Which American region reigns supreme...

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  • trelm249
    trelm249 Posts: 777 Member
    Grits = ground hominy, used as a hot breakfast cereal or as a side dish like rice. Common to the southern U.S. coastal states.

    Many have said the south for barbecue - this is understandable since barbecue season is very long in the southern U.S. Be aware that barbecue styles will vary as you go throughout the south. For example, it is sweeter as you get further east and spicier/less sweet as you get toward Texas. There are obviously exceptions and variations, but that is the trend.

    The Louisiana-Mississippi gulf coast is great for Creole/Cajun cooking as well as seafood in general.

    Texas has great Tex/Mex food. You get some interesting local variations as you go through the different parts of the state. Stay out of the chain restaurants. They are no where near as good as the locally owned Taquerias. The Texas Hill country around the New Braunsfel and Fredericksburg area has some really good German food. Tour the Spoetzel brewery in Shiner, Texas.
  • MFPAddict
    MFPAddict Posts: 2,069 Member
    Nothing compares to Pittsburgh's Primanti Bros. sandwiches.

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  • adjones5
    adjones5 Posts: 938 Member
    Texas is just undeniably the greatest state in the nation, in every way. Ask any Texan, they'll tell you.
  • Johnnyswife
    Johnnyswife Posts: 1,447 Member
    California has some knockout mexican food!
  • killerqueen17
    killerqueen17 Posts: 536 Member
    I do not like grits, fried food, or pie (other than apple pie)!

    Sounds like you are in the wrong state... lol!!

    Southern and proud... LOVE the BBQ, the soul food, and the many diverse cuisines that can be found in my multi-ethnic city!! Wouldn't want to live anywhere else, I am a Florida girl all the way... I've been up north a few times and was always VERY ready to come home after about a week!! lol
  • BellySoonGone
    BellySoonGone Posts: 150
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  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    Nothing compares to Pittsburgh's Primanti Bros. sandwiches.

    primanti.jpg

    i keep coming back to this thread just to look at this sandwich. Darn you...XD
  • regthelittleone
    regthelittleone Posts: 95
    Nothing compares to Pittsburgh's Primanti Bros. sandwiches.

    primanti.jpg

    i keep coming back to this thread just to look at this sandwich. Darn you...XD
  • regthelittleone
    regthelittleone Posts: 95
    Soooooooooo goooood!!!!!! Love , Love their sandwiches!!!!!!!
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    What are grits? I hear them mentioned a lot but have no idea what they are.

    Think Cream of Wheat, but...."grittier" :laugh:

    just a little taste of heaven! love grits.

    P.S. texas has some great mexican food. not tex-mex! Real Mexican food!
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    Texas is just undeniably the greatest state in the nation, in every way. Ask any Texan, they'll tell you.

    Amen!
  • catshark209
    catshark209 Posts: 1,133 Member
    California. We have the best of everything, except for Southern food....
    Damn that's why I miss living in South Carolina damnit! Planning on a vacation to the South sometime in the near future...my son's father's family has people in Georgia.
  • Banrion
    Banrion Posts: 157 Member
    Italian food- Mid, Chicago.

    BBQ- South, Memphis!! Gotta love a place that does a mean BBQ spaghetti!

    Mexican- South, Texas and New Mexico.

    Asian- West Coast.

    Greek- Mid, Chicago.
  • nkswans
    nkswans Posts: 469 Member
    Midwest is the best for pizza and hotdogs (particularly Chicago) :wink:
  • MFPAddict
    MFPAddict Posts: 2,069 Member
    Soooooooooo goooood!!!!!! Love , Love their sandwiches!!!!!!!

    Me too. I need to pick a day soon and treat myself for lunch
  • Iamfit4life
    Iamfit4life Posts: 3,095 Member
    Texas is just undeniably the greatest state in the nation, in every way. Ask any Texan, they'll tell you.

    Amen!

    The absolute #1 reason I COULDN'T wait to get out of Texas! It's just a state. Like every other state. No better by any stretch of the imagination.
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    Texas is just undeniably the greatest state in the nation, in every way. Ask any Texan, they'll tell you.

    Amen!

    The absolute #1 reason I COULDN'T wait to get out of Texas! It's just a state. Like every other state. No better by any stretch of the imagination.

    aww bless your heart
  • hikeout470
    hikeout470 Posts: 628 Member
    my experiences, Cape Cod for the Italian food (Sagamore Inn Hello!) and Chinese, Boston for the clam chowda, California for the sushi, Memphis for the BBQ, Main for the Lobsta, and that 5hty illegal place down the street Texas for Mexican food... Chicago has great hot dawgs, but I am jonesing to try the fried hot dogs in Jersey i have heard of... Oh yeah, Southern Louisiana taught me to love grits, and after reading all of this I never realized how much I love food. That is all I can think of.
  • hikeout470
    hikeout470 Posts: 628 Member
    Texas is just undeniably the greatest state in the nation, in every way. Ask any Texan, they'll tell you.

    Amen!

    The absolute #1 reason I COULDN'T wait to get out of Texas! It's just a state. Like every other state. No better by any stretch of the imagination.

    aww bless your heart

    RLMAO
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