love with, but she was about 5 years older than me, & didn't take me seriously. :tears: I'd love to find someone's recipe for those, but for some reason, I never really think about it much. :scratch2: :D
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My Mom makes some completely AWSOME corn fritters. I'll see if she'll give up the recipe if you want it.

jimfet said:
Real ocean shrimp. They used to be very plentiful here in NC. Now all you can find is farm raised. Revel's sliced BBQ at the grocery store. It's been long gone.
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There's a guy who sells fresh (live) Gulf shrimp out of the back of pickup truck a few miles down the road every Friday. Whenever I'm in the area and have the coin in my pocket I snag a couple of pounds of them. Not excatly cheap but damn they're good. They put the "farm raised" grocery store (previously frozen) crap to shame.

Around here you can't swing a dead cat without hitting some "good old boy" with a gas burner and a big ugly pot selling boiled peanuts. There's one just a couple of miles from my house. He sells what he calls "cajun" boiled peanuts. After the third or forth one I have tears streaming down both cheeks yet I keep eating them until the bag is gone. SO good!

UHHH... Yea... You REALLY don't want to be around me the next day. :D
 
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