where you live; what is the regional food specialty?

[vash]

here? it has to be dungeness crab. and it is crab season!!

i am taking my biggest stock pot to the office tomorrow to do a small BYOC boil for my small crew. it must suck to be put on this green planet and be so delicious.



what is your area's food bragging rights?

[bivenator]

Chicken fried steak aka 'cardiologist dream" comes to mind for Texas specialty. Fajitas or Tex-Mex could be our claim as well.

[nostatic]

In LA - everything.

[craigster59]

Santa Maria Tri Tip comes to mind. But I grew up in the Bay Area, hated the smell of steaming crab walking around Fisherman's Wharf as a kid (especially in front of Alioto's and Fisherman's Grotto).

But I love crab now, even had some yesterday. It was at Joe's Crab Shack (the Ventura one is very good with great views). I usually get the BBQ'd snow crab, but I really like Dungeness. We can get Rock and Spider crab at the Saturday A.M. fish market for around $2.75 a lb, and it's good.

[craigster59]

When I buy at the fish market, they always ask if I want male or female. Is there much of a difference taste wise?

[matt f]

Pizza and pierogies.

[Jim Richards]

In DC - nothing.

Oh wait, we really love to consume money. Yeah, that's it, taxpayers' money. Mmmmm.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Sand. Crunchy bowls of sweet, sweet sand.

And dust.

[pete3799]

[Seahawk]

Crag cakes, crab soups, succotash, and Stuffed Ham (Kale, Cabbage, celery, onion, mustard seeds, celery seeds, salt and pepper), which if done right is terrific.

Deer sausage as well.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by nostatic

In LA - everything.

Show me in El-Lay where you can get a decent, let alone great Chicken Fried Steak!

And you do not get Tex-Mex...

The other thing here is steak. Serious steak.

[UconnTim97]

Cheesesteaks and scrapple. Not together.
We are a very healthy city.

[Rickysa]

Pork BBQ

Down east it's whole pig w/ vinegar-black pepper sauce

Lexington (western part of the state) it's shoulders w/ vinegar-black pepper sauce and just a touch of ketchup to make the sauce reddish.

[VincentVega]

Crabs, steam them please, rock fish and oysters. I'm getting hungry.

[Erakad]

Easy....Schnitzel and Beer!

[wdfifteen]

I'm in between the chili that ain't chile zone (Skyline - I don't care what they call it, it's great!) and the Amish fried baloney sammich territory.

[cantdrv55]

Lumpia!

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by cantdrv55

Lumpia!

Do you make it?

I'm in. I love lumpia.

[vash]

Originally Posted by UconnTim97

Cheesesteaks and scrapple. Not together.
We are a very healthy city.

scrapple? i'll google it.

[ckelly78z]

NW Ohio, we get some big lake erie walleye, bread it up, and pan fry.......with seasoned rice, and baked beans, Mmmmm