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Your city's food
Submitted by critterkeeper on June 27, 2008 - 12:10pm.
Ok, well we all know there are some foods you can only get in some places. What is it that YOU crave from your hometown when you're on vacation? Or what people ask you to send to them in some other city? Here are the mine ~Tastycakes ~cheesesteakes ~Pork roll ~Scrapple ~Soft Pretzels (real ones, from the corner, not Super pretzels) ~Hoagies ~Amoroso Rolls ~Water ice ~Waya hoagies, wawa ice cream, wawa iced tea, wawa anything!       GuG-Points: 732 Last Seen: 08/21/2008 - 11:20am Location: Georgia I am: The egg man GuG-Points: 732 Last Seen: 08/21/2008 - 11:20am Location: Georgia I am: The egg man Re: Your city's food
June 29, 2008 - 7:23pm
This is going to sound silly, but when I travel, I always miss sweet tea. You people in the midwest, north, and west just drink the stuff unsweet! And you can't just add sugar to unsweetened tea and make it like we have it in the south! You take a batch of unsweet tea then add a massive amount of sugar while the tea is hot! I just got back from Kansas City and almost died! haha     GuG-Points: 1007 Last Seen: 08/21/2008 - 7:08pm Location: Horse Country, Kantuckee I am: Master of my own domain Re: Your city's food
June 29, 2008 - 7:04pm
I'm originally from western KY. Arguably the BBQ capital of the world. Pffft... I guess there are several areas in the country that claim that. Typical western KY BBQ is mutton (sheep) slow cooked in a closed BBQ pit and basted with a vinegar-based BBQ "dip" instead of a thick tomato-based sauce. When I was younger, there were 10 or 15 places but now there remains only a few BBQ joints in Owensboro: Moonlight, Old Hickory, George's are the only ones I can think of. Shady Rest sold a couple of years ago and is now a Mexican restaurant. Moonlight is the most popular - there was a story years ago where several service members stationed in Ft. Knox regularly took a chopper to Owensboro. They were met at an airport by a van sent over from the Moonlight, the van took them to the Moonight buffet, soldiers filled up and then bought pounds of the stuff to take back to the base. They eventually got caught and privates all the way up to captains got in trouble.
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June 28, 2008 - 8:02am
Hot Grill and Taylor Ham. Whenever I visit friends who have moved out of state, I'm required to bring one or the other, often both. And bagels. Those things Dunkin' Donuts carry are almost real bagels, but not quite. Far better than frozen Lender's brand, but still not real bagels. Something I've noticed, too, is that certain things just don't taste the same when you're traveling. My trip to Kansas left me in absolute caffeine withdrawal, the coffee there was AWFUL! Didn't matter if my ex's sister made it, or if I went to the local Dunkin' Donuts or diner, it just didn't taste right. Weak, watery, unfulfilling. It was like they made it with too few grinds, but I made a pot "the right way", and it came out just as awful and weak. My most recent trip to Western NY left me craving"real" pizza. Don't know if it's the water, the altitude, or a combination of both, but the crust wasn't browned and crispy, it was just kind of white and chewy. WRONG! My friend and I combined our skills, tried to toss together a pizza at her house, and it was the same thing. The longer we left it in the oven, the harder and chewier it got, but it never browned and crisped at all.
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June 27, 2008 - 1:08pm
I won't/ don't consume these but we have Derby Pies (at derby time) and Mint Julips. I can't think of any other native food to Louisville. Well I guess technically this one place claims to have served the first cheeseburger but I'm sure lots of places claim that.
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June 27, 2008 - 1:51pm
I won't/ don't consume these but we have Derby Pies (at derby time) and Mint Julips. I can't think of any other native food to Louisville. Well I guess technically this one place claims to have served the first cheeseburger but I'm sure lots of places claim that.
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June 27, 2008 - 1:57pm
There's the "Hot Brown", too! Brown Hotel? And gawd... those Derby pies are killers.
Is the Hot Brown ours? Man I didn't know that. You mentioned The Brown Hotel. Is that what they were named after? edit So I just Googled it. http://www.brownhotel.com/dining/hot-brown.html There is a pic but it's a fancy hot brown. I'm used to seeing the white trach version.
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June 27, 2008 - 1:49pm
Heh, heh. It's a Kentucky thang. I guess... I dunno where it came from really. We drink 'em at Derby parties. I'll tell you my recipe. A few sprigs of fresh mint all wrinkled up. Throw it in a glass. Add ice, and 3 parts Maker's Mark and 1 part sugar water solution. Stir it around. It's pretty much straight whiskey and is great for sipping.     GuG-Points: 5617 Last Seen: 08/21/2008 - 8:14pm Location: Lost in Cyberspace..... I am: Not really paying attention Re: Your city's food
June 27, 2008 - 12:52pm
SEAFOOD! Since I'm a south Florida babe we have awesome seafood and so fresh. None of that frozen stuff. Plus growing up on boats I get plenty. My father is a avid fisherman and he keeps us stocked with fish all the time. Plus since I'm from south Florida where alot of it is cooked with a Caribbean flair to it. Now come lobster season (coming up too - yummm) we dive for lobsters. Now generally there is quite a few of us on the boat and we do have our tricks we have learned over the years. On a good season we can pull in around 300+ lobsters (generally there is about 12 of us on the boat). In a bad season maybe only 40 - 50. So when we travel with the kids and we do find a nice seafood resterant my kids don't understand why we say no you cant order lobster - LOL Also did you know that Florida lobster and Maine lobster are different. Florida's has no claws and I think has a sweeter taste. Oh and REAL Key Lime pie 
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June 27, 2008 - 12:14pm
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