Hometown Delights

Fitnessgirl0913
Fitnessgirl0913 Posts: 481 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello everyone!
I thought it would be fun to start a thread of weird dishes from your hometown (wherever that may be) that seem odd to an outsider but locals love them!

I am from Rochester NY and here we have "Garbage Plates". Garbage plates were invented by Nick Tahou at his burger place but are now sold pretty much everywhere in Rochester you can buy a hamburger or hotdog.

A garbage plate traditionally has a base of Macaroni Salad and home fries, although you can customize them to pretty much anything including baked beans, tater tots, etc. Then you either get 2 hamburgers, cheeseburgers, or hotdogs on top. To top it all off there is a spicy meat sauce and onions plus your choice of ketchup, mustard, and/or relish.

Everyone thinks they sound gross until you try one and they are amazing! There is also great debate in Rochester over who makes the best Garbage plate and it can be quite the hot button topic. Everyone has a favorite place to get one and will defend it until the end. My personal favorite place is called Jimmy Z's in the Village of Brockport, where I went to college.

Here is a picture of one for your drooling pleasure:
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Tell us your hometown dish!
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  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    In NC, there are 3 - seafood, BBQ and BBQ. Seafood down at the coast is fried soft shell crab, hush puppies and shrimp. BBQ in the eastern part of NC is shredded pork with vinegar. BBQ in the western part of the state is pork ribs or sliced brisket in a sweet tomato based sauce.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    https://www.visitdallas.com/things-to-do/dallas-now/2017/07/the-history-of-the-frozen-margarita-begins-in-dallas.html
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    edited July 2018
    I'm in Richmond, VA and we have good Hanover tomatoes, salty ham (the saltier the better) and yummy shrimp and grits. Richmond has an amazing restaurant scene.'

    edited: How could I forget our amazing oysters from the "rivah" and my favorite, Brunswick stew, preferably cooked all day outside over a fire and stirred by someone's grandpa with his big paddle.
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    edited July 2018
    CarvedTones wrote: »
    In NC, there are 3 - seafood, BBQ and BBQ. Seafood down at the coast is fried soft shell crab, hush puppies and shrimp. BBQ in the eastern part of NC is shredded pork with vinegar. BBQ in the western part of the state is pork ribs or sliced brisket in a sweet tomato based sauce.

    Vinegar-based BBQ (with slaw natch) and hush puppies = my favorite meal EVER!

    When I lived in Chicago I went to a "seafood" restaurant and I was all like, "Do y'all have hush puppies?' and the waitress had no idea what I was talking about. I was all clutching my pearls. I guess it serves me right for going to a seafood place in Illinois.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »
    Sounds amazing!

    I am in Maryland, so mostly people just lose their mind over blue crabs around here.

    sacriligious - but i'm in MD and i'm not a crab fan :o
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    edited July 2018
    I thought it would be fun to start a thread of weird dishes from your hometown (wherever that may be) that seem odd to an outsider but locals love them!
    I grew up in Iowa and have lived in Nebraska and Kansas. I really can't think of an odd local dish from the region.
    Corn? Large hunks of beef or pork? Runza or Maid Rite Sandwiches? Cherry Mash candy?

    We have hush puppies.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    midlomel1971 wrote: »
    CarvedTones wrote: »
    In NC, there are 3 - seafood, BBQ and BBQ. Seafood down at the coast is fried soft shell crab, hush puppies and shrimp. BBQ in the eastern part of NC is shredded pork with vinegar. BBQ in the western part of the state is pork ribs or sliced brisket in a sweet tomato based sauce.

    Vinegar-based BBQ (with slaw natch) and hush puppies = my favorite meal EVER! .

    One of my top favorite meals too! I grew up in NC and now live in Richmond, VA and love being able to get it often.
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    mountainmare wrote: »
    Scrapple and Shoo fly pie

    I once broke up with a guy over Scrapple. Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration but I did walk out of a restaurant on him after he ordered it. Eventually we broke up over other stuff, but I never got over the Scrapple.
  • sofchak
    sofchak Posts: 862 Member
    New Jersey has pork roll (S. Jersey) or Taylor Ham (N. Jersey) depending on where you live in the state. Same food, different name... either way, delicious! Usually served on a kaiser roll or hard roll with egg and cheese
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  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    ruqayyahsmum wrote: »
    I'm from Grimsby UK
    It's all about the fish and chips with scraps (little bits of fried batter)

    @ruqayyahsmum as a Yorkshirewoman, I approve of this post.

    I now live in Boston MA, so it's all about the clam chowdah and Sam Adams' Boston Lager.
  • New_Heavens_Earth
    New_Heavens_Earth Posts: 610 Member
    nowine4me wrote: »
    Shrimp & Grits here in Charleston.oltql55h6ra6.jpeg

    Now you have me homesick.

    Hard to identify any one thing in NYC. NY slice? Nathan's hot dogs? Chicken shawarma?
  • GoodLardy
    GoodLardy Posts: 163 Member
    mom23mangos wrote: »
    We aren't known as the fattest city in America without a reason. Houstonians take their food seriously but we don't have one particular known for food. It's just a giant melting pot of all cultures.

    But I would say a particularly Texas thing I've found is Kolaches. Most parts of the country do not routinely sell these in their donut shops, nor dedicate chains especially for them. They come from our Czech settlers and are basically large pigs in a blanket, but there can be many variations. My favorite are the Boudin kolaches thanks to our easterly neighbors. But Sausage and cheese is the staple.

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    We have kolaches here, also Czech, made in our bakeries and recipe handed down by my grandmother. But they look nothing like yours! Ours are more of an open faced, baked pastry with a fruit, mince meat, poppyseed, or other filling on top. Yours look amazing!
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  • missh1967
    missh1967 Posts: 661 Member
    Cbean08 wrote: »
    Not for the lactose intolerant.

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    Chicago? *drool* IL - my home state.

    But I'm in Kansas now and everyone flips over steak and BBQ, neither of which I care for much.
  • Dee_D33
    Dee_D33 Posts: 106 Member
    I grew up in VA but live in NC now. Although more of a snack than a meal I love cornbread in milk with either some maple syrup or salt & pepper depending on what I’m craving. Shrimp and grits is a staple lazy dinner in my house too. Now I’m craving both!
  • Steff46
    Steff46 Posts: 516 Member
    Growing up in East Tennessee we ate a lot of soup beans and cornbread. Too bad I don't have a picture. But everything goes with soup beans.......tomatoes, kraut and wieners, slaw. Some like mayo in theirs but not me:)
  • mamasara2
    mamasara2 Posts: 194 Member
    edited July 2018
    @mom23mangos TX Hill Country girl here, but utterly fascinated with the eats in Houston. You can get just about anything there! It's heaven! But with a million percent humidity 😂

    I miss Kolaches. Especially when they are made with opa's sausage with cheese and jalapeños- drool!!!!
    I have some food intolerance issues and can't do wheat (causes massive gut pain and rashes all over) and I have yet to find a decent gluten free option. It's a bummer.

    My husband's family are from North Carolina - outer banks? He tells me to shut my mouth if I say anything against the NC version of bbq. 😂😂 his cousins thought he was crazy when he was a kid and asked if they had any brisket at one of the bbq joints over there. And they called tortillas "wrap ups." That still gives me the giggles 😂

  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    sytchequeen wrote: »
    Welcome to Lancashire....

    steak pudding chips and gravy, with mushy peas

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    Chips and gravy! Food of the gods. Chips and curry sauce is also pretty heavenly.

    (I'm Yorkshire-born, with Lancastrican parents).

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