Can't get it any place but here

M.D. Holloway · 12-09-2004, 09:08 PM

Noticed that different places have stuff you can't get anyplace else - up in Canada, they make these candy bars, Coffee Chrisps, not bad. In Iowa they have something called Twin Bings (choc, peanut, cherry) candy bars - can't get them in Texas.

Can ya all list out any candy bars or store bought prepared foods that are only available locally / regionally?

john70t · 12-10-2004, 03:05 AM

nope, but I've got a jonesing for some memphis-style web ribs about now.

oldE · 12-10-2004, 03:49 AM

Dulse. Seaweed, which grows on the rocks between high and low tide (Up to 50 feet here around the Bay of Fundy). Dulse is sort of dark red-purple in color. Individual pieces are from 5 to 10 inches in length. After picking, it is spread to dry, then packed in sacks and delivered to grocery stores, or the harvester packs it in one pound bags himself for retail sale. It is of course, a bit salty. Some say it is an aquired taste.
Yummy.
Les

notfarnow · 12-10-2004, 04:48 AM

mmmm dulse.

AFJuvat · 12-10-2004, 05:03 AM

Topors Pickles and Faygo soft drinks, White castle burgers, and real coney dogs.

I don't miss detroit, but I miss some of the things that came from detroit

AFJuvat

M.D. Holloway · 12-10-2004, 05:16 AM

Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches (bread makes the difference), pizza from New Haven CT (Pepe's, Sally's or Modern Pizza - nothing like it), Clam Fritters from Cape Cod.

Joeaksa · 12-10-2004, 05:42 AM

Living out West, I really miss Steak N Shake burgers... Then comes the old European connection. Twiglets, Lemon Curd and some authentic fish and chips. Hop across the channel and a good Schnitzel mit pommes with a weitzen bier. Hong Kong dim sum comes to mind as well...

Ribs is a good call but I make my own and they are close enough to Memphis style to cure that issue...

Joe A

concentric · 12-10-2004, 10:17 AM

50/50 softdrink, Mello Yello.

mattdavis11 · 12-10-2004, 10:18 AM

Dans/ Frans hamburgers, only in Austin that I know of.

Stonewall/Fredricksburg peaches, but beware, if your wife/significant other gets you near Fredricksburg, you'll soon find yourself liking this position much better

Funny story, traffic was stopped at a red light in Fredericksburg. A friend and I were returning from a hunting trip, and the truck in front of me has blood on the tailgate and antlers visible in the bed. I was jealous because I didn't get anything. Then, when the light turned green, a lady standing at the cross walk noticed his "cargo" and the blood as we went past. The horrified OMG!, hand over mouth look made me laugh uncontrollably.

Actually, that reminds me, the Stonewall Smoke House is an excellent place to have a deer processed. When I’m lazy, I’ll drop mine off there, or I do it myself.

chibone_914 · 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by oldE
Dulse. Seaweed, which grows on the rocks between high and low tide (Up to 50 feet here around the Bay of Fundy). Dulse is sort of dark red-purple in color. Individual pieces are from 5 to 10 inches in length. After picking, it is spread to dry, then packed in sacks and delivered to grocery stores, or the harvester packs it in one pound bags himself for retail sale. It is of course, a bit salty. Some say it is an aquired taste.
Yummy.
Les

AHhhh, nothin' like the smell of fundy in the morning.

tabs · 12-10-2004, 10:27 AM

There isn't anything that I can't get...with a telephone call...except Texas Hot Links from The Gonzales Market in Gonzales Texas.

Somebody complained about him shipping the stuff so the health department came down on him.

If there is a correspondent on this Board who lives near there and is willing to go in an order the stuff in person he will still ship...and that would be much appreciated.

12-10-2004, 10:35 AM

Blue Bell ice cream - only in Texas. It's one of the reasons I moved back.

mattdavis11 · 12-10-2004, 10:51 AM

Tabs, I'm only a little over an hour away, I think I can hook a brother up. How much do you want? It may be a week or so until I can free myself to get down there, but it won't be much of a hassle. Send me a PM.

Good call on the Blue Bell, Mark. If you don't leave you tend over look it.

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

Great candy from the Pacific Northwest:

Vernell's Butter Mints -- long gone, but not forgotten

Aplets and Cotlets -- Do they still make 'em?

dhoward · dhoward's Garage

Whataburger.
Double meat.

concentric · 12-10-2004, 11:08 AM

Sonic's grilled cheese on Texas toast and a cherry lime-aid.

dhoward · dhoward's Garage

I've got 3 Sonic's within 2 miles of my house.
Got any Whataburgers?

Eric Coffey · 12-10-2004, 11:15 AM

Chicken from The Lucky Wishbone, Anchorage, AK.
Burgers from Dick's Drive-In, Seattle, WA.

concentric · 12-10-2004, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dhoward
I've got 3 Sonic's within 2 miles of my house.
Got any Whataburgers?

They just opened a Sonic here, but it's not the same. Must have changed the ingredients along the line. I'm looking for a 1990 version.

No Whataburgers here in Cali.

JCM

bryanthompson · bryanthompson's Garage

I remember wondering, and I mean _really_ wondering in the middle of nowhere east of Norton, KS a few years back, and we literally stumbled upon an OLD old old A&D, literally, we went from a corn field to this smallish town with an A&D, totally amazing. never have found the place again. Maybe it was a mirage.