What are some special dishes from the region you live in?
My city is known for its deep dish pizza, hot dogs, barbecue, pizza puffs, and whole bunch of other stuff.
shareMy city is known for its deep dish pizza, hot dogs, barbecue, pizza puffs, and whole bunch of other stuff.
shareLou Malnati's & Giordano's has the best deep dish pizza I've ever tasted. The last time I was in Chicago we went to Superdawg and I think that is exactly how I picture a perfect hotdog. That bright green relish is definitely alien technology though. I heard my favorite spot...Hot Doug's closed down. :( Also my friend took us to the southside (which was kind of scary) for burgers but we ended up getting pizza puffs with mild sauce. Mild sauce is something I can't explain but it's so freaking good! Our tour guide said its a southside thing...whatever that means.
Never had Chicago BBQ but if it's anything like its pizza then should be in for a treat next time I'm there.
Glad you had a good time!
shareEven though Chicago is my dad's hometown, I've only been there twice, and only one of those times as an adult. 1993 Grateful Dead concert at Soldier Field. As we were walking back to our car, there was a father and son selling slices from a portable table. Whether they owned a pizza place or bought a bunch I don't remember. I had been living in Minneapolis for 5 years at that point, having what I though was quite respectable pizza. I bought one of their slices, and it was fantastic! Much better than anything in Minneapolis. From a stand!
shareIn the UP of Michigan we have Pasties.
Meat, potatoes, carrots, onions and spices wrapped in a crust. You eat it with your hand with ketchup.
Sounds and looks good!..https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/michigan-pasty-meat-hand-pie-2042803
shareThose are delicious!
shareLike a cornish pasty! The miners used to take them down the pits and use the crust to hold the food then discard it - thus enabling clean eating
https://images.app.goo.gl/19LSYUMrijAMR1kX9
From my link above: When Cornish miners migrated to Michigan's Upper Peninsula in the 1800's, they brought with them their beloved national dish: the pasty. The Finnish miners that followed adopted these meat pies as their own (easily transportable for long subterranean days!), and the pasty became such a large part of the regional culture that there's an annual pasty festival in early July.
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shareHere in California we adopt food trends from all over the world, and I'm actually hard-pressed to think of genuine native regional things! I mean our regional dish ought to be "Americanized Cantonese".!
But...
Sourdough bread. THE GREATEST SUBSTANCE ON EARTH!
Artichokes deep-fried, french-fried, or served whole and boiled with little bowls of lemon butter or mayo for a sloppy informal meal. (Sourdough bread on the side.)
The Hangtown Fry, a dish of eggs and oysters that first became popular during the Gold Rush, because eggs and oysters were the two most expensive dishes available in the Gold Country. It's still available at some restaurants, if you know where to look.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailv2&iss=sbi&FORM=recidp&sbisrc=ImgDropper&q=handtown+fry+recipe&imgurl=https://bing.com/th?id=OSK.3887ba4a17846ffe564129131b170178&idpbck=1&sim=4&pageurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.allrecipes.com%2frecipe%2f198099%2fhangtown-fry-with-parmesan-and-fresh-herbs%2f&idpp=recipe&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0
"Generally however they do not heat it up at all, but only use the dough kept over from the day before; manifestly it is natural for sourness to make the dough ferment..." [Pliny the Elder]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourdough
For some reason, I think that bread in Pliny's day meant flatbreads like modern Pita bread, not large fabulously crusty loaves of delicious fresh-baked sourdough!
And sure enough, five seconds of research turned up this little sculpture from ancient Greece, of a person baking something that looks rather pita-shaped.
https://www.cooksinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/bread-baking.jpg
Everything tastes better in a sourdough bread bowl, I agree.
shareStill not the best way to eat sourdough with soups or stews! Better to have the bread on the side, so you have the option of dunking the bread, or eating bites of delicious buttered sourdough bread on its own.
Damn, I'm dieting, but now you're going to make me have bread and butter for dinner.
Fried clams. They're pretty good, but I'll take steamers over them any day. Not a big fan of fried food.
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