People that have moved - What food do you miss?

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  • CountryDevil
    CountryDevil Posts: 819 Member
    I have lived in several places. I live in the midwest now. But when I lived on the East Coast my diet was mostly fresh seafood. You just can't get decent crab or shrimp in the mid-west. I does not exist.
  • summer8it
    summer8it Posts: 433 Member
    I moved from Washington, DC to Florida, and I dearly miss all the wonderful Ethiopian restaurants in DC! (Someone is going to make an ignorant comment about that. So in advance, I am very sorry for you, soon-to-be snarky commenter, that you do not know the deliciousness of Ethiopian cuisine.)

    I also miss my favorite Burmese restaurant, and good Chinese food. If there isn't a special Chinese-language menu posted on the wall, I'm just not going to bother.
  • laurasimmons
    laurasimmons Posts: 575 Member
    Oh I forgot, I also miss seafood. They only sell imitation crab meat when you don't live near the coast. :(
  • trb85
    trb85 Posts: 81 Member
    I moved from Alabama to Ohio about 3 years ago.

    I miss:
    Popeye's. Shrimp and grits (grits in general, really). BBQ. Krystal's. Blue Bell Ice Cream. Milo's Sweet Tea. My grandma's mashed potatoes. My step-dad's cabbage. Chic-Fil-A waffle fries (+ mayo, cuz I'm a fatty and it's delicious).
  • sailorsiren13
    sailorsiren13 Posts: 460
    We have lived in a lot of places so the list is long. Key West the Cuban food, Caribbean food etc. the festivals there were amazing with all the different food vendors from all over the Caribbean. Next was Corpus Christi and the Tex-Mex and BBQ amazing! Guam was all of the Pacific Rim, Vietnamese, Thai, Filipino, Chamorro. ugh i gained 30lbs there. Palau had the best Indian food i have ever had in my life. I associate with almost everywhere i have lived through food. That is the best way to get to know a culture!
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I moved from the south to New England and there isn't any proper barbecue here. It's sad. Not really something I can make myself or bring back with me, so I just have it when I go for a visit.
    There is a horrible thing to miss out on! NO BBQ better than the south!
    We had the best little barbecue place right in my hometown. Sigh.

    I also miss being able to go out and get a good breakfast of grits, biscuits, and gravy. At least I can make that myself if I want to go to the trouble.
  • tungsten93
    tungsten93 Posts: 76 Member
    From NJ - pizza

    From Maryland - crabcakes
  • direwolfprincess
    direwolfprincess Posts: 261 Member
    I moved from Miami, Fl to outwest. No Cuban, Puerto Rican, Colombian or Spanish food and oh how terrible.
    I also live in a tiny town so there is no Greek or Indian food to speak of. I am miserable!

    Sadly I have planned my trip back home by the restaurants and food I will eat. :laugh:
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Oh - and Krispy Kreme donuts. I have to drive a couple of hours to Connecticut to get to the closest one!
  • MrsPong
    MrsPong Posts: 580 Member
    When I moved from Ohio to NC, I missed Chipotle because the nearest one was 3 hours away!!
    Ohio to NC I missed the fresh seafood
    When I was in Japan from NC/Ohio I didnt miss much, Chipotle maybe, but the food was amazing.
    Japan to Ohio I missed the amazing seafood
    Ohio to Chicago (currently) I miss the fresh and pure maple candy and butter and things like that they made back home!

    (Dont judge my moving... lol... husband is active duty military!)
  • GeneveSparkles
    GeneveSparkles Posts: 283 Member
    I moved from Washington, DC to Florida, and I dearly miss all the wonderful Ethiopian restaurants in DC! (Someone is going to make an ignorant comment about that. So in advance, I am very sorry for you, soon-to-be snarky commenter, that you do not know the deliciousness of Ethiopian cuisine.)

    I also miss my favorite Burmese restaurant, and good Chinese food. If there isn't a special Chinese-language menu posted on the wall, I'm just not going to bother.

    I have eaten Ethiopian before and although I wasn't a fan of the bread (texture thing, same reason I don't like flan) but they had the BEST coffee ever!
  • purpleychick
    purpleychick Posts: 39 Member
    Moved from California to Missouri.

    I would kill to have an In-N-Out Burger. We have 5 Guys, but it's not the same. *sigh*
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Moved from NJ. I miss ubiquitous legit NY pizza.

    I also sort of miss taylor ham egg & cheese sandwiches.

    And bagels
  • patriciaannbibo
    patriciaannbibo Posts: 130 Member
    Moved from Maryland to Utah. Miss Crab cakes and blue crab.
  • classic_1
    classic_1 Posts: 147
    I moved from Chicago to Maryland...I miss Scatchells Italian beef sandwich...my oh my...My mouth is watering while typing this. I miss them...and Home Run Inn pizza...smh...I miss Chicago

    oh yea...and all the Indian restaurants :D
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
    Moved from Long Island to Vermont, then upstate NY.

    I miss kaiser rolls, pizza and bagels.

    "Hello everyone, my name is 76 T., and I am powerless over delicious carbs"
  • terra32903
    terra32903 Posts: 185 Member
    I moved from upstate NY to Florida about 10 years ago. There are so many foods that I miss but the two that I consistently bring back after a visit are salt potatoes and Gramma Brown Baked Beans. And cases of wine haha
  • eig6
    eig6 Posts: 249 Member
    As a kid I lived in a seaside town in Mexico and I really miss the Mexican seafood. Ceviche, cocktel, tostadas topped with pickled shrimp, raw clams served in their own shell, fried flounder, fish tacos...the list goes on. I know how to make most of these actually, but seafood is just too expensive inland and doesn't taste the same anyway. Sigh.
  • stylistchik
    stylistchik Posts: 1,436 Member
    I moved from Minnesota to Florida and I dearly miss caribou coffee and noodles & company.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    moved from central PA to NC and I miss Turkey Hill Peanut Butter Ripple Ice Cream, Turkey Hill Diet Green Tea, and Middlesworth BBQ Chips (and my favorite little Mexican restaurant that hubs refuses to go to when we go home because it sends him to the bathroom for 2 days . . . wimp).
  • NNAhuja
    NNAhuja Posts: 669 Member
    Chicago to Phoenx... Portillo's Hot Dogs, White Castle, Gino's East, just to name a few....


    Oh, also Panera... I miss it, and Paradise Bakery although owned by the same company is nowhere near the same.
    Chicago does have the best food!
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    I am from the U.S. Midwest, and I am living in the South now. I don't miss much from Ohio except maybe Tony Packo's, but if I move out of the South in a few years (a distinct possibility,) I will be forever sad to not have Duke's mayonnaise. That stuff is amazing.

    Tony Paco's is amazing. I've been there and it is about a 3 hour drive for us!
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    I have lived in several places. I live in the midwest now. But when I lived on the East Coast my diet was mostly fresh seafood. You just can't get decent crab or shrimp in the mid-west. I does not exist.

    Agreed. The only time I will eat it is when I am vacationing near an ocean. I wouldn't dare eat seafood here in Indiana.
  • HausfrauB
    HausfrauB Posts: 104 Member
    US >>> Germany

    What I Miss from the US:

    - Frank's Red Hot
    - Ranch
    - Mexican Food
    - Corn Tortillas (Impossible to find here except in a kit for enchiladas)

    What I'll Miss From Germany When I Leave:

    - Bratwurst of all imaginable types
    - Food without 20,000 preservatives
    - Glühwein in the Weinachtsmarkts
    - Kölsch Beer
  • weeblex
    weeblex Posts: 412 Member
    We moved from PA to NC and I reaaaally miss Sheetz! Sheetz is just a glorified gas station but they have really good food, mmm.

    hehehehehe

    I live in PA, I'd give up Sheetz if they'd put a WaWa in here
  • Temporalia
    Temporalia Posts: 1,151 Member
    I lived in Algeria when I was younger, I miss fresh dates, fresh oranges, fresh clementine, basically anything I could pick on a tree around there when it was ready to eat. The taste of it in Canada, when imported is so so different, it's less tasty..even orange juice is not as good. I also miss the lamb from there, it tasted better too.
  • weeblex
    weeblex Posts: 412 Member
    When you move a state, a country or a continent away the food changes, not just the healthy stuff.

    Some of it you can learn to make, some of it you find the equivalent and some you just can't figure out. Maybe someone here can help figure out how to make it.

    I'm from the UK and missed Scotch Eggs, store bought Pork Pies, English Bread (yes it tastes different), English Heinz baked beans and Bacon.

    Scotch eggs and Bread I can now make,

    The pork pies are a mystery to me, how do you make that dark pastry!!!!

    English Bacon I have to get when I get off the plane at Heathrow.

    What can you not get where you are?

    (I brought back Baked Beans last time I visited, the customs guy X-Ray'd my bag and said "Ah, Crisps and Baked Beans". I asked how he could tell from an X-Ray what was in the cans, he said after Crisps, Baked Beans are one of the most popular things Brits bring back to the US lol)

    I live in the UK and hate all the foods you miss!! Lol

    I'd gladly organise a constant supply if you can organise one to me for dim sims from Australia!! Ooooooo I miss them and in exactly 2 weeks I'll be on my way back to Aust for a holiday and will be indulging rather often in them! I miss Australia's top deck chocolate too. :(

    I'd take you up on it but you can't import meat, I know, I've tried :(
  • shanolap
    shanolap Posts: 1,204 Member
    My son misses free pre-cooked food when he moved out on his own. :tongue:
  • NJGmywholewrld
    NJGmywholewrld Posts: 123 Member
    I moved from Maryland to Southern Virginia....Oh, how I miss steamed crabs and crabcakes, sorry, have yet to find decent seafood in Virginia. I miss the custard filled eclairs, Rita's Italian Ice and Pizza John's.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I grew up in New York state (not City!) where there were some fantastic Greek diners and you could find mouth-watering Italian on pretty much every corner.

    I can make excellent Italian, but I miss being able to eat it in a restaurant where someone else does the cooking. I haven't found a good Italian place in Tallahassee yet. Not even a passable one. We have some so-so Greek, but no truly good Greek.
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