Recipes specific to your state or county?

[Minnesota!]

Jucy Lucy, lefse, tater tot hotdish and, my favorite, anything with wild rice. I make a mean wild rice hotdish that is full of mushrooms, almonds, cranberries.

 

[mjkacmom]

Three Way Roast Beef is amazing

Roast Beef - thin sliced and tender
James River BBQ
American Cheese
Mayo
Onion roll

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Also in New England and I'll add it because I never knew it was a thing until I had one on Cape Cod but it is called
Connecticut Style Lobster Roll

Perfectly cooked lobster and butter on a roll, soooo much better than the mayo version I always saw until recently

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Here in NJ lobster rolls are offers both ways, we can’t pick a favorite.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Here in NJ lobster rolls are offers both ways, we can’t pick a favorite.

My favorite thing from NJ will always be Boardwalk Fries, well those and that Seaside Heights Lemonade


Not sure if it is the same spot but it was sort of in the middle

 

[easyas123]

Scrapple. I love it, especially sliced thin and fried in butter-but I don't really want to know what's in it.

mmmmm I like mine thick and with syrup!

 

[Simba's Mom]

I still wonder if it's unique to Massachusetts, but I recently read that a Fluffernutter sandwich was specific to the state. When I was a kid, I thought everyone ate them, maybe I thought that because I lived in Massachusetts!

 

[lanejudy]

I still wonder if it's unique to Massachusetts, but I recently read that a Fluffernutter sandwich was specific to the state. When I was a kid, I thought everyone ate them, maybe I thought that because I lived in Massachusetts!

We like fluffernutters in Vermont, too! I have no idea about the history of them, though.

 

[dizneegirl]

I've had Fluffernutters in Illinois and Ohio. Don't think they're unique to MA.

 

[lanejudy]

I still wonder if it's unique to Massachusetts, but I recently read that a Fluffernutter sandwich was specific to the state.

I've had Fluffernutters in Illinois and Ohio. Don't think they're unique to MA.

Wikipedia does indicate fluffernutters originated in New England or most likely specifically Massachusetts.

 

[mjkacmom]

Fluff was invented in Massachusetts in 1917, I ate fluffernutters in NJ as a kid.

 

[lilaurora]

Wisconsin Booyah! Wiki says it’s found throughout the upper Midwest but I don’t think it’s very well known. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booyah_(stew)

 

[mjkacmom]

I’m sure this is very popular in other Italian American areas, but it’s time for pizzagaina! Every bakery and deli sells it here. https://true-italian.com/exploring-the-delicious-tradition-of-pizzagaina-a-savory-italian-treat/

 

[Minnesota!]

Wisconsin Booyah! Wiki says it’s found throughout the upper Midwest but I don’t think it’s very well known. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booyah_(stew)

How could I forget booyah! Yes, very common in my neck of the (Minnesota) woods, too.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

As a former Illinoisan.... I could bring up "The Horsehoe", (I think it is kind of unique to the Springfield area).

I don't think it's a recipe, it's like an open faced burger, w/french fries on top, and cheese dumped on it. It absolutely love them. Pretty low tech stuff, but wow it's good.

 

[sarahann77]

buckeyes

 

[Kennywood]

 

[Kae]

Pork tenderloin sandwich

 

[TippyThomas]

Not really from my state or city but Shoofly pie is pretty well known and enjoyed from my old community.

 

[pweyl36]

Scrapple. I love it, especially sliced thin and fried in butter-but I don't really want to know what's in it.

Yes,thin and crispy

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I've resided in Texas for nearly 3 decades. While I know these things can be obtained in other states, these are the foods I think of with our state that seem to have origins here as well...

Chicken Fried Steak (American version of Germanic schnitzels from German settlers in the region)
Pecan Pie (I know LA will fight on this one, but it's the official state dessert and the first published recipe for it came from TX)
Brisket...as in the BBQ (well, really smoked) variety
Chili...absolutely - positively - NO BEANS!
Chile Con Queso...I'm sure people think to Texas for a lot of Tex-Mex staples but people like to point out queso specifically.
Kolaches...courtesy of the Czech immigrants that came to the region.
Frito Pie...I never saw this until I moved to TX, but I'm guessing it's gained a following in other areas.
King Ranch Casserole...staple of every office food day. To me, it's like deconstructed enchiladas built lasagna style.
German Chocolate cake also supposedly originated in the Dallas area. (German's sweet chocolate)

I was tempted to throw in certain seafood dishes because we're Gulf Coast region but most of those are borrowed from Louisiana. Although, there is a place that does "Tex-Orleans" where it's a fusion of the two.

 

[Kennywood]

Isaly's chipped chopped ham