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jmcquown > wrote:

> On 6/24/2014 9:48 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On 6/24/2014 5:14 PM, Tara wrote:
> >> http://www.yumsugar.com/US-State-Foo...photo-23678585
> >>
> >> What do you think about the food for the states with which you are
> >> familiar?
> >>
> >
> > Looks better than most lists. PA was the cheesesteak, but could have
> > been scrapple or soft pretzels
> >
> > MA, CT, RI had good examples also.
> >
>
> I lived in Tennessee for 35 years and I never heard of a "Mountain Stack
> Cake". Then again, Memphis was a long way from the Appalachian mountains.
>
> The problem with lists like this is most states are pretty darned big.
> There are tons of regional differences. For west TN I'd have to say
> something like banana pudding. Made with 'nilla wafers.
>
> I had no idea hoppin' John was considered a South Carolina thing,
> either. I'd guess shrimp & grits before I'd think of black-eyed peas.
>
> Jill

I think some of these selections were made by throwing darts. Limiting a
state to just one iconic dish may work for a few but look at Louisiana
for example. You got gumbo, jambalaya, red beans and rice, po' boys,
grillades and grits, bread pudding, andouille, boudin, oysters whatever,
and so on. How do you pick just one?

D.