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I saw people talking about Poutine in another thread, and it made me realize that different areas of the US and Canada are well known for certain kinds of food. I've traveled a bit, so I'll start off with my impressions.

Toronto, Canada: Coffee. Tim Horton's makes the best damn coffee I've ever had. Screw Starbucks. Give me a 3 and 3 Tim Horton's everytime. I know some of you Candians might be saying "What about Poutine?" Well sorry, I think Poutine sucks. I like me French Fries crispy, not a soggy mess smothered in brown gravy and barely melted cheese.

Baltimore, Maryland: Crab Cakes. What else? They're massive and have little to no filler.

New York, New York: Hot Dogs. New York basically invented them and still serve them the best.

Charlotte, North Carolina: Fried Chicken. Note to KFC: Go easy on the breading. Its so much better that way.

Pittsburgh, PA: Nothing. Iron City beer tastes like crap.

Gainsville, Florida: Mexican food. I'm sure other places in the world make it better, but coming from the North East, it was like nothing I've ever had. Amazingly good.

Philadelphia, PA: My home town and creator and master of the Hoagie. For those of you that do not know what a Hoagie is, it is essentially a sub sandwich, but since we INVENTED them we get to NAME them. We make the best sandwiches in the world, hands down. New York thinks they do, but putting 5 pounds of corned beef smothered in mustard on rye bread is NOT a good sandwich. Sandwich making is an art and The Strangler comes from a sandwich people.

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Anaheim, California: The Crab Shack: Best Crab Balls ever. :)

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Poutine is definitely more of a Quebec thing, not a Canadian thing. They even serve poutines at MacDonalds in Quebec, but not in Toronto.

Yeah, Timmy Ho's is awesome. I'm not a coffee drinker, but their hot chocolate is great. Also, their chicken stew in a bread bull is unbeatable, but I doubt they invented it...

And when I was in Pittsburgh, there was this restaurant that served sandwhiches with all of the side orders stuffed in the sandwhich. I forget what it was called, but it was pretty damn good.

And it looks like I'll have to go to Philly sometime to eat some mean hoagies. I love BIG sandwhiches, and if they are half as good as you say they are, then I'll stop there sometime when I travel later.

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I thought St. Louis, MO was responsible for the hot dog. First to have them at baseball parks (i could be wrong).

How about pomme frites from Wiesbaden, Germany

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Chicago's pizza > civilization

Canadian beer

Lobster from Nova Scotia

Florida oranges...yummy

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Totally. They even have McLobsters at McDonalds there.

I know American Nachos were born in a baseball park.

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They have McLobsters? wow, that is amazing.

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Pittsburgh, Home of the Primanti Burger!

http://www.primantibros.com/

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Yep! That's what it is. My uncle lives there (he is a prof at Carnegie Mellon University) and takes us there whenever we visit. Great place.

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Nebraska has "Runzas".

If you dont know what a runza is is kinda like a hot pocket but its stuffed with ground beef and cheese and there ALOT better. Im pretty sure that Nebraska is the only state that the fast food chain is in but im not sure.

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Northeastern Missouri (Kirksville) has a pizza place that sells Ronzas which are basically the same thing. Just not authentic I guess

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All B.C. really has is lots and lots of Beer...we dont really have a regional food, I'll actually say sushi. If your ever in Vancouver, go to the Japanese part and have sushi. Its the bast damn raw fish you'll ever eat. And sticky rice is freakishly awesome. :D :D :D

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I just enjoyed a homemade turkey sub (hoagie, same thing) from Capriotti's tonight. Best sub ever. I got it in southeast PA, not Philly, but still, the influence is good enough that the sandwich kicks...

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What exactly makes a sandwich a Hoagie, anyway?

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Mexico/S.Cal = Churos!

Churos are a mix of fried bread, and sugar wrapped all around it.

Churos, man theyre good.

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Hoagies were the first ever large/long sandwiches, well at least the first to be marketed and commercialized. They were invented in the late 1800's on Hog Island, were originally called Hoggies, which eventually became Hoagie.

A traditional Italian Hoagie is on an Amoroso's roll (the roll is KEY), with Ham, Genoa Salami, Provolone Cheese and Hot Capicola with sweet peppers, onions tomatoes, shredded lettuce, olive oil and oregano. For those who like Subway (vomit), it resembles a BMT.

A Grinder, which is also a local fav to be ripped of by Quiznos, is basically any Hoagie that is thrown in the oven and roasted before eating. Italian Grinders are my favorite.

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California is world renown for the Cheese Steak Sandwich. Don't fall for that gibberish about Philly being the inventors, it was all us and we continue to hold the title for best Cheese Steak Sandwich.

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I think ZebraRampage, Strangler, and I will have to totally disagree with this notion, but everyone can believe what they will. :)

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Ok this is all from Friesland, where I'm from. A province of Holland.

Sugarbread:

Roggebread:


This stuff is great: oranjekoek (orange cook)

:drool:

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BAH! New York hot dogs are crap. Grilled hot dogs, what a notion.

Chicago Hot Dogs (like Chicago Pizza) reign supreme. Vienna Beef dogs, boiled, not grilled, on poppy seed buns, with anything on them EXCEPT KETCHUP. You NEVER put ketchup on a hot dog.

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I like nacho cheese on my hot dogs :blush:

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Good stuff. I like putting Cheese Whiz on them when I'm home too.

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Being from Western NJ, we get most of our food customs from Philly, Hoaagies and CHEEETAKES were already mentioned... the thing I didn't hear...

TOMATO PIES... thes things are well... they are kinda like sicillian pizza, but with no cheese, amazing sauce, and major olive oil.

Also, TOPPERS, which are more of a Trenton thing... they are beef burgers with chese on top, and PORK ROLL on top ic that all GRILLED on a bun... enough cholestrol and fat to make one die immedieatly, but everyone seems to love 'em.

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Ummmmmmm.... and exactly what planet are you from?

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I would have to assume that you were on crack when you wrote this, so I'll forgive you and plead that you visit your local rehab center

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Yeah, Ketchup is great on hotdogs....but not as great as BBQ sauce.