Where's everyone from? (And food too!)

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  • caitles14
    caitles14 Posts: 89
    I'm from Buffalo, NY, so we are notorious for chicken wings! With bleu cheese, NOT ranch. Blech. Although I'm a vegetarian so I don't even eat them anymore, but I still put Franks Hot Sauce on everything to get that "buffalo chicken" flavor ;)
  • VanessaHeartsMasr
    VanessaHeartsMasr Posts: 727
    I'm from Minnesota - the land of hotdish. Mmmm...tator tot hotdish. Delish.

    And beer. Mmmm...beer!
    I just made Tater tot hot dish the other night. Lol.
  • iwork4pepsi
    iwork4pepsi Posts: 44
    I am from Northern Indiana, about 45 minutes from Chicago, Illinois, USA. My biggest downfall was consuming 1,000 or more calories from my energy drinks and soda. I quit both of them and will never go back! Water is my new "drinking buddy"!
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    Oh, boy! Where do I start? I was born and raised primarily in Michigan, USA, although I spent a few years of my early childhood in South Carolina, USA. I moved back to South Carolina as an adult, and I have been here for about fifteen years now.

    Food weaknesses? Well, if it's bad for you, it's probably a weakness. Not really a big fan of fast food, though I did eat it alot just for the sake of convenience (I'm single and don't like cooking for just me...it's depressing). My favorites, though, are pasta dishes, breads, Chinese food (Americanized version), any American homestyle cooking (fried chicken, mashed potatoes, meatloaf, fried fish, etc...), TexMex, homebaked goods....like I said, if it's bad for you, I love it.
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    I'm from Buffalo, NY, so we are notorious for chicken wings! With bleu cheese, NOT ranch. Blech. Although I'm a vegetarian so I don't even eat them anymore, but I still put Franks Hot Sauce on everything to get that "buffalo chicken" flavor ;)

    I make a Buffalo Chicken Soup that is FAAAAANTASTIC! Planning to make some for my Carolina Panthers' season opener. Yeah, I'm bad. :devil:
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    I'm hispanic. We are all about our beans and chorizo! 2 things I try and stay away from now.

    I use chorizo in my chili instead of plain ground beef....yum!
  • ritalef
    ritalef Posts: 93 Member
    Unfortunately, we Dutch are also good at this: Dutch cheese and Bitterballen!!

    Yummmm....
    ugggh I grew up in a primarily Dutch town in Ontario. Oliebollen was always my biggest weakness. To top it off, my boyfriend is Dutch and thus it makes a nice little appearance at his parents cottage.

    Oww, oliebollen!! Yummm!!

    Born in Canada, but parents immigrated from Holland, so of course brought up with spiced gouda, krokets, oliebollen and my all time favourite, gebakjes!! Mm--mmm so bad, but so good! Oh, and don't forget the dubble zout dropjes. Double salted licorice, my non dutch friends just don't understand! And there is a Dutch deli in our small town, so the fixes are close by.
  • Mrs_sexobeat
    Mrs_sexobeat Posts: 103 Member
    i'm from russia.
    the food that we have is delicious and fat.
    of course food that's delicious is basically bad for you.
  • HurricaneElaine
    HurricaneElaine Posts: 984 Member
    Born in France, raised in Massachusetts.

    I could LIVE on lobster, mussels and corn on the cob.

    For the French side - foie gras or escargot - that's a rare treat.
  • ritalef
    ritalef Posts: 93 Member
    oh, and forgot to mention boerenkool met worst. Kale has been a dutch staple forever and now is the vegetable go to for vitamins. Mind you ours was mixed with mashed potatoes, butter and the best sausage ever!
  • Lasityttö
    Lasityttö Posts: 79 Member
    I'm from Finland. The weirdest Finish food I love is mämmi. It's traditional easter dessert and literally looks like *kitten*. It's made of rye and tastes sweet, great with sugar and cream. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mämmi for more info and pics. I also love a thing my grandma makes, she calls it "fat bits". It's rye bread cooked in lots of butter and some cream.
  • marthathebear
    marthathebear Posts: 498
    Covington, Georgia, USA

    Southern fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob with butter, fried okra,biscuits and jelly, peach cobler,sweet tea

    or

    chopped smoked barbecue pork and brunswick stew

    haven't had either in a while
  • stephc0711
    stephc0711 Posts: 1,022 Member
    I'm a Kansas City girl, and BBQ is my downfall. I could live off it, and never eat anything else. But I want the beans, slaw and taters to go with the (4 or 5 slabs) meat!! YUM.
    And now I'm hungry... :(
  • AGGUK73
    AGGUK73 Posts: 91 Member
    UK....................Beer :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
  • Menecairiel
    Menecairiel Posts: 164 Member
    UK....................Beer :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

    ROTFL! Let's trust the Brits to think liquid on this one ;) Mmm...beer....very naughty but very good, especially during summer!

    Oh. Wait. Summer just ended.
  • Menecairiel
    Menecairiel Posts: 164 Member
    oh, and forgot to mention boerenkool met worst. Kale has been a dutch staple forever and now is the vegetable go to for vitamins. Mind you ours was mixed with mashed potatoes, butter and the best sausage ever!

    Or...or....zuurkool met rookworst! That's sour kraut (and my Mum goes it with mixing mashed potato into it), served with smoked sausage and...yep, bacon and bacon fat.....and now I suddenly realise HOW I gained weight when I was visiting my parents!!!
  • AGGUK73
    AGGUK73 Posts: 91 Member
    UK....................Beer :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

    ROTFL! Let's trust the Brits to think liquid on this one ;) Mmm...beer....very naughty but very good, especially during summer!

    Oh. Wait. Summer just ended.

    We've had no summer :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
  • Menecairiel
    Menecairiel Posts: 164 Member
    UK....................Beer :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

    ROTFL! Let's trust the Brits to think liquid on this one ;) Mmm...beer....very naughty but very good, especially during summer!

    Oh. Wait. Summer just ended.

    We've had no summer :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

    There were like two days with sun! Counts? No...urgh....

    Maybe next year we will be luckier!
  • Muff123
    Muff123 Posts: 13
    I am french canadian and live in the province of Ontario. The french are sure proud of their poutines and crepes. However, I stay away from those.
  • zealousmissjj_wechange
    zealousmissjj_wechange Posts: 445
    oh, and forgot to mention boerenkool met worst. Kale has been a dutch staple forever and now is the vegetable go to for vitamins. Mind you ours was mixed with mashed potatoes, butter and the best sausage ever!

    Or...or....zuurkool met rookworst! That's sour kraut (and my Mum goes it with mixing mashed potato into it), served with smoked sausage and...yep, bacon and bacon fat.....and now I suddenly realise HOW I gained weight when I was visiting my parents!!!

    Hihi, we Dutch are a bad influence on your eating habits ;). Ever tried worst from the HEMA in your zuurkool? Yummm...

    zuurkool.jpg
  • bwdcjk
    bwdcjk Posts: 96 Member
    Iowa (USA) here. Our native foods are corn and anything that was fed corn. My downfalls though are cookies and french fries.
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    I live on the SE coast of NC. We're famous here for our BBQ........however, I'm not orginally from here and prefer the tomato based bbq sauce over the vinegar base that they do here. It's good, but I don't go crazy over it like everyone else does.
  • Strobins05
    Strobins05 Posts: 716
    I like in Maryland, USA. There isn't much as far as weird foods. Summer here is all about blue crabs, tomatoes, corn on the cob, and beer.
    We have scrapple though which is pretty heart clogging as far as breakfast meats go. And we eat soft crab sandwiches.. mmm.
    051104016-01-soft-shell-crab-sandwich.jpg

    This right here looks incredibly good to me, LOL.
  • Menecairiel
    Menecairiel Posts: 164 Member
    oh, and forgot to mention boerenkool met worst. Kale has been a dutch staple forever and now is the vegetable go to for vitamins. Mind you ours was mixed with mashed potatoes, butter and the best sausage ever!

    Or...or....zuurkool met rookworst! That's sour kraut (and my Mum goes it with mixing mashed potato into it), served with smoked sausage and...yep, bacon and bacon fat.....and now I suddenly realise HOW I gained weight when I was visiting my parents!!!

    Hihi, we Dutch are a bad influence on your eating habits ;). Ever tried worst from the HEMA in your zuurkool? Yummm...

    zuurkool.jpg

    Err...is there any OTHER worst than Hema??? ;) My treat as a kid was going to one of those stands that belonged to Hema and having a thin rookworst in one of those hollowed out baguettes with that mustardy mayo.....mmm...................

    I swear it is my Rotterdam roots that want me to have some extra junk in the trunk....
  • bahlquist
    bahlquist Posts: 93
    From Maine love lobster and clams with lot
    and lots of butter
  • Mozz13
    Mozz13 Posts: 1
    Hola!
    My name is Ivette and I'm Peruvian :)
    Im also new to this site.I hope this can help me to reduce some weight and get better done habits as I have to recognize in not that sporty,I travel a lot and I'm very sociable which means lots of brunch.dinner,etc

    Ok so as I said I'm Peruvian and most of you should know that Peruvian food is very tasty but has a lot of calories.my favorite dish ever is "cevIche" which is fish marinated in lemon and chili mmmm just by describing it I want to have some.,sigh,
    Lucky for me fish is not bad for losing weight .,too bad for me I live in Bogotá where there's no sea

    In anycase.,glad to meet you all!I could surely use some friends who can help me with some pep talk and tips as well.
    Feel free to add me :)
  • Menecairiel
    Menecairiel Posts: 164 Member
    Hola!
    My name is Ivette and I'm Peruvian :)
    Im also new to this site.I hope this can help me to reduce some weight and get better done habits as I have to recognize in not that sporty,I travel a lot and I'm very sociable which means lots of brunch.dinner,etc

    Ok so as I said I'm Peruvian and most of you should know that Peruvian food is very tasty but has a lot of calories.my favorite dish ever is "cevIche" which is fish marinated in lemon and chili mmmm just by describing it I want to have some.,sigh,
    Lucky for me fish is not bad for losing weight .,too bad for me I live in Bogotá where there's no sea

    In anycase.,glad to meet you all!I could surely use some friends who can help me with some pep talk and tips as well.
    Feel free to add me :)

    I adore ceviche! And it is very good for losing weight...but of course you need fresh fish to make it work and I suppose you can't get that :( Welcome to the foum, we are all thrilled to have you here and this is a very supportive bunch!

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