Mention your hometown and one food which represents it?

[varunbh]

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okay.. thought its time for me to answer as well
My hometown--Kolkata, India
Food (s) which represent it--Kolkata style biriyani, kati roll and beef steak at oly's.

[Phoenix98]

Kansas
Roy's Hickory Pit BBQ, we shut down when the meat runs dry ( where I am from and live )
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Czechoslovakia ( where a lot of my family came from )
Koláč: A traditional Czech sweet bread filled with fruits, nuts, poppy seeds and sweet cheese.
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[redeyemindtricks]

ahah kolaches are a specialty at Buc-ee's (the world's biggest gas station / convenience stores, in Texas -- the gas station parts have like 100 pumps each... and the convenience stores have ENTIRE WALLS of different kinds of jerky)

they're good

[Phoenix98]

@redeyemindtricks Lol nice , yeah they're really good but it's hard to beat the real deal recipes from the actual country :D

Oooo jerky ever had rabbit jerky?

[MasterofPlebs]

Minnesota: Chicken Wild Rice Soup <3

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[sunlite]

lmao what? i live in minnesota and i've never eaten that

[varunbh]

@sunlite Maybe depends on the part of Minnesota you guys live in!

[MasterofPlebs]

@sunlite That's because you're Somali. Wild rice is a crop that's harvested up in the rural areas, and has been for centuries by the native Americans, but we sort of interned them and exterminated them, so there's that... anyway, I´ve seen the process first-hand. And if you go to Cub Foods, you can find this stuff, there are recipes for it in the papers, stuff like that.

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[sunlite]

i am somali but i have white friends and i eat at their houses a lot. still haven't had that, it must be a rural thing.. i do shop at cub foods and i'll look around next time lmaoo

[MasterofPlebs]

@sunlite I live in the Twin Cities suburbs, so it's definitely not a rural thing. This is a traditional Minnesotan food, I think it's an American thing, because Americans are too lazy to cook or scared to eat 'strange things'.

[sunlite]

i like chicken and i like rice so i'll find it and try it

[willow74]

A little Norwegian town in nowhere, USA.
Lefse is definitely the most traditional food (its to die for, basically tortillas made out of potatoes and they're heavenly). Along with rosettes (Norwegian deep fried cookie like things) and lutefiske (lye treated fish. It's nasty and just don't understand why the older people eat it)

[varunbh]

Is lefse like a pancake?

[willow74]

No, it's really thin. Thinner than a tortilla
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[AleDeEurope]

It looks just like crepes, and it looks delicious :P
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[ElissaDido]

Tunis/ Tunisia: Grilled Salad (This is where my parents are from)
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Jeddah/ Saudi Arabia (This is where I was Born): Kabsa
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[varunbh]

The kabsa sort of resembles the Indian Biriyani! The grilled salad looks healthier though!

[iFarted]

Kabsa looks yum !

[SensualScribe]

Closest big city is Toledo, Ohio. Most famous for Tony Packo's Hot Dogs.

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[varunbh]

What is that on top?

[SensualScribe]

Of the hot dog? Chili sauce, onion and mustard. And on the side are their famous pickles and peppers.

[redeyemindtricks]

hahah no way, I ate there once on a road trip. they're Polish sausages, right? not actual hotdogs? and the sauce is, like, mild, and VERY un-chunky?

[SensualScribe]

@redeyemindtricks Yep! The sauce is very finely ground and yes, they are more like sausages. They have a few different locations around town, but the original place has hot dog buns signed by famous people all over the wall.

[redeyemindtricks]

Long Beach, CA... we have *everything*. but, I grew up a couple blocks from Cambodia Town, so what stands out most in my mind is the Cambodian (and Thai, at most of the same restaurants, for less adventurous diners) food.

Here's some beef skewers from Sophy's ::drools::

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[kerouac5]

I'm from long beach too and I fondly remember these 😋

[redeyemindtricks]

@kerouac5 ::fist bump:: Where you at now?

[kerouac5]

I'm in TX now

[redeyemindtricks]

@kerouac5 Cool. I lived in Houston for a couple years, starting round about when my oldest was born (2003-2005). and I come to D/FW every couple months these days. I do miss the warm Gulf Coast nights in the summertime, but, it's nice to be back home (I'm back in LA now)

Awesome #LBrepresent

[kerouac5]

That's awesome! I miss the Cali weather, though I've lived in tx most of my life.

[WhiteSteve]

Boston, Massachusetts, USA
-Lobster
-New England Clam Chowder
-Baked Beans

Or a more local favorite, roast beef sandwiches. They're not like cold deli meat, it's different. It's hot and thinly sliced, and usually comes with a sauce or condiment, depending on the place👍

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=omSzHsq0UOg

[AleDeEurope]

Maspalomas, Spain.
Pata de cerdo y papas arrugadas con mojo :P

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Oh man, how I miss the food XD

[redeyemindtricks]

... and the fact that all the restaurants are still open, full kitchen, until 1 or 2 AM

[AleDeEurope]

@redeyemindtricks Yes, definitely that too xD It's so weird in the US to find the city pretty deserted and the restaurants closed at 10-11pm, when in Spain we're entering the restaurants at that time xD

[redeyemindtricks]

yah that's the weirdest thing about north america in general -- the big city centers are where things close the earliest! (with the exception of a handful of dive bars and cheap diners...) fucked up, right?
almost all the 24hr restaurants are in random places in the suburbs, and/or in nowhere-land off the highway exits.

on the other hand, at least American businesses are actually... like... open when they say they'll be open XD
(I'm lookin' at you, Spain and Italy... especially Italy)

Lemme tell you sometime about when I was living in Italy, and I had a ticket to fly out of Florence, and they decided to just CLOSE THE AIRPORT... FOR THREE MONTHS. Boom. Just close it. WHAT? WHO DOES THAT?
Lol

And then Spain is the only country I've traveled in where trains have actually left EARLY. Like, I missed a train from Sevilla-Málaga once because I got there 15 minutes early (which is really rare for me -- I'm chronically late) and it had left 20 minutes early! wtf? is that normal?

[AleDeEurope]

@redeyemindtricks Yeah, when I came to Chicago, I was walking at night through downtown and there was no one xD The north side is what stays open late, which is still part of the city, but they don't stay open too late. Only some fast food restaurants are open late.

You're right, Spanish people are awful with time. Sometimes they open like 20 minutes late, especially if it's in the evening; you can't mess up the siesta xD

I lived in an island so there was no train, but I never had any issues when I traveled to the mainland, I find it weird that the train left earlier, that shouldn't be legal.

Oh, and the airport thing in Italy is messed up XD

[sunlite]

i was born is kampala, uganda and i think posho and sukuma wiki represents it well. i'm not ethnically ugandese and left it when i was really young but i still love the food and culture.
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[varunbh]

Is that like a salad?

[sunlite]

posho (also called ugali) is like a porridge made out of flour and goes well with a lot of things. the sukuma wiki which is the green stuff is collard greens/colewart. you eat them together and it's really healthy but tastes super good.

[varunbh]

Sounds like a health food! You make it at home now?

[sunlite]

i would if i could lmao my mom knows the recipe and makes it during ramadan but since it's coming up in a few weeks i'll definitely learn

[redeyemindtricks]

::drooling::

[DodgersGM]

Well, my hometown is Orange, California. Kind of a no-brainer lol.

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[varunbh]

Damn! Those oranges from Orange look swell!!

[DodgersGM]

We've still got remnants of the old orange groves all over the place. They're damn delicious. 💚

[rgb008]

Chicago: Deep dish pizza!!
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ugh want some now lol

[neoagent1]

Lou Malnati's is opening in Phoenix next week!

[redeyemindtricks]

ahah i feel my blood flooding with insulin just *looking* at that... fuuuuuuuuu so delicious

[Anonymous]

Mumbai!
Vada-pav

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[varunbh]

We have that all over India now! I'm a fan! :)

[Opinion Owner]

But it's originally from Mumbai lol
Your hometown?

[varunbh]

Kolkata...

[dogbert444]

I was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK. Yorkshire is famous for Yorkshire Pudding. Not the puffs of wind you can buy in shops, but home made real pudding. Lovely with lashings of thick gravy, or else with jam. Not both together, though!! 😂

[Floppy]

New York City and a hot dog. Add mustard and sauerkraut. If you go and put ketchup on the hotdog, you are immediately mugged and thrown into the East River

[smahala1991]

North Carolina: Barbecue pork
Tennessee: Fried Chicken
Both states:Sweet Tea

[varunbh]

Isn't fried chicken a dish of the entire American South instead of just the state of tennessee?

[smahala1991]

I really couldn't think of one for Tennessee. Barbecue is very represented for North Carolina though

[varunbh]

I guess bourbon would qualify for tennesse? ;)

[smahala1991]

I thought of that loo

[Iron_Man]

Miami FL and Cuban food even though I am not Cuban and dont care for Cuban food to much

[varunbh]

So whats your favorite?

[Iron_Man]

Thanksgiving style home made cooking

[biracialQT]

I love Cuban food! :O
Why don't you like it?

[Iron_Man]

Its kind of boring same old rice and beans and the steaks aren't that high quality. I like Mexican food better

[Iron_Man]

And the Cuban bread is not to good

[Floppy]

Mexican food is the same crap as Cuban food honestly I can't tell the difference a lot of shit mushed up and put in something around and they call it a burrito or refer read Laura Barlow something like that. Both foods cause diarrhea. If I want to clean up my: i. e. Cuban food colon. If I want to clean up my entire body I eat Mexican food

[Iron_Man]

I like Tacos that's one of the reasons I chose Mex food over Cuban. The pork though is not to bad when having Cuban food plus I like the fried cheese but as far as fried cheese goes all latins pretty much make fried cheese

[biracialQT]

What about platanito? Fried plantain? Cubans make that too right?

[Iron_Man]

Yes they do I am not a fan of them

[biracialQT]

Oh I see... well different folks different strokes right! :D

[Iron_Man]

I dont hate it I just dont really like it. I do though enjoy the pork dinner once in a while.

[biracialQT]

Yeah I hear that, I'm going on a trip to Cuba soon, but unfortunately I won't be able to taste that delicious pork dinner you're talking about because I'm allergic to pork meat :(

[Iron_Man]

Oh I am sorry to hear that. That's so Awesome enjoy your trip to Cuba I have always wanted to go there even though many parts of Miami are just like Cuba. Now we Americans can now go to Cuba. They have cruse ships out of Miami now going to Cuba but its real pricey

[biracialQT]

It's okay I don't think I would like pork meat that much anyway. And thank you! I'm sure the price will go down when it's been a couple of years of regular trade and interactions between the US and Cuba :)

[Iron_Man]

I am sure it will as well

[redeyemindtricks]

you break mah heart boy, no mention of ropa vieja?

[Iron_Man]

lol whats that food? I have heard that before but since I dont speak Cuban i dont understand it

[redeyemindtricks]

It's Cuban shredded beef... like the barbacoa at Chipotle but 10000000000x better

[Iron_Man]

Sounds good to me

[flypaper]

cheese steaks, pretzels, water ice... Philadelphia, PA baby!

[JRICHARDS1996]

The closest major city to my hometown is San Francisco. It is known for sourdough bread.

[Juicy__Guard]

Ongwediva, And the food that represents it represents the whole country... KAPANA...
(I don't know why I commented, no one knows what I'm talking about.

[varunbh]

grilled meat from namibia?

[Juicy__Guard]

Something like that, you googled it?

[Meg-Q]

I live in Yorkshire so probably Yorkshire pudding! People race them and everything haha!
(https://) event-carnival. com/unitedkingdom/yorkshire-pudding-boat-race

[Afro-dite9]

Illinois - Deep dish pizza
Louisiana - Creole cuisine/dessert's

[varunbh]

Two homestates?

[Afro-dite9]

Ehhh well one I used to live in sooooo yeah I still consider it a home☺ split time u know.

[varunbh]

Oh... Ok!:)

[Afro-dite9]

☺ u gotta try it man*Kisses finger's the old Italian way*😜

[varunbh]

I've tried the deep dish pizza... creole though is difficult.. there ain't any creole restaurants out here!!

[Anonymous]

I'm from a small town in the USA so probably deer... everything.

[bubbletrouble]

I live in the state of NY and its known for pizza period regardless of what type

[Mesmaeker]

The Netherlands. Its called "stampot" hmmmm.
Look it up. I can't post links due to that stupid point system.

[varunbh]

Boy looks like you Dutch people love kale!

[Mesmaeker]

Kale?

[Blueeyes81]

Chilean Villa Las Estrellas and that would be snow and penguins.

[varunbh]

So.. penguin steak with shaved ice?

[Blueeyes81]

Pretty much. It gets old.