Where are you from and what is your favorite hometown food?

linz1125

I'm from Indiana....most people think of corn (which I LOVE, but limit myself) but I always thought of pork tenderloins. They are everywhere here. I personally think mine are the best, but they are so disgusting I doubt imwill ever make another - breaded and fried in pig lard. Yuk yuk yuk. But the outcome is amazingly delicious!

casperuk

Liverpool originally.

And Scouse.

bluefox9er

It's ironic..I live in Leicester, a city smack in the middle of England and our signature food is Indian, especially curry. I havn't been to a single city in the UK that exceeds the curry served in Leicester ( and that includes bradford and manchester). Also, some of our fish and chip shops have won national competitions. If you eat decent chip shop chips, I promise you , you will never ever eat another french fry again.

prjoy98

I'm originally from Puerto Rico and I would say my favorite food from the island is a nice mofongo (mashed plantain ball and fried) with carne frita (pork chunks)
However, I have lived in Maryland for 16yrs so I have to say Old Bay steamed crabs win over the PRican food!!

Abays10

Im from kansas city, dont live there now I do miss the BBQ but the thing I miss the most is the Italian food mmm pasta is my weakness

Roos2104

I'm from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. My favourite dutch food would be cheese!! Edam, Gouda, Leerdammer, Maasdammer, Old Amsterdam..young cheese, old cheese, herb cheese, smoked cheese, goat's cheese etc etc..yes I'm a real dutch girl in that sense, can always appreciate a good cheese sandwich.
I also love our tradition of putting chocolate sprinkles on bread. It is a legitimate normal breakfast here, to have a sandwich with chocolate sprinkles.
In winter I really love asparagus with ham, eggs, potatoes, and butter sauce.

bluefox9er

I'm from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. My favourite dutch food would be cheese!! Edam, Gouda, Leerdammer, Maasdammer, Old Amsterdam..young cheese, old cheese, herb cheese, smoked cheese, goat's cheese etc etc..yes I'm a real dutch girl in that sense, can always appreciate a good cheese sandwich.
I also love our tradition of putting chocolate sprinkles on bread. It is a legitimate normal breakfast here, to have a sandwich with chocolate sprinkles.
In winter I really love asparagus with ham, eggs, potatoes, and butter sauce.

^^^ ALL OF THIS ^^ !!!!

BehindtheScenes

I'm from the Cincinnati, OH area and there's nothing like Graeter's mocha chocolate chip ice cream...especially after a Skyline 4-way haven't had either in months and probably won't for the foreseeable future.

ickybella

Chillicothe, Ohio and the freaking best doughnuts in the world come from New System Bakery. I live on a different continent now and have been unable to find a doughnut half as tasty.

africaa

I'm from Bronx, NY and I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee their Chinese food. Best I've ever had

mnowens

Kansas City. And BBQ, naturally.

THIS

KyliAnnHobson

I'm from Lafayette, Indiana and my favorite hometown food is a breaded pork tenderloin and fresh sweet corn! YUMMMMM!

tinydancer4

I'm from the East of England and for me it has to be fish and chips!

choppie70

I am from central Maine and it has to be the Whoopie Pies! I work right near the bakery that makes the Wicked Whoopie Pie that was featured on Oprah.

Of course we are also known for our lobster, but I am allergic :grumble:

teach54

WNY (the whole area around Buffalo NY) and the top two are beef on weck (pronounced "wick") and, of course, chicken wings. Nobody around here calls them Buffalo wings, they're just wings.

CeCe_oceansoul_420

I'm from Tacoma, WA. I don't know if we have a "hometown" food per se, but seafood is very popular and plentiful here. I love crab, lobster, shrimp, and salmon, and all of them are pretty easy to get here. Oh and clam chowder!

We have a lot of international cuisine though. When we decide to dine out, we have our choice of authentic Mexican, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Greek, American/traditional, Pacific Northwest specialty, Southern, German, French, Italian, general Mediterranean, and Korean cuisine all within a five mile radius. I love living here!

lancemahfouz

Central Louisiana and its got to be those mudbugs! Crawfish are the **** and I think yall try them. You come to Louisiana each year to eat them!

ValerieMartini2Olives

I am from Northwest Indiana and there is this little restaurant called China King. They have THE ABSOLUTE best Mei Fun EVER! I have not found ANYTHING taste nearly as good as theirs. It is truly amazing. I always get the house special, a little spicy - so it has chicken, shrimp, pork and red chiles in it. They had a sister store the next town over and their Mei Fun was TERRIBLE. I don't know what China King does, but I ordered it every other Friday for 2 years straight. I moved about 20 miles away so now I don't get to eat it anymore. I did splurge a couple weeks ago and picked some up and brought it home. Even after a 20 mile drive, it was STILL amazing.

doloreskent

I am from Chihuahua Mexico and my favorite growing up food is paella (my mother is spanish) and fire roasted goat meat in a tortilla with lime juice and a beer!
But now I have been 90% vegan for the last 3 years!!! Bummer! I say 90% since once in a while if I go to Mexico or travel I find it hard to be vegan 100%.

rachelrb85

Boston and I love our New England Clam Chowder!

CalJur

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Of course, beer and brats, albeit quite unhealthy but damn good especially when attending a Brewers baseball game.

1n2m3g

I'm from Rhode Island and we have Hot Wieners. They're slightly different from the "coney island" type. it's a certain type of wiener in a new england style bun with meat sauce, mustard, onions, and celery salt on it. They are terrible for you and there's no good way to modify them to be healthy, so I just have it as a once in a while treat. I used to be able to eat 2-3 without a flinch, now I limit myself to one. lol

I am also from RI and I love these! Also any food from Federal Hill, especially canolli's. Yum.

brightnewday

From Seattle and luckily there is a lot of fresh seafood that I have no guilt eating. But I do miss the occasional ****'s Drive-in burger and Cupcake Royale, and Piroshki Piroshki at Pike Place. Now living in Portland, it's hard to say no to the beer and donuts! (Voo Doo Mango Tango is my favorite!!)

Marigenous

I'm originally from a small city in Ontario, Canada and we have a couple of chocolateries there that make the mint chocolates called "mint smoothies" or simply "minties". The inside of the chocolate is very smooth (almost buttery) and slightly softer than a regular chocolate. So good.
There's also a chip (french fries) truck that parks near city hall and they serve the chips smothered in salt and malt vinegar.
Both foods are so bad for me, but they're so delicious and remind me of special treats growing up. When I was little, Mum and I would sometimes buy a big cup of the chips and walk down to the park to watch the ducks. Then at Christmas and Easter, my sister and I would get good quality chocolates from the chocolateries (we switched our allegiance after one of the chocolatiers retired and his successor started mucking around with the classic recipes...).
mmmmmmmmm

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

I'm from Manila, Philippines & I grew up eating mostly Hispanic & some Filipino dishes since I come from a mixed family background. My faves are Paella, Callos a la Madrilena that my grandmother prepares (she is Spanish), Lomo Saltado (Peruvian dish) that my mom does, Burritos, Fajitas, Kare-Kare (ox tripe stewed in peanut butter sauce), Beef/Chicken Curry. I love spicy foods but too bad the majority of local foods here lacks spice so chili peppers are a must for me (I put 5-10 pcs in most of the foods that I eat).

But my ultimate food addictions are Japanese foods, Mediterranean foods, salmon, tuna & other seafoods.

beach_please

From Pennsylvania. My favorite food from this area is pot pie. (Not the pie with the pastry top but the stew type which is considered a Pa Dutch dish)

saraann4

I'm from Long island, NY, and it has to be pizza.

don't forget the bagels!


I'm from Indiana and probably one of the best things you can eat here is the corn. We always have the best corn. We also have some great BBQ

pattie317

I am from a small town (Wilkes-Barre) in Pennsylvania, however no longer live there have lived in the Atlanta area for over twenty years now. But... the best foods from home have to be the homemade perogies, kielbassa, potato pancakes, and of course pizza. I am not Polish but love Polish foods! All which are very bad for your health!

Zee48

There is nothing like good, old home style Tex-Mex to get a Texas gal going. Well unless it is fried catfish, chicken or hotdogs. So I limit myself to once a month and decide which I want the most. Gotta say the Tex-Mex usually wins out, hands-down because I love the salsa and jalapenos.

From 1994 - 1999 I drove an 18-wheeler cross country and believe me there is NO place in the US that has Mexican Food like Texas. Of course every real Mexican Food Restaurant (I don't count Taco Bell, Taco Bueno & those places real Mexican food) you go into has a different flavor and that makes for a good mix. YUM I am getting hungry now.

DaughterOfTheMostHighKing

Hawaii ~ spicy ahi poke with hot white rice!!!