What foods were invented in your home city/country/region?
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Central NY here, so I'll take credit for chicken riggies, spiedies, salt potatoes and our famous NYS Fair wine slushy.
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While opinions may differ, San Francisco (my home town) and the SF Bay Area arguably are the birthplace for the following:
Popsicles
Chinese Fortune Cookies
The Martini cocktail
It's It (ice cream sandwich)
Cioppino (seafood stew)
Chicken Tetrazini (pasta casserole)
Crab Louis (seafood salad)
See: https://delishably.com/misc/Foods-That-Were-Born-in-the-San-Francisco-Bay-Area
Also created in SF but not listed above is Boudin's uniquely flavored and delicious sourdough bread and, my guess is, the clam chowder dish served in a "bowl' of a hollowed out round of sourdough bread served to countless tourists who have visited Fisherman's Wharf for at least 60 yrs, which is how far back that I can remember them being served there
And lastly (at least for now), the Ghiardelli chocolate company was founded in SF and was still made in the bldg/shopping mall that still bears its name near Acquatic Park until sometime in the 60's, when you could still smell the chocolate in the air.
Ah, you beat me to it, just Googled and came up with our list of the same as well! It's Its are the best, especially chocolate mint! I haven't had one in years!0 -
Maryland here:
- Crab Cakes
- Pit Beef
- Snowballs
- Berger Cookies
- Old Bay seasoning
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Pork pies, Stilton and Red Leicester cheeses all hail from my county.
My town still has a McVities biscuit and KP crisp plant, and Walkers crisps are not far away.
(Leicestershire, UK)2 -
St. Louis, MO:
- Toasted Ravioli
- Gooey Butter Cake
- Provel Cheese on thin crust pizza
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- Garbage Plates
- White Hot Dogs
- Jello (about 50 miles away)
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Staffordshire oatcake
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Coffee, sourdough and beans. A cowboy could survive but there had to be more in his diet. A constant supply of sourdough biscuits with steaks and a good relationship with the chuckwagon 'cookie'.
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Lillymoo01 wrote: »Vegemite, Tim-Tams and lamingtons. Pretty easy to guess where I am from!
I see you and raise you a pavlova (the kiwi one that is!)0 -
MelanieCN77 wrote: »I'm from the the Wirral (UK) and a common local dish is "scouse" which is a ground beef stew with onions and potatoes and carrots, sometimes peas, and if you're nasty, corn. We have a nice Cheshire cheese named for a local county.
I thought it was commonly known that pasta was invented in China? Or is there some nuance over noodles and italian pasta?
I miss Liverpool!0 -
I googled and the only foods I can find invented in NZ you probably won't have heard of
-jaffas (think of a round m and m that only comes in red and has an orange flavour in the shell)
- hokey Pokey icecream (so didn't invent icecream but did this flavour, and its the best)
- manuka honey (again didn't invent honey but did the manuka variety)
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Of course the Kiwi fruit is associated with NZ, cause kiwi.1 -
I googled and the only foods I can find invented in NZ you probably won't have heard of
-jaffas (think of a round m and m that only comes in red and has an orange flavour in the shell)
- hokey Pokey icecream (so didn't invent icecream but did this flavour, and its the best)
- manuka honey (again didn't invent honey but did the manuka variety)
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Of course the Kiwi fruit is associated with NZ, cause kiwi.
While us Aussies try to claim it, I do believe that pavlova can be rightfully claimed as a NZ invention.3 -
Fish tacos0
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I googled and the only foods I can find invented in NZ you probably won't have heard of
-jaffas (think of a round m and m that only comes in red and has an orange flavour in the shell)
- hokey Pokey icecream (so didn't invent icecream but did this flavour, and its the best)
- manuka honey (again didn't invent honey but did the manuka variety)
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Of course the Kiwi fruit is associated with NZ, cause kiwi.
Kiwi fruit originated in China though. Mmm wish I had one now 1 -
Beavertails1
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I googled and the only foods I can find invented in NZ you probably won't have heard of
-jaffas (think of a round m and m that only comes in red and has an orange flavour in the shell)
- hokey Pokey icecream (so didn't invent icecream but did this flavour, and its the best)
- manuka honey (again didn't invent honey but did the manuka variety)
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Of course the Kiwi fruit is associated with NZ, cause kiwi.
Kiwi fruit originated in China though. Mmm wish I had one now
Yeah the old Chinese gooseberry. Hence my use of the word "associated" not created0 -
I googled and the only foods I can find invented in NZ you probably won't have heard of
-jaffas (think of a round m and m that only comes in red and has an orange flavour in the shell)
- hokey Pokey icecream (so didn't invent icecream but did this flavour, and its the best)
- manuka honey (again didn't invent honey but did the manuka variety)
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Of course the Kiwi fruit is associated with NZ, cause kiwi.
Kiwi fruit originated in China though. Mmm wish I had one now
Yeah the old Chinese gooseberry. Hence my use of the word "associated" not created
I thought that was the case but just mentioned it for some that think it is from NZ originally.1 -
I'm Canadian....so poutine is a rather famous dish
Butter tarts...think pecan pie but a tart and with raisins, I make mine with maple syrup to be extra Canadian
I'm from Toronto which is where peameal bacon is from. Basically cured pork loin coated in ground up dried yellow peas....sooooo good
Beaver tails
Nanaimo bars
Bloody Caesar
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Okie here.
As @renydo2 mentioned recently, brandy ice! A local treat, I think.
El Reno makes the biggest fried onion burger in the world once a year, and this small town has 3 long-time fried onion burger restaurants.
Home of Sonic and Braum’s.
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Dukes Mayo...the only mayo that’s worth trying0
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I was born and grew up in Bucharest.
The only one I know for sure is Joffre cake. People often say mici were invented in Bucharest but there are similar dishes all over southeast Europe, so...0 -
I googled and the only foods I can find invented in NZ you probably won't have heard of
-jaffas (think of a round m and m that only comes in red and has an orange flavour in the shell)
- hokey Pokey icecream (so didn't invent icecream but did this flavour, and its the best)
- manuka honey (again didn't invent honey but did the manuka variety)
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Of course the Kiwi fruit is associated with NZ, cause kiwi.
Had to look up that ice cream, it sounds delicious! Definitely have never seen that flavor here.1 -
AliNouveau wrote: »Butter tarts...think pecan pie but a tart and with raisins, I make mine with maple syrup to be extra Canadian
I miss my great aunt's butter tarts (that side of my family is from about 1.5 hours north of Toronto).0 -
Juicy Lucy’s
Cheerios
Pizza Rolls
Spam
Honey crisp apples
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missysippy930 wrote: »Juicy Lucy’s
Cheerios
Pizza Rolls
Spam
Honey crisp apples
Didn't we also invent hot dish?
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snowflake954 wrote: »missysippy930 wrote: »Juicy Lucy’s
Cheerios
Pizza Rolls
Spam
Honey crisp apples
Didn't we also invent hot dish?
😳I guess....embarrassed ...... but I’ve always called them casseroles. My DD & DH always tease me cuz I get mad when people make fun of the way we talk (Fargo-like)
I much prefer the Grumpy Old Men, or Mary Tyler Moore, images. You’re an ex-pat though, so you have two food cultures, and your adopted country’s food is up there with the best in the world.
BTW, it’s snowing here today ❄️1 -
missysippy930 wrote: »snowflake954 wrote: »missysippy930 wrote: »Juicy Lucy’s
Cheerios
Pizza Rolls
Spam
Honey crisp apples
Didn't we also invent hot dish?
😳I guess....embarrassed ...... but I’ve always called them casseroles. My DD & DH always tease me cuz I get mad when people make fun of the way we talk (Fargo-like)
I much prefer the Grumpy Old Men, or Mary Tyler Moore, images. You’re an ex-pat though, so you have two food cultures, and your adopted country’s food is up there with the best in the world.
BTW, it’s snowing here today ❄️
I know. I called my mom and she said it was snowing. A funny story about casseroles. When I was a young Interior Designer at the Dayton's Design Studio in Ridgedale, a new designer came from New York. We had a party and people brought stuff. She had never seen a hot dish in her life. She's a gourmet cook and was pretty disgusted, but did her best to hide it. We still roar with laughter at the story.1 -
missysippy930 wrote: »snowflake954 wrote: »missysippy930 wrote: »Juicy Lucy’s
Cheerios
Pizza Rolls
Spam
Honey crisp apples
Didn't we also invent hot dish?
😳I guess....embarrassed ...... but I’ve always called them casseroles. My DD & DH always tease me cuz I get mad when people make fun of the way we talk (Fargo-like)
I much prefer the Grumpy Old Men, or Mary Tyler Moore, images. You’re an ex-pat though, so you have two food cultures, and your adopted country’s food is up there with the best in the world.
BTW, it’s snowing here today ❄️
We have a few communities that have a very distinct Fargo-like accent (Sheboygan especially) so I make fun of it in a self deprecating sort of way, but don't let anyone else make fun of it.
I was always told that it is a casserole unless you are taking it to a Lutheran Church where it becomes a hotdish.
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AliNouveau wrote: »Butter tarts...think pecan pie but a tart and with raisins, I make mine with maple syrup to be extra Canadian
I miss my great aunt's butter tarts (that side of my family is from about 1.5 hours north of Toronto).
Butter tarts really are the best thing ever1 -
Actually: I don't know what's typical here. I know horseback riding and playing golf is typical. But food-wise? Ugh.. I also can't find anything online, though there has to be something. I'll visit some local shops to see if there's anything local. Maybe some baked goods?0
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