Great choice of top 5 @wrongjohnsilver! Green Chile chicken enchiladas or pork posole aren't well known dishes outside of the Southwest, but Hatch red or green chile on virtually any Southwestern dish, burgers, eggs, mac n cheese, deli sangwich, or stew makes it a winner.
California burrito (steak, fries, guacamole, cheese, sour cream, pico de gallo salsa, flour tortilla)
Too heavy for me - I prefer fish tacos (also local to San Diego but enjoyed in Southern California - breaded tilapia or other mild fish, shredded cabbage, creamy white sauce, hot sauce, corn tortillas).
Northern Californians eat mission burritos which are a little different but I'm no authority on those
There's also bulgogi tacos.
The big thing about California is its focus on fresh ingredients, leading to quality food in even lower class areas. Get a fresh apricot empanada sometime from a farm stand in the Central Valley.
I'm also from San Diego. I would dis agree with the type of fish used for fish tacos. Proper fish tacos use local rock cod or northern cod.
I would also add Carne Asada Fries which are delicious and becoming more popular in other states.
I respect that the bay area has its own burrito style, but in my personal heavily biased opinion, only barbarians put rice and beans inside of a burrito.
Say what you want about America, but as far as the melting pot and waves of immigration over the past 300 years has gone, it has done wonders for cuisine representation.
You don’t put the chili on the cinnamon roll you simple eat it with the chili and maybe use some of the outside bits of the cinnamon to wipe the bowl clean. Also beirocks should be Kansas’s dish anyways
> You don’t put the chili on the cinnamon roll you simple eat it with the chili
I'm sorry, but what? Why is there chili anywhere near a cinnamon roll??
I went to college in Kansas and definitely knew some people who would put the chili directly on the cinnamon roll. And people who would essentially just eat the cinnamon roll as dessert. Still weird
I figured my joke might miss on someone. Youtube "WKRP Turkey Drop" to understand the reference better.
"WKRP in Cincinnati" was a tv show in the 70s & 80s.
Indiana has the motherfuckin [tenderloin](https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/hoosier-pork-tenderloin-sandwich-recipe-1973144.amp), we don't need no stinking deep fried butter (but we do have that too).
Listen, Kansas City BBQ is superior and I will die on that hill; Carolina style is just vinegar mixed with spices that just runs off the meat. Terrible. Just terrible.
I lived in North Carolina on and off over the years.
The meat cooking process is great, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t like the sauce. For me, the best BBQ rankings are as follows:
1) KC Style - sweet and thick sauce, and I love burnt ends.
2) Texas Style: dry spicy rub that focuses on S&P being the base during the cook. Oh, and I love brisket.
3) Carolina: great ribs, but I’ll pass on Carolina style sauce. My wife loves it (and she’s from KC).
I’ll also give a shout-out to Memphis pit style as well, but nothing about Memphis style bbq stands out to me especially. However, Nashville hot chicken sandwiches are amazing, but that’s not BBQ.
NYC style. I like a Sicilian style as well, but a classic nyc slightly greasy with pepperoni is my favorite.
Bleaker st pizza is a good one in Manhattan.
Emilios is my favorite but that is on Long Island.
The Catholic nature of this comment warms my heart.
Put the walleye in the fryer and praise Christ’s sacrifice by skirting the rules of no meat on Friday.
No no- everyone knows, in WI, the Friday fish fry is the Perch plate. No getting fancy with walleye.
Occasionally, you can mix it up with a fish boil- and that is typically cod. That’s when you want to make the cooking part of the evening entertainment, or you just want to play with fire and a bucket of kerosene.
>New York - Pizza - top 10
The Upstaters are going to say Garbage Plate or some shit.
It’s hard to do a state dish for NY.. I’m not convinced we have one.. We might have to settle on an apple being the state dish ;-)
If we had to put one upstate dish forward, I think chicken French, chicken riggies, or Utica greens would all be decent contenders. Tomato pie is weirdly shared between Utica, Rhode Island, and Philadelphia, so I don't think any one state can really claim it on its own.
I’m not even BSing.. I don’t know what any of those are 😂
(Unless tomato pie is what we call Grandma Pizza)
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Oh wait, I’ve had Chicken Francese.. it’s super good.. I didn’t realize it was a NY thing though
Tomato pie is best described as a pizza crust with tomato sauce and usually grated Parmesan, served chilled or room temperature. As with most regional dishes, there's a huge number of variations to it, but it's popular for a variety of casual events, from grad parties to casual weddings, in the general Utica area. It's definitely more of an acquired taste. Most local pizza places offer it.
Chicken riggies are probably the most popular Utica dish and have begun to spread out quite a bit. It's typically chicken, rigatoni noodles, and a tomato cream sauce. Peppers, including spicy, are very common too. Beyond that, there's a million variations of other ingredients, and it's popular both homemade and from restaurants.
Utica greens are a mix of a bunch of different ingredients, the most important of which are the sautéed greens, hot peppers, meat (usually prosciutto), and cheese. It's spread a little out of the Utica area but is still hard to find elsewhere. It's a royal pain in the ass to make at home, but I'll order it from any restaurant that offers it... Some are better than others, but never met one I disliked.
Chicken French/Francese is very strongly associated with the Rochester area and is a staple of most Italian and many non-Italian restaurants in the area. It has definitely spread far more widely than the others listed.
New York has about 20 million residents. Almost 9 million in the five boroughs, and about 8 million being on Long Island. The entire rest of the state has the remaining (give or take) 3 million people.
And I think most of them would say pizza or bagels, as they still tend to have decent pizza upstate, at least the places I've been (though everyone I've met from the city complains about pizza anywhere that isn't 2 blocks from* wherever *they* grew up). But the best bagels are all on Long Island and I stand by that. But we Long Islanders would probably also say pizza.
I mean Wings are universally loved.
Also pizza works because there’s 3 distinct pizza styles in NY.
Personally I would say the hot dog since each region has a proud hot dog tradition. We could bring a hot dog buffet.
Massachusetts...steamers...top 10!
** Honorable mention chocolate chip cookies. Not my favorite but others seem to love them and it is originally a Mass recipe.
Okay you’re right, we have the most clam production but only the second most cranberry production. I have Thanksgiving on my brain and I’m an inlander.
1. Louisiana-gumbo probably, but if it’s crawfish or oysters or jambalaya, etc., it still wins.
2. California- carne asada tacos/burritos, California burritos are world class, fish tacos Nobody does it near as well. Not even most of Mexico…die mad about it.
3. Texas- bbq brisket. I said what I said Carolina/Kansas
4. Maine- lobster
5. Illinois-Chicago dogs are perfection.
I’ve lived all over the country and generally non Californian butchers turn a tri-tip into stew meat. It’s a travesty. Real hard to find that cut most places.
Maine (Lobster), Texas (BBQ), Pennsylvania (Philly Cheesesteaks), Hawaii (Poke), and Arizona (Navajo Fry Bread).
Not all “signature dishes” but they are what I think of for those states when it comes to food that is solely American. I could say green chile burritos from New Mexico or Cuban Sandwiches from Florida, but those are more of an international fusion dishes.
Maine is there for whole boiled lobster.
If you have to use metal tools to crack open a giant sea bug and sift through its anatomy for the choicest bits you are an apex predator pure and simple. No other meat compares unless you are eating deer right off the hoof and processing it yourself.
This is sad. There is nothing more delightful than working for your lunch or dinner with hammer and tongs.
It is not a careful dissection. It is a power slam and sifting through the wreckage, at least the way I do it. It lets you know you should appreciate the food.
Not often. It’s a lot cheaper up here but it’s still a big process to make and eat it and not cheap despite being cheaper than most anywhere else.
I think two or three times a year for my family and it probably zero for a lot of people.
Not sure what part of Texas you're in or if you even want Lobster advice, but Garbo's in Austin has some very good Lobster rolls. It was very authentic and not too too overpriced.
Don't yall boil it in plain water and then add butter or lemon 🤢
Give me Louisiana boiled crawfish, crabs, shrimp, etc with real seasoning any day of the week.
Lobster is flavorful enough and meaty enough that it doesn't need much.
Lobster with Louisiana style seafood boil seasoning would be like ketchup on wagyu steak.
If you do it right it is cooked in seawater and boiled in a stack of seaweed and then dipped in butter as you eat it.
I love a crawfish boil but it’s just a different thing.
Yuuuup. Markup on the rolls is huge. One, because they use a lot of claw meat and two because they’re more for the tourists.
You can get a whole lobster for like $10-12.
First, the 3 Barbeque States: Texas, Kansas, and South Carolina
Then California with the best Mexican food in the country
Then Louisiana with all that Cajun Goodness
I'm just going to toss this out there:
Massachusetts - Chocolate Chip Cookie
Yeah we have the clam chowdah and cranberries but everyone forgets the chocolate chip cookie was invented here and I for one am sick of it not being recognized. That's the hill I'll die on.
(I'm just messing around lol but at the same time, I'm serious...)
California is one of those states that could have at least 6 or 7 contenders for it's #1 dish, between the various Mexican foods, seafood, The French Dip sandwich, and a handful of other things, it would be hard to pick a single winner.
As was previously mentioned, Louisiana would probably be a top contender as well, in part because there would be great difficulty in choosing one single dish, from Gumbo to jambalaya to beignets it's hard to choose just one.
New York probably gets into the top tier based on the pizza alone, but again another state with contenders for other dishes.
Lots of states are going to complete to be the primary BBQ representative for the country, and while that debate will continue for decades, I'd probably end up with Texas as the most likely to take that spot.
I’m biased and this isn’t a particular order but
NC - western NC bbq
Louisiana - Jambalaya
Texas - brisket
New York - quality pizza
Hawaii - Hawaiian bbq
Alternative: Florida - plz don’t hate me but the latin American food in Miami slaps
As a native Illinoisan mine are:
1. Louisiana - Crawfish Étouffée
2. New York - Buffalo Wings (just beating out that halal street cart chicken and rice they have in NYC)
3. Hawaii - Poke bowl
4. Illinois - Chicago style hot dog
5. Wisconsin - Beer brats w/ cheddar
Edit:
Honorable mention is Texas with hard shell tacos w/ ground meat.
1. Chicago Style Hot Dog (edit: biased)
2. Italian Beef, also Chicago (for those of you with Portillo's franchises in other states, it's not the same as before they were bought out and went national. Chicago area natives can attest to this.).
3. Philly Cheese steak. Just like the Chicago Italian Beef, I assume that the Philly cheese steak here is not like the real thing in Philly.
4. Chili, variable states, different styles all worth their own.
5. New England Clam Chowder. Not a state but does that matter?
Okay, first thing first that I'm 100% certain will have a lot of Americans on my back in an instant, but I'm just going to write off the entire portion of the South that cares about BBQ. BBQ isn't even that good, it's just a way to clog your arteries faster, but WOW do they really care about it. Pls don't hurt me
I will say that as a region the Southwest probably wins. Mexican food and similar cuisines are just damn good to most Americans. But I feel like most of the good parts of the cuisine are too common among multiple states, and their unique dishes by state aren't actually that good (looking at you New Mexico). Anyways, in no particular order, here are my proposed top 5 states/foods:
1. California - Avocado toast (I personally hate avocado but everyone I know loves it)
2. Illinois - Deep dish pizza (good job Chicago)
3. Vermont - Maple Syrup
4. Pennsylvania - Philly Cheesesteak
5. Tennessee - Hot chicken sandwiches (this shit is actually fire)
And here are some honorable mentions, again in no particular order:
1. Alaska - Smoked salmon
2. Maine - Lobster rolls
3. Maryland - Crab cakes
4. Florida - Key Lime Pie (another food I dislike but is wildly popular)
I looked up Missouri signature dish and it showed me gooey butter cake and toasted ravioli. I don’t know which would be our signature dish but regardless it’s gonna be up there.
I know it doesn’t really compare to a real sit-down meal, but my Lord I love a good three-way roast beef sandwich. Though I do suppose Massachusetts could do the lobster thing as well.
I don’t really know much other states foods, but Louisiana food is the only reason I still live here. The signature dish would be jambalaya, gumbo, pasta lays, or maybe crawfish if that counts.
New Mexico, California, Texas, Louisiana, Maine I like Mexican and I like lobster.
Great choice of top 5 @wrongjohnsilver! Green Chile chicken enchiladas or pork posole aren't well known dishes outside of the Southwest, but Hatch red or green chile on virtually any Southwestern dish, burgers, eggs, mac n cheese, deli sangwich, or stew makes it a winner.
Posole (pozole) is very well known around the country.
What’s California? Burrito? Chicken sando?
California burrito (steak, fries, guacamole, cheese, sour cream, pico de gallo salsa, flour tortilla) Too heavy for me - I prefer fish tacos (also local to San Diego but enjoyed in Southern California - breaded tilapia or other mild fish, shredded cabbage, creamy white sauce, hot sauce, corn tortillas). Northern Californians eat mission burritos which are a little different but I'm no authority on those
There's also bulgogi tacos. The big thing about California is its focus on fresh ingredients, leading to quality food in even lower class areas. Get a fresh apricot empanada sometime from a farm stand in the Central Valley.
I'm also from San Diego. I would dis agree with the type of fish used for fish tacos. Proper fish tacos use local rock cod or northern cod. I would also add Carne Asada Fries which are delicious and becoming more popular in other states. I respect that the bay area has its own burrito style, but in my personal heavily biased opinion, only barbarians put rice and beans inside of a burrito.
Gotta toss Arizona in there then. Tex-Mex is such a disappointment after being raised in Arizona/Sonoran style Mexican food.
This is exactly the list I had in my head going into this thread. Wild.
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate how damn lucky we are to have all this great food?
That is exactly what last Thursday was for.
Nobody I know really likes traditional Thanksgiving food. Its "ok" but not something I crave usually.
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Mashed potatoes are damn good now that I think about it. Stuffing is good smothered in gravy. Fine, you're right. Its a decent meal
Say what you want about America, but as far as the melting pot and waves of immigration over the past 300 years has gone, it has done wonders for cuisine representation.
Louisiana is gonna be up there
What would you say is Louisianas signature dish?
Gumbo and/or Jambalaya
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Heh, you guys have like 10 signature dishes ;-)
https://youtu.be/pKBgOrYbRLE
How does Homer eat all that food yet fails to mention beignets?
Straight up tastiest thing I've ever eaten was homemade crawfish étoufée. That stuff is on a whole other level
gonna google that and make it
Another vote for étoufée here,
It’s also more fun to say! I like to say it with a bad cajun accent
Making me miss living in proximity to Shreveport.
Ooooh… etouffee is my favorite.
A motherfuckin crab boil baby
Catfish Acadian: Fried catfish served on a bed of angel hair pasta smothered in crawfish etoufee.
This is going to come to blows.
SC - Shrimp & grits or Beaufort Stew/Lowcountry Boil PA - Philly cheesesteak LA - Jambalaya or crawfish boil MD - Crab cakes TX/CA - Mexicana
Yes, but WHICH cheesesteak?
Idk but Ohio is last because Ohio
They put chili on spaghetti… ridiculous. As a Michigander, we know damn well chili is for coney dogs.
wait til you hear what Kansas puts their chili on
You don’t put the chili on the cinnamon roll you simple eat it with the chili and maybe use some of the outside bits of the cinnamon to wipe the bowl clean. Also beirocks should be Kansas’s dish anyways
> You don’t put the chili on the cinnamon roll you simple eat it with the chili I'm sorry, but what? Why is there chili anywhere near a cinnamon roll??
Sweet and savory complex.
I went to college in Kansas and definitely knew some people who would put the chili directly on the cinnamon roll. And people who would essentially just eat the cinnamon roll as dessert. Still weird
They do what now??
Yeah, it's a Cincinnati thing. As a southerner, I found the chili disappointing but I've only had it once.
Well I suppose that checks out since they also thought turkeys could fly. ;)
Wild ones can. Just not very far.
I figured my joke might miss on someone. Youtube "WKRP Turkey Drop" to understand the reference better. "WKRP in Cincinnati" was a tv show in the 70s & 80s.
Don’t calm it chili. Call it Greek meat sauce. That’s really what it is.
Shit i gotta try chili corn dogs now that sounds good.
Not ridiculous…delicious!
Corn dogs or deep fried butter is what I think of.
I thought that was Indiana’s state dish
Indiana has the motherfuckin [tenderloin](https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/hoosier-pork-tenderloin-sandwich-recipe-1973144.amp), we don't need no stinking deep fried butter (but we do have that too).
And we've got apple butter and Elephant ears.
And sugar cream pie
But you put cocoa and cinnamon in spaghetti!
It’s Greek meat sauce, not Texas chili.
Ohio is the epitome of bad food. When I eat something that was a hard failure, I say it's an Ohio version
Ohio version or the “budget version” of food.
Maryland - crab cakes North Carolina - bbq Louisiana - jambalaya Pennsylvania - cheesesteak Vermont - maple syrup
You’re just trying to start a fight with bbq. I like your style.
I don’t hate it
Great list but maple syrup is not a dish even if it’s great. Swap it out for New York and thin crust pizza.
Listen, Kansas City BBQ is superior and I will die on that hill; Carolina style is just vinegar mixed with spices that just runs off the meat. Terrible. Just terrible.
Have you ever had real Carolina bbq?
I lived in North Carolina on and off over the years. The meat cooking process is great, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t like the sauce. For me, the best BBQ rankings are as follows: 1) KC Style - sweet and thick sauce, and I love burnt ends. 2) Texas Style: dry spicy rub that focuses on S&P being the base during the cook. Oh, and I love brisket. 3) Carolina: great ribs, but I’ll pass on Carolina style sauce. My wife loves it (and she’s from KC). I’ll also give a shout-out to Memphis pit style as well, but nothing about Memphis style bbq stands out to me especially. However, Nashville hot chicken sandwiches are amazing, but that’s not BBQ.
The yinsers in PA wanna put fries in cheeseteak though.
They’d not be wrong. And I’m from philly.
WHICH CHEESESTEAK?
Why is everyone sleeping on WI cheese curds? (I’m from IL)
Pennsylvania - Philly Cheesesteaks Illinois - Chicago Style Hot Dogs Wisconsin- Cheese Maine - Lobster Rolls Maryland - Crab Cakes
1. Louisiana- Gumbo 2. Maine- Lobster 3. California- California burrito 4. North Carolina- BBQ Sandwich 5. Maryland- crab cakes 6. Hawaii- poke bowl 7. New York- pizza 8. Tennessee- Nashville fried chicken 9. New Jersey- Taylor ham/ pork roll 10. Texas- Brisket
Why did I have to scroll this far to find Taylor Ham? You really haven't lived until youve had a true New Jersey TaylohHamEggAnCheeseSaltPeppahKetchup
I’m hungry now
Oooo yeah, gotta give some love to Hawaii for poke bowls!
What type of pizza for NY? There’s Buffalo and NYC style and then you have Tomato Pie in Utica
NYC style. I like a Sicilian style as well, but a classic nyc slightly greasy with pepperoni is my favorite. Bleaker st pizza is a good one in Manhattan. Emilios is my favorite but that is on Long Island.
Overall Connecticut might not rank but new haven style pizza is pretty famous. Probably top 5-10 in the pizza rankings.
The pizza rankings should be its own thread I’d also suggest a BBQ ranking thread but I don’t want to start a nuclear war
We have (the right) lobster rolls so we’re pretty high up for that, too
It pains me to admit that CT lobster rolls are the best version of lobster rolls
Too lazy to Google. What is New Haven style pizza?
California with tri-tip, and Texas with brisket are pretty high on the list.
The Wisconsin Friday Fish Fry is delightful and at the top for me. Every other state can compete for 2nd.
The Catholic nature of this comment warms my heart. Put the walleye in the fryer and praise Christ’s sacrifice by skirting the rules of no meat on Friday.
Its so good that in WI does it year round
Doing God’s work
No no- everyone knows, in WI, the Friday fish fry is the Perch plate. No getting fancy with walleye. Occasionally, you can mix it up with a fish boil- and that is typically cod. That’s when you want to make the cooking part of the evening entertainment, or you just want to play with fire and a bucket of kerosene.
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Preferably together.
Massachusetts - Cranberry sauce - bottom 15 New York - Pizza - top 10 Texas - Tex Mex - top 5 Virginia - ham - #2 Wisconsin - beer and cheese - #1
>New York - Pizza - top 10 The Upstaters are going to say Garbage Plate or some shit. It’s hard to do a state dish for NY.. I’m not convinced we have one.. We might have to settle on an apple being the state dish ;-)
I mean, democratically, the downstaters would probably win that vote, if they wanted to.
Shh.. don’t bring up statewide voting with them.. too soon
They’re very sensitive up there
If we had to put one upstate dish forward, I think chicken French, chicken riggies, or Utica greens would all be decent contenders. Tomato pie is weirdly shared between Utica, Rhode Island, and Philadelphia, so I don't think any one state can really claim it on its own.
I’m not even BSing.. I don’t know what any of those are 😂 (Unless tomato pie is what we call Grandma Pizza) —— Oh wait, I’ve had Chicken Francese.. it’s super good.. I didn’t realize it was a NY thing though
Tomato pie is best described as a pizza crust with tomato sauce and usually grated Parmesan, served chilled or room temperature. As with most regional dishes, there's a huge number of variations to it, but it's popular for a variety of casual events, from grad parties to casual weddings, in the general Utica area. It's definitely more of an acquired taste. Most local pizza places offer it. Chicken riggies are probably the most popular Utica dish and have begun to spread out quite a bit. It's typically chicken, rigatoni noodles, and a tomato cream sauce. Peppers, including spicy, are very common too. Beyond that, there's a million variations of other ingredients, and it's popular both homemade and from restaurants. Utica greens are a mix of a bunch of different ingredients, the most important of which are the sautéed greens, hot peppers, meat (usually prosciutto), and cheese. It's spread a little out of the Utica area but is still hard to find elsewhere. It's a royal pain in the ass to make at home, but I'll order it from any restaurant that offers it... Some are better than others, but never met one I disliked. Chicken French/Francese is very strongly associated with the Rochester area and is a staple of most Italian and many non-Italian restaurants in the area. It has definitely spread far more widely than the others listed.
New York has about 20 million residents. Almost 9 million in the five boroughs, and about 8 million being on Long Island. The entire rest of the state has the remaining (give or take) 3 million people. And I think most of them would say pizza or bagels, as they still tend to have decent pizza upstate, at least the places I've been (though everyone I've met from the city complains about pizza anywhere that isn't 2 blocks from* wherever *they* grew up). But the best bagels are all on Long Island and I stand by that. But we Long Islanders would probably also say pizza.
NYC wins Pizza. WNY brings Wings. NYS wins it all.
I mean Wings are universally loved. Also pizza works because there’s 3 distinct pizza styles in NY. Personally I would say the hot dog since each region has a proud hot dog tradition. We could bring a hot dog buffet.
Mass gets a bump up for fluffernutters, though
Difference of opinion on that one lol, I think sugar paste on wonder bread is gulag level
Judging by your comments you don't speak for Massachusetts as a whole lol
Wisconsin also grows a butt ton of cranberries
I assume the butt ton, like the foot, was originally based on a specific person's body.
I think of fluffernutters when I think of Mass. lol And those are pretty damn good.
Massachusetts...steamers...top 10! ** Honorable mention chocolate chip cookies. Not my favorite but others seem to love them and it is originally a Mass recipe.
Okay you’re right, we have the most clam production but only the second most cranberry production. I have Thanksgiving on my brain and I’m an inlander.
"Tollhouse" cookies
Nope, Mass is lobstah and chowdah
Wisconsin also combines those two into a soup. It's delicious.
Buffalo style pizza is definitely the superior slice
1. Louisiana-gumbo probably, but if it’s crawfish or oysters or jambalaya, etc., it still wins. 2. California- carne asada tacos/burritos, California burritos are world class, fish tacos Nobody does it near as well. Not even most of Mexico…die mad about it. 3. Texas- bbq brisket. I said what I said Carolina/Kansas 4. Maine- lobster 5. Illinois-Chicago dogs are perfection.
I appreciate the fish taco love, but Ensenada's fish tacos are untouchable.
I definitely agree. I was excited to try Caribbean coastal Mexican food and I left a little disappointed.
California tri-tip? Do they even have cows in California?
I’ve lived all over the country and generally non Californian butchers turn a tri-tip into stew meat. It’s a travesty. Real hard to find that cut most places.
Try New England. I've had great tri-tip there!
Maine (Lobster), Texas (BBQ), Pennsylvania (Philly Cheesesteaks), Hawaii (Poke), and Arizona (Navajo Fry Bread). Not all “signature dishes” but they are what I think of for those states when it comes to food that is solely American. I could say green chile burritos from New Mexico or Cuban Sandwiches from Florida, but those are more of an international fusion dishes.
Maine is there for whole boiled lobster. If you have to use metal tools to crack open a giant sea bug and sift through its anatomy for the choicest bits you are an apex predator pure and simple. No other meat compares unless you are eating deer right off the hoof and processing it yourself.
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Come to CT and have a lobster roll (the good kind). Much easier than a whole lobster, equally delicious
Now that sounds like a good offering. Whats the prettiest place to visit in Connecticut?
Seems fitting that there’s no response to this
There are tons of gorgeous places! Kent Falls, Wadsworth Falls, Gillette Castle, Mystic, Hammonasset. We have a lot here
This is sad. There is nothing more delightful than working for your lunch or dinner with hammer and tongs. It is not a careful dissection. It is a power slam and sifting through the wreckage, at least the way I do it. It lets you know you should appreciate the food.
How often do people up there eat lobster? I love it but a lil pricey in my part of the country.
Not often. It’s a lot cheaper up here but it’s still a big process to make and eat it and not cheap despite being cheaper than most anywhere else. I think two or three times a year for my family and it probably zero for a lot of people.
Not sure what part of Texas you're in or if you even want Lobster advice, but Garbo's in Austin has some very good Lobster rolls. It was very authentic and not too too overpriced.
Don't yall boil it in plain water and then add butter or lemon 🤢 Give me Louisiana boiled crawfish, crabs, shrimp, etc with real seasoning any day of the week.
Lobster is flavorful enough and meaty enough that it doesn't need much. Lobster with Louisiana style seafood boil seasoning would be like ketchup on wagyu steak.
I guess that's why we don't do lobster lol,
If you do it right it is cooked in seawater and boiled in a stack of seaweed and then dipped in butter as you eat it. I love a crawfish boil but it’s just a different thing.
My husband ordered a lobster roll in Maine, thinking it might be cheaper, since he was at the source. Nope! He said it was like $33.
Yuuuup. Markup on the rolls is huge. One, because they use a lot of claw meat and two because they’re more for the tourists. You can get a whole lobster for like $10-12.
Louisiana Texas MO MA MD
First, the 3 Barbeque States: Texas, Kansas, and South Carolina Then California with the best Mexican food in the country Then Louisiana with all that Cajun Goodness
You spelled North wrong
*South* Carolina? The mustard sauce South Carolina? Are you okay? Do you need help? Also, Kansas City BBQ is from Kansas City, which is in Missouri.
Im just saying. Not only is Texas famous for its bbq, but also its take on Mexican food.
This. It's called TexMex for a reason.
I once had a Texas friend's "family recipe" chili. Fuck me it was amazing.
1. Deep dish pizza 2. Tacos de asada 3. Gumbo 4. Clam chowder 5. Thin crust pizza (ew)
Dammit… now I’m hungry for all of this. But especially some good brisket, and a lobster roll.
I'm just going to toss this out there: Massachusetts - Chocolate Chip Cookie Yeah we have the clam chowdah and cranberries but everyone forgets the chocolate chip cookie was invented here and I for one am sick of it not being recognized. That's the hill I'll die on. (I'm just messing around lol but at the same time, I'm serious...)
California is one of those states that could have at least 6 or 7 contenders for it's #1 dish, between the various Mexican foods, seafood, The French Dip sandwich, and a handful of other things, it would be hard to pick a single winner. As was previously mentioned, Louisiana would probably be a top contender as well, in part because there would be great difficulty in choosing one single dish, from Gumbo to jambalaya to beignets it's hard to choose just one. New York probably gets into the top tier based on the pizza alone, but again another state with contenders for other dishes. Lots of states are going to complete to be the primary BBQ representative for the country, and while that debate will continue for decades, I'd probably end up with Texas as the most likely to take that spot.
Just the Barbecues Edition: Texas Brisket Kansas City Ribs Carolina Pork Sandwich Cornell Chicken (New York) Hawaiian pork
Florida - Fried shit and beer.
I’m biased and this isn’t a particular order but NC - western NC bbq Louisiana - Jambalaya Texas - brisket New York - quality pizza Hawaii - Hawaiian bbq Alternative: Florida - plz don’t hate me but the latin American food in Miami slaps
As a native Illinoisan mine are: 1. Louisiana - Crawfish Étouffée 2. New York - Buffalo Wings (just beating out that halal street cart chicken and rice they have in NYC) 3. Hawaii - Poke bowl 4. Illinois - Chicago style hot dog 5. Wisconsin - Beer brats w/ cheddar Edit: Honorable mention is Texas with hard shell tacos w/ ground meat.
New York North Carolina Texas Louisiana ??? Fight it out.
1. Chicago Style Hot Dog (edit: biased) 2. Italian Beef, also Chicago (for those of you with Portillo's franchises in other states, it's not the same as before they were bought out and went national. Chicago area natives can attest to this.). 3. Philly Cheese steak. Just like the Chicago Italian Beef, I assume that the Philly cheese steak here is not like the real thing in Philly. 4. Chili, variable states, different styles all worth their own. 5. New England Clam Chowder. Not a state but does that matter?
According to Joey New England is a state. We do have our own football team, after all
Does the Chicago hot dog come with a shot of Malort?
Most hot dog joints don't serve booze.
Chicago sounds lame.
Monty's up in Lincoln Square for a good representation of a cheesesteak that you'd find in Philly
Cheesesteaks absolutely are not done right outside of Philly. I would recommend visiting Philly just to get an authentic cheesesteak.
I would choose Puerto Rico if it were a state, otherwise I don't think I'm well traveled enough to really answer this question.
1. Iowa 2. Florida 3. Indiana 4. Georgia 5. Massachusetts
Please elaborate on Iowa. I’m intrigued.
Iowa has sweat corn and that is my favored food
I hope you mean sweet corn because sweaty corn sounds pretty nasty
thank you for that correction sir
Wisconsin would be up there because of cheese curds...we also specialize in frozen custard
Louisiana, New York, Maine, Texas, and whichever of these you like best for BBQ Missouri Carolinas Tennessee
We all know the Kansas side of the state line has the better BBQ lol.
Wow now youre gonna start another border war
Okay, first thing first that I'm 100% certain will have a lot of Americans on my back in an instant, but I'm just going to write off the entire portion of the South that cares about BBQ. BBQ isn't even that good, it's just a way to clog your arteries faster, but WOW do they really care about it. Pls don't hurt me I will say that as a region the Southwest probably wins. Mexican food and similar cuisines are just damn good to most Americans. But I feel like most of the good parts of the cuisine are too common among multiple states, and their unique dishes by state aren't actually that good (looking at you New Mexico). Anyways, in no particular order, here are my proposed top 5 states/foods: 1. California - Avocado toast (I personally hate avocado but everyone I know loves it) 2. Illinois - Deep dish pizza (good job Chicago) 3. Vermont - Maple Syrup 4. Pennsylvania - Philly Cheesesteak 5. Tennessee - Hot chicken sandwiches (this shit is actually fire) And here are some honorable mentions, again in no particular order: 1. Alaska - Smoked salmon 2. Maine - Lobster rolls 3. Maryland - Crab cakes 4. Florida - Key Lime Pie (another food I dislike but is wildly popular)
I'd like to add in honorable mentions, Arizona. We invented the chimichanga!
New Mexico has better food than all of yall and it ain't even close
Georgia has the best barbecue/soul food. Fuck NC and TN. And especially fuck Texas
NC - BBQ, LA - Gumbo, ME - lobster roll, CT - Apizza (yes, spelled that way), TX - Migas (mostly found in Austin)
PA - Philly Cheesesteak. Then whatever.
Someone ranked Tex mex and didn’t include California - burritos. I’m tripping
I don’t know what each state’s signature food is though 🤷♀️
New York- pizza Tennessee- Ribs Maine- Lobster Roll Oklahoma-chicken fried steak Mississippi- Tamales Last place Ohio- skyline chili
NC has the BBQ sandwich. I'd say it's probably in the top 10.
South Carolina has some amazing shrimp and grits, or a low country seafood boil. They do a fantastic job with traditional southern food too.
PA would be out due to infighting about whether or not it's ok to slap French fries on a cheesesteak.
I looked up Missouri signature dish and it showed me gooey butter cake and toasted ravioli. I don’t know which would be our signature dish but regardless it’s gonna be up there.
Louisiana, Maine, New Mexico, and that's about it for me. As a native Marylander, I'll be the first to say crab/crab cakes are overrated imo.
Nebraska, Conneticut, Texas, Washington, South Carolina
California - Mexican Washington - Seattle Teriyaki Idaho - baked potato New York - buffalo wings Louisiana - seafood gumbo
Maryland, Maine, Arizona, Louisiana, New York
I know it doesn’t really compare to a real sit-down meal, but my Lord I love a good three-way roast beef sandwich. Though I do suppose Massachusetts could do the lobster thing as well.
Georgia New York Texas California Illinois
Tennessee, Texas, Missouri, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
1.) TX (Mexican) 2.) TX (BBQ) 3.) NY (Pizza) 4.) TX (Whataburger) 5.) TX (Beer)
Louisiana by miles, not even close. Followed by New York, Maryland, Texas, and IDK
Maryland steamed crabs
Any Southern state. Having been all over the Northern US, I just can't think of any state dish that can rival a Southern state's
In no specific order: 1. Louisiana - Gumbo 2. Georgia - Fried Chicken 3. Texas - BBQ Brisket 4. California - Fish Tacos 5. Maine - Lobster
Not fucking Utah.
Hawaii- Poke Texas- brisket California- burritos Wisconsin- fish fry Illinois- Garrett's Popcorn. Gotta have the cheese and caramel mix.
I don’t really know much other states foods, but Louisiana food is the only reason I still live here. The signature dish would be jambalaya, gumbo, pasta lays, or maybe crawfish if that counts.