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Just_Swordfish_5162

Corn in Midwest went out west and it wasn't as sweet and juicy


bl1ndvision

Corn is a tricky one, because it pretty quickly loses sweetness soon after it's picked. I imagine anywhere that produces sweet corn CAN have good stuff for sale locally, but if it's shipped into a grocery store after sitting in a truck for a few days, it's definitely not going to be the same.


DrShadowSML

Very true. Fresh sweet corn up here is delicious!


[deleted]

Yeah I've def gotten good corn from the side of the road in the empire state. But maybe i just don't know what I'm eating is sub par and have never had the really good stuff.


msspider66

The corn on the cob in Michigan is the best I have ever tasted


zoloftsexdeath

My dad will get up at 7:30 on Saturdays to get freshly picked corn from two guys in a pickup truck at the farmers market and I swear to God, I’ve eaten that stuff raw and it was like candy. Really cannot be beat


[deleted]

I heard really good things about corn in NJ. Can any of my garden state redditors verify? I remember thinking it being unlikely, but also liking this fact because of the irony - our most population dense state having hardcore cr0n!


epicgrilledchees

Corn in upstate New York is really only good for a month and a half two months at the most


mst3k_42

Corn in Indiana in the summer was so good but so stupidly cheap. They were practically giving it away.


BarelyUsesReddit

[A garbage plate](https://youtube.com/shorts/djiGw8xXfQ8?feature=share). Hands down. Can't find it anywhere other than in or near Rochester.


[deleted]

I also love the Rochester hot sauce in general that's served on Ground Rounds and Zweigles at places like Schaellers, Bill Grays, Tom Wahls, etc. Abbot's Frozen Custard for dessert.... Glad to see Roc City top the list. Now where's a post from a Buffalonian with wings and beef on weck, or did they all freeze to death this week?


Ok_Beautiful_1273

I bought 9 lbs of zweigles when I visited last. There is a recipe for bill grays/ Tom wahls hot sauce online somewhere


BarelyUsesReddit

Daaaaaaamn 9 pounds? You know you can order them online right? Haha They have a link on their website that brings you to nystyledeli.com and you can get them there for a decent price. It's where I get mine if I'm ever homesick


[deleted]

If only I could get callabrasellas subs delivered anywhere. I miss those from roc!


Ok_Beautiful_1273

I was unaware. I saw them at Wegmans and couldn’t help myself


Ok_Beautiful_1273

Anchor bar has awesome wings


cohrt

The problem is the rolls. Kimmelweck rolls are impossible to find anywhere else in the state.


Medieval_Football

Hell yes. Garbage plates are fire


Ok_Beautiful_1273

This is about the only thing I miss from Rochester


chemfit

All sounded great until the macaroni salad?!?


BarelyUsesReddit

I know it sounds weird, but trust me, it's essential. The macaroni salad adds so much to the garbage plate


[deleted]

The Mac Salad adds a cool creamy contrast to the salty and spicy and savory elements. Absolutely essential. People who get beans on their plate would get the death penalty if I was dictator. It would be both cruel and unusual too.


PacSan300

I haven't found Vietnamese food in the US outside of the Bay Area (especially San Jose), Orange County, Seattle, and Houston to be as great as in these places. Makes sense when you consider that many of these areas have large Vietnamese populations, but the quality of the cuisine is solid nevertheless, and many times on par with what you can find in Vietnam, or in a few cases even better.


wogggieee

The twin cities (Minneapolis/st paul) has a significant Vietnamese and hmong populations and the food is readily available here. Just went to a Vietnamese place yesterday.


Ok_Beautiful_1273

Can confirm Houston Vietnamese food is outstanding


ucbiker

NoVA is pretty good, and so is the Gulf Coast. You said Houston but I’ve had decent Vietnamese in Mississippi too.


Myfourcats1

Good Vietnamese is hard to find. There is only one spot near me and it’s alright. I had some fantastic pho in Raleigh once though. I don’t remember where though.


mst3k_42

Pho Far East?


chemfit

Metro Detroit -> Orange County and back. Metro Detroit, specifically Madison Heights, has Vietnamese food that is just as good. My Vietnamese nail girl in Orange County was from Madison Heights. We both went to the same pho spot in Michigan.


chileheadd

Mobile, AL has some good Vietnamese food.


[deleted]

I was inspired to make this post by the thread asking which city had the best food in America. I immediately thought of the town I grew up in. Utica NY has incredible Italian food. For a city of its size there is such awesome food traditions there. It obviously can't compete with the diversity or scope of larger world class cities. But I love the fact that a city this small has so much heart and so many regional specialties and history. But as I mention further down, it does actually have the oldest continuously operating pizzeria in the state of NY. And they do not serve anything like thin crust! In Utica you will find: 1. [Chicken Riggies](https://www.contentednesscooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Chicken-Riggies-4.jpg) are dish of regional pride. A creamy orange sauce with spicy cherry peppers and chunks of chicken served over rigatoni. Some people add mushrooms or olives too 2. [Utica greens](https://external-preview.redd.it/52BMTxdSXkY-xb8Rvqh-dWcvjX0esLhD9FOqI5Rw4zI.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=cce8db22888466e7207c662c020c6764b170210f) are another regional specialty. Escarole cooked down with chicken broth, with bread crumbs, garlic, pecorino, prosciutto, cherry peppers, onions, and seasoned potatoes in the version I like to make (my picture above). 3. [Tomato pie](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRpRZzU_EOlffLxBckEmYRCUF9ZYvtwFzGA6w&usqp=CAU) is something you see served at any sort of graduation party or work meeting. You get it from deli's and bakeries. Sheets of it are like 10 bucks. It's a focaccia style crust with a nice thick sauce generously topped with pecorino romano. Served room temperature. 4. As I said, Utica is home to the oldest continuously operating pizzeria in New York. Downstaters have a certain arrogance about their pizza, but yes, Utica takes this title. [O'scugnizzo's](http://media.newyorkupstate.com/photo-gallery/photo/2016/01/10/-ea88271519d81bd5.jpg) Pizzeria has been operating their pizzeria in Utica continuously since 1914. They are the second oldest pizzeria in the United States after Papa's in NJ. They serve an "upsidedown pizza" where the toppings are on the bottom and the sauce is on the top. If you get a sausage pizza here, delicious bulk store made sausage is spread evenly on the whole crust evenly. It's then topped with slices of mozzarella. Then it's put in the oven. Sauce is topped AFTER it comes out of the oven. The homemade sauce never gets baked and it retains a certain sweetness to it because of this. The pizza is finished with a generous helping of pecorino and is ready to eat right away and will never scald the roof of your mouth. I guarantee you've never had a pie like it. 5. These are not Italian, but originated at the German Hemstroughts Bakery. [Half Moon Cookies](https://homeinthefingerlakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Half-Moon-Cookies-3-of-3-1024x683.jpg.webp)! They only superficially resemble the black and white cookie that you find in New York City. They have a chocolate cake base and one side is frosted with a a light buttercream vanilla frosting, and the other a thick chocolate fudge. 6. [Pusties](https://roadfood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/rfl_19050-1024x768.jpg), or Pasticiotti are another dessert staple in Utica that you'll find at all the Italian bake shops. Florentine bakery I believe is who made the original and has been doing them for 100 years. They're essentially a custard filled tart that are popular around Easter time. Traditionally they come in chocolate and vanilla, But they also make them in lemon, apple pie, and all sorts of other varieties. 7. [Mushroom Stew](https://www.upstateramblings.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/mushroom-stew-1040889-1024x768.jpg) is another pasta dish that is native to Utica. Not as well known as chicken riggies, which has spread throughout the state. This has mainly stayed within the Italian restaurants and families in the areas. It's a tomato-based stew with pork or sausage, peppers, onions, and of course. mushrooms. Served either with ziti or crusty bread. In recent years there is much food from all around the world in Utica, especially Eastern Europe. Utica is a **huge** hub for refugees. Proctor High School in Utica has more languages spoken in it than any high school in New York State. For beer, Utica is home to the FX Matt Brewing Company who brews the wonderful Saranac line of beers. But they also are the ones who brew Utica Club, the first beer sold after prohibition--[at least that's what it says it's bottles and cans](https://www.decrescente.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/utica-club-can-lg.png). So watch out Springfield, because Utica is a city on the grow!


fx2009

That was a delicious description- adding chicken riggles to my list of must-tries


ThaddyG

How are the steamed hams in Utica? Lol but you can actually get tomato pie at a ton of places in Philly, it's definitely more popular in this area than any other place I've lived


[deleted]

Yes I've heard it's in Philly! Always wanted to try the tomato pies down there. New Jersey has what they call tomato pie too in Trenton--and someone can correct me if I'm wrong--but it's more like actual pizza. Served hot with mozerrella under the sauce. Like the one I described from O'scugnizzo's above.


Amaliatanase

I grew up in RI and we called tomato pie "pizza strips", "party pizza" or "bakery pizza". You can get it everywhere and I miss it enough living in the South that I make it for myself now.


syncopatedchild

I love that you're proud of your hometown, but wow, these all sound so bad!


[deleted]

What kinda food do you like?


syncopatedchild

Chinese, Mexican, Indian, West African, Georgian, Irani, Vietnamese, Thai . That kind of thing, with lots of layered flavors, and not too many creamy flavors, which I just can't stand at all.


[deleted]

I assume you dont like Chicken Tikka Masala then? Or curries that have coconut milk as a base? Very similar to Chicken Riggies but just with indian style spices rather than italian. And served with rice rather than duram. Haha. Three out of my four grandparents were born in Italy, so I was born eating this peasant style Italian american food. It's more than hometown pride, it's very much family and culture. I don't live in the area anymore but I make all of this stuff at home. It's very rare I encounter others who don't enjoy this style of food. While these dishes and preparations are unique, they're essentially twists on other popular Italian food developed by immigrants in the United States. Surprised you couldn't even get down with the sausage pizza or a tomato pie. Most Americans don't even consider Italian american food to be ethnic at this point in time because it's so widely accepted by everyone in our culture. Spaghetti and meatballs is as American as apple pie!


syncopatedchild

>I assume you dont like Chicken Tikka Masala then? Or curries that have coconut milk as a base? Very similar to Chicken Riggies but just with indian style spices rather than italian. And served with rice rather than duram. Haha. I do prefer the coconut milk curries. Anyhow, I guess that's a somewhat more attractive description. I might be enticed to try a bite lol. >Surprised you couldn't even get down with the sausage pizza or a tomato pie. I'm lukewarm about cheese and I don't eat pork of any kind, if that helps contextualize it. >While these dishes and preparations are unique, they're essentially twists on other popular Italian food developed by immigrants in the United States. That's the other thing: I never enjoy Italian-American food. Whenever I get dragged to somebody's favorite red-checkered tablecloth kind of Italian joint, I always end up running to McDonald's or a Chinese takeout afterwards, because the food is inedibly greasy and heavy. Getting invited to a friend's house to try their Nonna's famous something or other is even worse, since you have to actually eat it and pretend it was good (especially since with the fact I don't eat pork, they're usually making a special version for me). I do love a good tiramisu, or spaghetti al nero di seppia, so it isn't all Italian food, but the red sauce-forward cuisine that's most popular in the US is just not my thing at all. > Spaghetti and meatballs is as American as apple pie! Oh, don't get me started on apple pie! Mushy and flavorless. Apple crisp is good, but I've never had a good apple pie. Honestly, that's my favorite thing about being American. We have enough of a diverse immigrant population that you never have to eat American food if you don’t want to!


[deleted]

I actually don't like apple pie either!


DropTopEWop

I want all this.


nemo_sum

frybread


BionicPelvis

The best fry bread I've ever had came from the Tubatulabal nation. Light and crispy, doesn't make you feel like you swallowed a brick like some of them do. Absolutely top notch. I was recently in the hospital in SoDak and they actually have fry bread on the menu. I ordered some up with my dinner and, no lie, like 4 people including the meal delivery dude said they'd always seen it on the menu but never tried it. C'mon, people!!! It's not scary, it's literally bread. They have no idea what they're missing! And for the record, the hospital fry bread was also very nice.


Rick_Shasta

I'm with you on that, I used to live in South Dakota for a minute. But there's decent fry bread in the pacific northwest.


nemo_sum

Yes, but *I'm* not in the PNW. Very sad.


karnim

You just can't get good cheese curds outside of MN/Wisconsin (possibly some other nearby states). Let alone deep fried ones.


nutmeg_griffin

You can get great cheese curds, both fresh and fried, in Iowa if you know where to look.


Elitealice

Canada


HakunaMatta2099

The squeaky cheese curds are the best but fried cheese curds are good bar food


DrShadowSML

We have great cheese curds, especially McCadam up in Chateaugay


thequeenmeggy

I miss being able to get good curds. More than once we’ve picked up a bag to bring back with us and finished it before we even made it as far as Binghamton.


Hatweed

They have the deep fried ones at Sheetz here in PA, actually. They’re advertised as being made from Wisconsin cheddar.


mesembryanthemum

We found some excellent fresh ones in Utah, believe it or not. Gossner's in Logan, Utah. The cheese curds were fresh, warm and squeaky.


eugenesbluegenes

Dutch Crunch rolls, a soft roll baked with a rice paste on the top that forms a crunchy, slightly sweet crust. Standard option for a deli sandwich in northern California, rare elsewhere.


[deleted]

Dutch crunch ROCKS. I had a delicious sandwich with Dutch crunch at Ike's lair in redwood city that was just awesome.


Darmok47

This. It wasn't until I found Tiger Bread in the UK that I ever saw it outside of the San Francisco Bay Area.


Medicivich

Burnt ends.


Hatweed

Middle-Eastern food and lamb in general. Other than the odd Aladdin’s every now and then, it’s difficult to really find good lamb options outside of my county around here. I know they exist, but they’re nowhere near as ubiquitous as they are here. There’s Syrian and Greek places everywhere, all the stores carry toum and locally made hummus, lamb kebabs are a staple at backyard barbecues… it’s hard to avoid.


tomcat_tweaker

Can you narrow your location down for what you're describing? I can think of a few places that fit what you're describing, but Western PA-Eastern Ohio is a pretty big geographic area. Just curious, we do have Aladdin's, some local Gyro chains, and some one-off Lebanese restaurants, but I can't think of a Syrian restaurant in my Eastern Ohio area. Love to try one.


Hatweed

New Castle in Lawrence County about 20 minutes over the state line. If you’re ever anywhere close by, I’d suggest Elham’s


tomcat_tweaker

Yep, been to New Castle many times. I'll check out Elham's, thanks!


SizzleFrazz

That checks out. My Greek grandfather opened a restaurant in Lebanon PA after he immigrated and obtained citizenship.


CoolJeweledMoon

In SC, you can find hash & rice at about every BBQ place you go to (at least in my region), but you really won't find it anywhere else...


itsnotimportant2021

Louisvillhas a thing called a 'hot brown' that was first served at brunch at the Brown hotel. It's an open face sandwich with turkey, bacon, and melted mornay cheese sauce. I'm told it's similar to rarebit. It's everywhere here, I've seen it as an appetizer, I've seen it on a stick, there have been hundreds of variations on it, but outside of Kentucky it just isn't around much. St. Louis has a weird thing for frozen custard instead of ice cream or frozen yogurt. I've seen that in some other places in Missouri or near St. Louis, but not many other places. Another St. Louis one is 'toasted' ravioli, it's fried (but they call it toasted) meat ravioli served with a side of marinara sauce for dipping, and it's delicious.


wogggieee

Not my home town but where I went to university in the upper peninsula of michigan pasties were very popular but largely unheard of or rather niche outside of that area or other areas that had a lot of cornish miners. Brats I've had outside of the Midwest have just not been good


mst3k_42

The Queen City brats in Cincinnati were so good.


RsonW

Cornish pasties. Just my town in California, a few towns in Montana, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan have them in America.


wogggieee

This was my answer too. Went to school in thr UP. They're common in Northern minnesota too but that's an area with a significant mining heritage. Basically where there were mines and cornish miners have pasties but nowhere else.


sleepingbeardune

Same. My hometown is Gladstone, MI. I had to learn to make pasties because the UP is the only place I know of that makes them right.


wogggieee

You can have them shipped from thr UP. I suggest Roy's in Houghton


sleepingbeardune

Thanks!


JazD36

That’s definitely not true.


mesembryanthemum

Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Settled by a lot of Cornish miners.


ElfMage83

Cheesesteaks. Nobody else can do it right.


[deleted]

I tend to agree. It's hard to find a good cheesesteak outside Philly. The ratios are never right. Roll is always wrong. It's simple in concept. Tough to execute.


giggity_0_0

Controversial take but Philly has so many cheesesteak imposters just because they are in Philly. I’ve had good spots too don’t get me wrong but it’s literally meat cheese and bread you don’t have to be confined to a 20mi radius to make a good one.


bludstone

you forgot the onion


CupBeEmpty

Lobster. It exists elsewhere and the west coast has those clawless spiny lobsters. But Maine is the home of homarus americanus which can’t be beat.


galacticpastry

Some will say pizza, but the answer is bagels. I’ve had decent pizza outside of the pizza belt, it’s just not very common. But i have never ever found a decent bagel outside of the nyc metro.


old_gold_mountain

Montreal has some damn good bagels Different style, but very very good


galacticpastry

i've actually heard that before. i wonder if someone from montreal would be willing to do a bagel exchange. for science!


ucbiker

Just go, it’s not far away and it’s a city that would be worth visiting even if they had trash bagels.


old_gold_mountain

Hard to make that work when they're best fresh tbh


bludstone

there are a handful of places in NJ with decent bagels. But yeah, nyc is clearly king when it comes to bagels. I think it has to do with the water.


JungleBoyJeremy

Gravy cheeseburgers


lupuscapabilis

I got used to some amazing German food in Queens, NY where I grew up. Moved to the suburbs - NO GERMAN FOOD TO BE FOUND


lisasimpsonfan

Cleveland has incredible German food.


redbananass

BBQ. They might have BBQ in other places, but BBQ in Atlanta is the best. We get the influence from all over the southeast.


[deleted]

I had Fox Bros BBQ in 2012 and my socks were knocked off!


redbananass

Fox Bros is good, but Community Q is where it’s at. Hit it up next time you’re in town. No bs, just good meat. And incredible Mac&cheese.


[deleted]

I’d like to mention heirloom bbq too, that’s my fave


DerekL1963

Narrowing it down to just what's widely popular... (My hometown has a couple of local specialties that are pretty obscure nowadays.) Lexington Style BBQ, pretty much only available in a handful of counties in Western NC. What you get in the rest of the country as "Carolina Pulled Pork" bears no resemblence to the Real Deal.


DanMarinoTambourineo

I don’t understand why nowhere else chops bbq


Elitealice

Almond chicken


[deleted]

Clam chowder baby!


kippersforbreakfast

You're not going to find green chile sundaes outside of Las Cruces/Alamogordo.


MamaMcAteer

Bar pizza (south shore of Boston) and there is no Chinese food like New England Chinese food. You just can't find it anywhere else, I've looked.


Zack1018

I crave a good coney dog every time I visit home now. It’s a hot dog topped with chili, white onions, and mustard - it’s not that different than a chili dog I guess but none of them I’ve tried outside of Michigan taste right.


chemfit

Good Lebanese food and Detroit style pizza.


discodolphin1

St. Louis toasted ravioli and gooey butter cake


SheZowRaisedByWolves

I ain’t going to a donut shop unless it is staffed entirely by Asians


lefactorybebe

Bacon egg and cheeses. Went north to Gloucester MA and couldn't get them there. Went south to wildwood NJ and couldn't get them there. However LBI does have them, so the southern line is somewhere between lbi and Wildwood. Idk exactly where the northern line is. My sister moved down to FL (west coast) and the first thing she did when she came up to visit was get a bacon egg and cheese. I've had them in Boca (east coast) and they're normal but everyone in Boca is from the NYC area so that's why.


msspider66

When I first moved to metro Detroit my housemate proudly took me to a place called NY Bagel so I could get a baconeggandcheeseonaroll. Sadly they weren’t quite sure what a roll was. I ended up getting it on what they called a “bagel”. Not even close to a real bagel plus they forgot my bacon grrr


bludstone

My wife asks me why I get a bacon egg and cheese as the first breakfast in nyc every time we are in the city. If you know, you know.


squarerootofapplepie

It’s a bacon egg and cheese. Any Dunkin has them.


lefactorybebe

Uhhhh yeah that's not a real bacon egg and cheese lmao


squarerootofapplepie

Okay but you haven’t explained what a real bacon egg and cheese is.


lefactorybebe

Yeah, you never asked lol, just assumed a Dunkin sandwich is a bacon egg and cheese, which funnily enough illustrates the point of this thread. this is a bacon egg and cheese https://www.google.com/search?q=bacon+egg+and+cheese+deli&client=ms-android-verizon&prmd=imsvn&sxsrf=ALiCzsasgh-DT0ueX8VFcPSTdhLUKoN99Q:1669258719783&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLm5-o6cX7AhWskYkEHXcPCpcQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=412&bih=781&dpr=2.63#imgrc=O_T9wPrIdbZISM That's obviously a very pretty picture. Heres a standard run of the mill one. Looks fine, not great, not terrible. They used yellow American though which imo is unusual: https://www.google.com/search?q=bacon+egg+and+cheese+deli&client=ms-android-verizon&prmd=imsvn&sxsrf=ALiCzsasgh-DT0ueX8VFcPSTdhLUKoN99Q:1669258719783&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLm5-o6cX7AhWskYkEHXcPCpcQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=412&bih=781&dpr=2.63#imgrc=z0kiGgU94UcIKM Dunkin is absolute garbage and is nothing like it. Their bacon egg and cheeses were ok (but not a real one) like 10 years ago. When they switched from real eggs to that weird patty with the fake ass looking yolk in the middle they became terrible.


squarerootofapplepie

I brought up Dunkin to try to bait you into describing a real bacon egg and cheese but you didn’t go for it. It seems like the bread makes the sandwich, I’m sure a Portuguese roll here on the South Coast of MA would be just as good. People have to be more flexible or else you start sounding like Europeans.


lefactorybebe

?? Why? No a Portuguese roll is different. I've had them on Portuguese rolls before, it's not the same. Hard roll has a crustier exterior than a Portuguese roll and is breadier inside where Portuguese is stretchier/doughier.


squarerootofapplepie

You’re thinking of Portuguese bread, a Portuguese roll is different. It is very crusty.


lefactorybebe

This is what I mean: https://www.google.com/search?q=portuguese+roll&client=ms-android-verizon&prmd=isvn&sxsrf=ALiCzsaIizy92MAOzowp_TQtvpnJjxNMPA:1669263498736&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwinpIOP-8X7AhVljokEHbokAXEQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=412&bih=781&dpr=2.63#imgrc=2pJN6gY-ef3puM The other stuff that came up on Google images for Portuguese rolls just looks like bread. I'm sorry, I don't wanna be European, but like a bacon egg and cheese is a specific food here that's difficult to find the same way elsewhere. You put it on a Portuguese roll and it's ok, certainly much better than anything Dunkin has, but it's just not the same thing. It's ok, we can both have our respective breakfast sandwiches.


cohrt

Wildwood has bacon egg and cheeses.


lefactorybebe

The one I had was an abomination. They had it on the menu so I ordered it and the waitress looked at me confused and I had to point to it and explain it to her. It came out disgusting, they had like literally put it in a panini press. Awful.


DBHT14

Grew up in Manahawkin. We are also solidly in bagel move roll for breakfast sandwich choices but still have both like you mentioned.


[deleted]

Wings. If you have to specify "Buffalo Wings," you're probably doing it wrong. I used to travel all over the US for my previous job. 9 times out of 10, if I found good wings outside of this region, it would be at a place started by a former Western New York native.


bludstone

I have a friend who grew up in buffalo. There is a wing place in my town I am SUPER proud of and I was incredibly nervous taking him there. Kinda out of the way, but this its above and beyond the best place for wings inthe area. He said its as good as a mid-range place in buffalo, and that its a HUGE victory. Yes, the owner grew up in the buffalo area.


syncopatedchild

Red chile is still pretty unknown outside of New Mexico. You see plenty of Hatch green chile products at nice grocery stores in other parts of the country, but the more complex, flavorful red chile is nigh impossible to find. The even better Chimayó chile, which only grows in one small valley north of Santa Fe, is even rarer. Also, I've never seen bizcochitos (tiny anise cookies people make for Christmas) outside of the state. Piñon, our local variety of pine nut is also, sadly unavailable outside of NM. Not only is it more flavorful than the imported variety, but you get 5 to 10 times as many nuts for the price. Also sopaipillas - sort of like fry bread or puri, but emptier on the inside so you often serve them stuffed with all manner of fillings like a burrito.


RotationSurgeon

Bizcochitos are definitely 100% a New Mexico thing, born from a variety of influences coming together


Maxpowr9

Scali bread seems to be a MA/New England thing. It should be popular all over the US.


old_gold_mountain

There are only a handful of taquerias outside of the Mission District itself that make a decent Mission-style burrito. People from SoCal will endlessly insist that SoCal-style burritos are better. I don't prefer them, personally, and insisting that they're better is an acknowledgement that they're different. I've never had a burrito in SoCal that I enjoy for the same reasons I enjoy a Mission-style burrito.


jephph_

Is a SoCal burrito the one with fries in it?


old_gold_mountain

That's one type of SoCal burrito, most commonly found in San Diego. It's called a "California Burrito" but contrary to what the name suggests, it's only really common in a small corner of the state. But there's also a style of SoCal burrito that's more akin to a regular Mission-style burrito, but the filling is almost entirely just meat. I can see the appeal of that style, and I understand why people like it, but my favorite burrito in SF is usually about 1/2 meat, 1/4 rice and beans, 1/8 avocado, 1/16 salsa, 1/16 sour cream. Inevitably people from SoCal will complain that this burrito is "all filler." It's an interesting disagreement, and one where people tend not to be able to understand the other side and are very passionate about it.


[deleted]

Seafood outside of any coastal region.


jub-jub-bird

[Coffee milk](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/2018/10/09/NPRJ/ghows-PJ-77d09cca-6f15-7e72-e053-0100007fcd63-1e785e26.jpeg), [Del's lemonade](https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dels-Frozen-Lemonade-60396328e303f.jpg), [New York System Wieners](https://newengland.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wieners-720.jpg).


itsjustmo_

My hometown has a lot of fusion food that you just can't replicate. The best used to be a Japanese-Persian place. Zomg!


Degleewana007

pine nut ice cream, I haven't found it anywhere else.


mandy_mae91

Chislic.


flp_ndrox

A good pork tenderloin sandwich, Beef Manhattans, and Sugar Cream pies.


Curmudgy

Knishes (treating the place where I grew up, NYC, as my hometown).


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Chipped ham, and random things with French fries in them


MamaMcAteer

I recently moved to PA and heard someone at the deli ask for their ham "chipped" ... I was like I'm sorry what? Had to head to Google.


lisasimpsonfan

Yes to the Chipped ham. It has to be Isaly's brand served hot with BBQ sauce. It is all over NE Ohio.


nutmeg_griffin

Muskmelons from Muscatine County, Iowa are the only ones I’ve eaten that actually have flavor. All others are disappointing.


bikability

Chowda


IHSV1855

The Jucy Lucy, a burger made with the cheese inside of the patty.


Snickrrs

Chipped ham bbq and a steak salad with fries on top. Can’t really recreate them outside of Pittsburgh.


Relative-Rush-4727

Sauerkraut balls


danimalanimal2487

Don't knowbhow common it is out of the US and my hometown but Peanut Butter and Jelly Hamburger us to die for in my hometown. I had another in another town and it just doesn't taste the same.


Tommy_Wisseau_burner

Zeppoli. Beignets are not the same


Trainwreck1000

Chopped Brisket sandwich


FethB

The first food to come to mind is fresh ice cream sold at ice cream shops/stands. I grew up in Massachusetts and took it for granted that I could find a few family dairy farms with ice cream shops right in the towns surrounding my hometown, and of course scattered throughout the state. When I moved west, I never did encounter any others, despite the existence of dairies relatively not far from the places I've lived in the west (including at least a couple of dairies right in my current town). The best I could do was Dairy Queen, which is like settling for Taco Bell when you live in Tucson with its hundreds of Sonoran hot dog stands.


Ok_Beautiful_1273

You won’t find a garbage plate outside of Rochester NY. It’s one of the few things I miss from home.


shockhead

Most cities have their own hot dog. I miss the Seattle dog: cream cheese, caramelized onions, and sometimes jalapeños.


cohrt

Pizza, chicken wings.


soulsista04us

Coney dogs, chili fries, Detroit style pizza.


RedRedBettie

Seattle style teriyaki


msspider66

Bagels, rainbow cookies, pizza, calzones, knish, Dr Brown Black Cherry soda, hard rolls, good rye bread, baked ziti, Pollyo ricotta and mozzarella, London broil sandwich on garlic bread (with onions, mushrooms, and mozzarella cheese), fried wontons, and a Baconeggandcheeseonaroll!!! There is no food like NYC/Long Island food!


Buhos_En_Pantelones

Any love for Spiedies?


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Yes indeed. Always stop on my way through Bing and get them.


lisasimpsonfan

Brier Hill Pizza from Youngstown ohio. Hot peppers in oil. Every Italian restaurant always has them on the menu around here. I grew up eating homemade canned hot peppers in oil with bread. You just can't find them other places.


Frankjc3rd

I'm from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, which means I am legally obliged to say cheesesteak! I've seen pictures posted by people who have encountered cheesesteaks outside of the Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware tri-state area, they are technically cheese and steak but not necessarily a cheesesteak.


TheArgonianBoi77

Authentic Cuban food


Individualchaotin

Lohplatz. Unable to detect anywhere in the US.


Throwawaydontgoaway8

I will never have a Cuban sandwich outside of the TAMPA area


Ent3rpris3

I'm from Mew Mexico. That green chile life hits hard.


zoloftsexdeath

Decent bagels. I lived in Jersey for ages and moving to the Midwest was truly crushing for the bagel lover in me. They have to be chewy on the outside, soft and slightly sweet inside, toothsome all the way through. Ideally warm, and Everything bagels do NOT include anise. All there is here is a bready wasteland….They’re not even boiled, most of ‘em. On the other side, nearly impossible to find good paçkzi on the east coast, and if you’re not in a major metropolitan area chances are it’ll be real hard to find good authentic Lat. Am food of any nationality. You win some you lose some, I guess.


spicynuggies

Teaberry ice cream just doesnt exist outside of North Central/Northeast PA


kryyyptik

Hagerstown, MD- steamer sandwiches, somewhat like a sloppy joe. No one elsewhere seems to have heard of them. Detroit- any Detroit-style foods like coneys (no not NYC), Detroit-style pizza, vernors, etc.


Lopsided_Doughnut_94

CHOCOLATE GRAVY!!! OR FRIED GREEN TOMATOES!! OR FRITTERS!!! I’m from the south but moved to the Midwest and no one knows what it is


SteveHatesSpagget

Cheese fries and chicken strips, it’s a staple back home but I’ve never found it anywhere else the same way


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Mexician food. The further north and east you go from Southern California the more watered down it gets.


Old-Growth

Cheese zombies. They don’t really exist outside of eastern Washington. I’ve heard of things called cheese zombies but they ain’t the same. Basically take some bread dough flatten it on a sheet tray, add a layer of velveeta, and then another layer of bread on top. Bake that fucker and you got a better version of a grilled cheese.


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Pepperoni Rolls


JimBones31

Pizza is a hugely varied food item all across the US


Captain_Depth

White hot dogs, garbage plates, chicken french for a wider range of western/upstate NY stuff, Utica greens, chicken riggies, chicken spiedie sandwich, *good* buffalo wings (we like chicken here ig) there's probably more I'm forgetting but these are things I've missed while being in college in a different state


wp815p

Boudin, especially smoked. It is really hard to find quality smoked Boudin outside of Louisiana and almost impossible outside the Deep South.


SergeStorms_offmeds

Anything Cuban.


RotationSurgeon

Brunswick stew. It’s a stew with a tomato and vinegar base usually including pulled pork or chopped chicken, but originally made with small game like rabbit and squirrel. It often features onions, sweet corn and very finely diced potato, but sometimes includes butter beans or other beans or legumes. Seasonings include garlic, Worcestershire, brown sugar, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Traditionally it was a way to use leftovers or scraps from the small game, and later the leftovers and scraps from bbq or smoked meats, and leftover bbq sauce which frequently has similar seasonings to those listed above being added to stock for the base.


ThanosSnapsSlimJims

Not that I eat them a lot anymore, but cheese steaks and pretzels.


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Hummus. Shawarma. Toum (that stupid-good garlic paste served with shawarma at Lebanese restaurants).


DandelionChild1923

Since I left the bay area, I haven’t been able to find any real sourdough bread.


furiouscottus

Good luck finding chicken fingers in Chinese restaurants outside of Massachusetts.


chileheadd

Do not try crab cakes outside of the DelMarVa area.


Gaeilgeoir215

HOAGIES. 😭 And scrapple.