s/o what do you have that we don't

[jag01]

As mentioned in an earlier post, someone mentioned that Canada has all dressed chips. Made me curious what are some other things that we have up here and vise versa.
One thing that I have never heard of until DWP was pirate booty.

[momin2013]

Lol - it was me; woo hoo, I inspired a thread!

I don't think they have dill pickle or ketchup chips in the U.S. either.

I actually came across this when I was trying to find a description of all dressed, and a few things on here make me kind of sad for the poor Americans : ibackpackcanada.com/unique-delicious-items-canadian-junk-food/

[momin2013]

One thing I absolutely crave on a regular basis that I've never seen here is a grouper sandwich/burger - shout out to the Floridians!

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Well h's best man is from Australia and when he visits, he always brings me a bag of chicken chips! Love! They are potato chips with a dusting of what tastes like chicken bullion or chicken seasoning mmmm.

Can't think of anything unique to SoCal...

[jag01]

One thing that they have that we don't have here in Canada is all the cool flavors of Pinnacle vodka, and way cheaper there too.

[usm]

Jun 30, 2015 15:56:04 GMT -5 momin2013 said:

Lol - it was me; woo hoo, I inspired a thread!

I don't think they have dill pickle or ketchup chips in the U.S. either.

I actually came across this when I was trying to find a description of all dressed, and a few things on here make me kind of sad for the poor Americans : ibackpackcanada.com/unique-delicious-items-canadian-junk-food/

We have dill pickle chips. I think they tried ketchup flavored chips and they didn't make it.

I live in the land of made up, random,delicious food. Gumbo flavored chips and fried alligator.

[jmc11511]

Jun 30, 2015 16:07:23 GMT -5 @itsbritt said:

Well h's best man is from Australia and when he visits, he always brings me a bag of chicken chips! Love! They are potato chips with a dusting of what tastes like chicken bullion or chicken seasoning mmmm.

Can't think of anything unique to SoCal...

In n Out burger used to be unique to SoCal. Depending on where you are in SoCal, we have an American/Mexican fast food chain called Baker's that is only in the Inland Empire. I can't think of anything other than that...

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Jun 30, 2015 16:23:45 GMT -5 jmc11511 said:

Jun 30, 2015 16:07:23 GMT -5 @itsbritt said:

Well h's best man is from Australia and when he visits, he always brings me a bag of chicken chips! Love! They are potato chips with a dusting of what tastes like chicken bullion or chicken seasoning mmmm.

Can't think of anything unique to SoCal...

In n Out burger used to be unique to SoCal. Depending on where you are in SoCal, we have an American/Mexican fast food chain called Baker's that is only in the Inland Empire. I can't think of anything other than that...

Oh yes in n out. And that reminds me we have crush cakes here. They were on cupcake wars. There's one in Santa Barbara and one in carpinteria. Amazing food made with fresh and local ingredients and the cupcakes are fantastic. Love it!

[nicolewi]

Wisconsin/upper midwest:
The Friday Fish Fry tradition--lots of places offer a Friday fish fry menu with fried fish (or baked), fries or potato pancakes, sometimes rye bread
Door County, WI does a big fish boil traditional meal
Popular to drink Brandy Old Fashioned Sweet cocktails (often with your fish fry)
Tons of beer, cheese, sausage (the stereotypes are true)
Fresh cheese curds (squeaky to eat) AND fried cheese curds (heart attack material)
Lots of grilling bratwurst in the summer.
Supper Clubs--an old fashioned style restaurant where meals start with a little tray of appetizer-y things and have a traditional menu of steaks, ribs, chicken, fish. You'd almost always get cocktails, too. There's probably some taxidermy on the wall somewhere.

[cna]

I used to have a Canadian friend who would send me like candies you can only get in Canada. I wish I could remember what they were called.

[abs]

Texas: Tex-mex. It is the best thing ever .

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New York - can't beat our pizza or bagels!

[iheartthe80s]

Even though I'm not living there....I could eat Cincinnati chili daily. Skyline is my friend.

[mamaalysson]

Pacific NW. Burgerville fresh strawberry shakes. Yuuuummmm.

[gwapes]

Uh. I guess we have...Corn? lol

Ca had tons of taco trucks. Not sure if those are as abundant elsewhere. Certainly aren't here. (sad times)

I miss Ivars Clam Chowder from WA.

[justbecause]

Lots of craft breweries. Heddy Topper is probably the best known beer.
Maple deliciousness.
The world's best ice cream is from here.
Yummy cheese.
Lake Champlain chocolates.

[mamaalysson]

Jun 30, 2015 19:59:29 GMT -5 gwapes said:

Uh. I guess we have...Corn? lol

Ca had tons of taco trucks. Not sure if those are as abundant elsewhere. Certainly aren't here. (sad times)

I miss Ivars Clam Chowder from WA.

Ivar's was soooooo good. However, my college roommate set me up with a guy who first borrowed $20 from her for the date, and then took me to Ivar's inside the Northgate mall for dinner. That was the date. The mall food court. There was an actual Ivar's restaurant like 20 minutes away, but he took me to the food court. And then talked about his eyebrows for an hour. The clam chowder was amazeballs, though.

[gwapes]

Jun 30, 2015 20:07:41 GMT -5 mamaalysson said:

Jun 30, 2015 19:59:29 GMT -5 gwapes said:

Uh. I guess we have...Corn? lol

Ca had tons of taco trucks. Not sure if those are as abundant elsewhere. Certainly aren't here. (sad times)

I miss Ivars Clam Chowder from WA.

Ivar's was soooooo good. However, my college roommate set me up with a guy who first borrowed $20 from her for the date, and then took me to Ivar's inside the Northgate mall for dinner. That was the date. The mall food court. There was an actual Ivar's restaurant like 20 minutes away, but he took me to the food court. And then talked about his eyebrows for an hour. The clam chowder was amazeballs, though.

Lol were they nice eyebrows at least?

[cna]

Oh duh, we have hatch chile peppers. You literally cannot get them from anywhere else.

[minismama]

South Florida has whale chips. I thank them for my cellulite. Amazing.

[gwapes]

Jun 30, 2015 21:13:58 GMT -5 minismama said:

South Florida has whale chips. I thank them for my cellulite. Amazing.

Uhh... like, made of whale?

[fancynewbeesly]

Pork roll.

It is amazing.

MMMMMmm....

[itsme]

What everyone else said about CA. I can't think of anything else.

[minismama]

Jun 30, 2015 21:16:51 GMT -5 gwapes said:

Jun 30, 2015 21:13:58 GMT -5 minismama said:

South Florida has whale chips. I thank them for my cellulite. Amazing.

Uhh... like, made of whale?

God no. They are thin shaved slices of potato, fried and salted served with a remoulade sauce. Like house made potato chips.

[auroraloo]

I can't think of anything special we have in MN. We're very boring.

[quesyrah]

Jun 30, 2015 15:56:04 GMT -5 momin2013 said:

Lol - it was me; woo hoo, I inspired a thread!

I don't think they have dill pickle or ketchup chips in the U.S. either.

I actually came across this when I was trying to find a description of all dressed, and a few things on here make me kind of sad for the poor Americans : ibackpackcanada.com/unique-delicious-items-canadian-junk-food/

The dill pickle popcorn at Disney CA adventure is my favorite thing ever. I NEED to try dill pickle chips!!

[quesyrah]

Target ?

[quesyrah]

Jun 30, 2015 16:32:45 GMT -5 @itsbritt said:

Jun 30, 2015 16:23:45 GMT -5 jmc11511 said:

In n Out burger used to be unique to SoCal. Depending on where you are in SoCal, we have an American/Mexican fast food chain called Baker's that is only in the Inland Empire. I can't think of anything other than that...

Oh yes in n out. And that reminds me we have crush cakes here. They were on cupcake wars. There's one in Santa Barbara and one in carpinteria. Amazing food made with fresh and local ingredients and the cupcakes are fantastic. Love it!

Bakers Caribbean chicken sandwich is a whole mouthful of yum.

SoCal also has the hat

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Jun 30, 2015 21:58:59 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

Jun 30, 2015 16:32:45 GMT -5 @itsbritt said:

Oh yes in n out. And that reminds me we have crush cakes here. They were on cupcake wars. There's one in Santa Barbara and one in carpinteria. Amazing food made with fresh and local ingredients and the cupcakes are fantastic. Love it!

Bakers Caribbean chicken sandwich is a whole mouthful of yum.

SoCal also has the hat

OMG The Hat! Yes!!! Gravy fries and pastrami mmmmm.

[cna]

You guys have Round Table out there. We had one at our hotel in Hawaii but I haven't seen one further east than Arizona.