US Regional Cuisines

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu May 14, 2020 10:14 am

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu May 14, 2020 10:26 am

"Here's a Dumb One Pt. 37" doesn't have the same ring. I also assigned my mom to look for Duke's because the website said they sometimes ship to NY (but not NJ) and we've both long abandoned that. I should ask later and feign upset she forgot.

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Thu May 14, 2020 1:07 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 10:26 am "Here's a Dumb One Pt. 37" doesn't have the same ring. I also assigned my mom to look for Duke's because the website said they sometimes ship to NY (but not NJ) and we've both long abandoned that. I should ask later and feign upset she forgot.

I'm not sure if you're kidding about the Duke's, but I got it delivered here once (Off Amazon, I think.) Dumb One Pt. 38 was me ordering it during an unseasonably warm spring a few years ago. Wait until December, moron!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu May 14, 2020 1:12 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 10:26 am "Here's a Dumb One Pt. 37" doesn't have the same ring. I also assigned my mom to look for Duke's because the website said they sometimes ship to NY (but not NJ) and we've both long abandoned that. I should ask later and feign upset she forgot.

I got a Duke's guy. It's recently started showing up on shelves here. PM me an address or something and I'll get some next time I hit the store.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu May 14, 2020 1:15 pm

Illicit Mayo Trade.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed May 27, 2020 3:53 pm

I don't know what the fuck is going on here

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed May 27, 2020 3:59 pm

I'd wager Wyoming is based off a single restaurant in Cheyenne.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed May 27, 2020 4:01 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 3:53 pm I don't know what the fuck is going on here

The map appears to be showing one of the three dishes in each state that is ordered most frequently relative to its popularity in other states. I think?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed May 27, 2020 4:05 pm

Currently in awe of how much pizza you have to be eating to stand out as a state that eats a lot of pizza

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed May 27, 2020 4:10 pm

I think someone already talked about the potentially poor condition of takeout/delivery fries but I bet delivery nachos are worse.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Wed May 27, 2020 4:24 pm

rass wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 4:10 pm I think someone already talked about the potentially poor condition of takeout/delivery fries but I bet delivery nachos are worse.

takeout nachos are awful I have made this mistake twice during the pandemic and I need to stop making it

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed May 27, 2020 4:33 pm

Could have given me a lifetime and I wouldn’t get Oklahoma.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed May 27, 2020 4:41 pm

There is always a line outside our local Boba Tea place, so I guess that one checks out. Mostly teenagers.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed May 27, 2020 5:00 pm

???

What does that even mean? If it's unique to every state, wouldn;t that mean it can;t be #1 in another state.

And anyway - what the hell is Crab Rangoon?

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed May 27, 2020 5:02 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 5:00 pm And anyway - what the hell is Crab Rangoon?

I don't even know where I'd order that from.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed May 27, 2020 5:05 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 5:00 pm And anyway - what the hell is Crab Rangoon?

Fake Chinese food.

wiki wrote: the dish was probably invented in the United States by Victor Bergeron, founder of Trader Vic's. A "Rangoon crab a la Jack" was mentioned as a dish at a Hawaiian-style party in 1952, but without further detail, and so may or may not be the same thing. There is additional evidence that Wayne Schmidt helped commercially develop the dish as a popular appetizer in the Mid-West in the early 1980s, along with the bacon wrapped pancake.

Though the history of Crab Rangoon is unclear, cream cheese—like other cheese—is essentially nonexistent in Southeast Asian and Chinese cuisine, so it is unlikely that the dish is actually of east or southeast Asian origin.

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Wed May 27, 2020 5:06 pm

Crab Rangoon is delicious

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed May 27, 2020 5:16 pm

...or life-alteringly terrible. It's a fun game!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed May 27, 2020 6:46 pm

Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 4:24 pm
rass wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 4:10 pm I think someone already talked about the potentially poor condition of takeout/delivery fries but I bet delivery nachos are worse.
takeout nachos are awful I have made this mistake twice during the pandemic and I need to stop making it

Local Mexican place serves everything in doffeeent containers and you heat it up yourself.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed May 27, 2020 7:29 pm

Best kind of container.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed May 27, 2020 9:43 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 4:33 pm Could have given me a lifetime and I wouldn’t get Oklahoma.

Everyone else guessed spam musabi for Nevada, right?

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Wed May 27, 2020 10:16 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 8:16 am Also, do Hatch chiles cure cancer or something? Jesus.

"New Mexican is not like other foods. It's better." (I think I saw this in the Times.)

Post by **brian** » Wed May 27, 2020 11:24 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 9:43 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 4:33 pm Could have given me a lifetime and I wouldn’t get Oklahoma.
Everyone else guessed spam musabi for Nevada, right?

There's a shit ton of Hawaiians and Filipinos here though.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu May 28, 2020 7:15 am

Just how far down the list did they have to go to get "gyros" in Kentucky.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu May 28, 2020 7:31 am

A_B wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 7:15 am Just how far down the list did they have to go to get "gyros" in Kentucky.

cerrano and I were just now texting about a great Greek place more or less on the border between our two towns. He tried it last night, I ordered a couple of weeks ago on the recommendation of his butcher-buddies. Really good! If you're homesick the next time you're driving to/from Boston I'll buy you lunch.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu May 28, 2020 7:34 am

Go on ...

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu May 28, 2020 7:41 am

rass wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 7:31 am
A_B wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 7:15 am Just how far down the list did they have to go to get "gyros" in Kentucky.
cerrano and I were just now texting about a great Greek place more or less on the border between our two towns. He tried it last night, I ordered a couple of weeks ago on the recommendation of his butcher-buddies. Really good! If you're homesick the next time you're driving to/from Boston I'll buy you lunch.

Ha. I have gotten Gyros once during all this, so maybe I am the one guy responsible for the whole map. That said we have four greek places in town (two are the same locally owned group) and this one is very close to the house, if a chain. It's fine.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu May 28, 2020 7:44 am

mister d wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 7:34 amGo on ...

http://souvlaqueria.com/

NOT at all related to the Greek-ish place that used to be in the same location. The owners of the Union Pork Store across the street bestowing their seal of approval in a conversation with cerrano was enough to get me to try it.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu May 28, 2020 8:17 am

Bubble Tea is a liquid atrocity. Maybe I should take this hot take to the other thread, but I'm here now and California doesn't surprise me at all.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu May 28, 2020 9:35 am

Johnnie wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 8:17 am Bubble Tea is a liquid atrocity. Maybe I should take this hot take to the other thread, but I'm here now and California doesn't surprise me at all.

My only experience with bubble tea ended a half hour later with intense diarrhea.

It should only be consumed by 14 year old girls.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu May 28, 2020 9:50 am

The thick straws make me uncomfortable.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu May 28, 2020 9:57 am

P.D.X. wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 9:50 am The thick straws make me uncomfortable.

ha

We have a place downtown that is usually pretty busy at the end of the school day (when there were school days), sharing space with a Korean fried chicken joint. Tea can sometimes upset my belly, but there are a couple of things on the menu I like.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu May 28, 2020 10:56 am

rass wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 7:44 am
mister d wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 7:34 amGo on ...
http://souvlaqueria.com/

NOT at all related to the Greek-ish place that used to be in the same location. The owners of the Union Pork Store across the street bestowing their seal of approval in a conversation with cerrano was enough to get me to try it.

Oh, damn. This place intrigues me. Definitely need to check it out. Is this where Think Grill was? I went there a couple times. It was good, but nothing special. I love Greek food.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu May 28, 2020 11:05 am

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 10:56 am Is this where Think Grill was?

yup

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu May 28, 2020 11:07 am

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 9:35 amMy only experience with bubble tea ended a half hour later with intense diarrhea.

It should only be consumed by 14 year old girls.

#misplacedmodifier

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu May 28, 2020 12:17 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 9:35 am
Johnnie wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 8:17 am Bubble Tea is a liquid atrocity. Maybe I should take this hot take to the other thread, but I'm here now and California doesn't surprise me at all.
My only experience with bubble tea ended a half hour later with intense diarrhea.

It should only be consumed by 14 year old girls.

As far as I can tell, that's mainly who drinks it - 14 year-old girls. And, they drink a lot of it. - Johnnie, what the fuck?

And, regarding gyros - guess what the wife and I got for takeout last night? Yep. It was really tasty.

Post by **brian** » Thu May 28, 2020 12:19 pm

How do you pronounce them, phonetically or like the European Union currency?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu May 28, 2020 12:22 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 12:19 pm How do you pronounce them, phonetically or like the European Union currency?

Around here, most people pronounce it like "Heroes", (and if they are trying hard, trilling the "e".)

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu May 28, 2020 12:22 pm

Year-o

Post by **brian** » Thu May 28, 2020 12:29 pm

People who pronounce it "Ji-ro" should be ethnically food cleansed.

If you could only eat food from the continental 48 above or below this line, which are you picking?