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Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Krusher on August 20, 2002, 10:45:33 AM
Today is Fajita Tuesday at my local Tex-Mex lunch spot.
Anyhow I was wondering whats your favorite local food?


Krush
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: midnight Target on August 20, 2002, 10:47:57 AM
I can live on Mexican food alone. (with an occasional BBQ)mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Ripsnort on August 20, 2002, 10:57:17 AM
Anthony's Home Port. Crab legs. They're cheap here.  Alittle St.Michele Chardonay (None of that lousy Cali wine here, only the Best Washington state wine) ;)  Top off the night with a stop at Krispy Kreme donut shop. :) Total for two for the aforementioned (with Starbucks after the wine): $70

For less expensive meals, there is a family owned Mexican restaurant just down from our house, great Sonora-style Mexican food. Total for 4 with 2 beers $40
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: loser on August 20, 2002, 11:08:02 AM
Buffalo Burgers!

I almost watermelon my pants when i was at the Con and went to the Big Buck's Brewery.  I was dang near 2000 miles form home....and i could still eat a buffalo burger! Hadnt seen any other place that had them on the trip down.  

It tasted a bit different because i imagine the bison wasnt free range fed, but still it was damn good.

My secong favorite is ham that i get from a local farming commune just outside the city i live in.  They have all sorts of stock and an apple orchard.  And they feed the pigs the over-ripe apples from the orchard....well you can only hope to imagine what the ham tastes like.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Epsilon 5 on August 20, 2002, 11:09:21 AM
Poutine!
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Monk on August 20, 2002, 11:10:12 AM
Brats, Tatersalad, and an chilled "ebbelwoi"...mmmmm:)
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Nifty on August 20, 2002, 11:12:41 AM
Hey Rip, I got a bottle of Ste. Michelle Chardonnay in my fridge right now as a matter of fact.  Of course I cook with it far more than I drink it.  I don't really care for whine, I mean care to drink wine, but I love to cook with it.  :)  Used some last night as a matter of fact.  Deglazed a pan with it, then added some garlic before throwing in a can of tomatoes.  made a great sauce to go over sauteed chicken and rice.  ;)

Favorite regional food?  you mean favorite food local to my area or favorite food that's local to an area not my own?

Local...  fresh yellow fin tuna steaks (grilled, blackened, or seared).  once a local restaurant had a daily special where they pan seared the tuna steak, then deglazed the pan with Captain Morgan's (or some other spiced rum) and then proceeded to make a pink peppercorn cream sauce.  Was absolutely fantastic.  I don't think that restaurant is open anymore though.  :(  The Fish House does a tuna steak with a wasabi cream sauce.  

Other regions...  hell, I like everything.  BBQ, Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Japanese...  :)
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: GtoRA2 on August 20, 2002, 11:13:45 AM
Caspers hotdogs...

They make the best Chili cheese dog on the planet!

As far as I know they are only in the bay area.
Title: Re: Favorite regional food
Post by: rogwar on August 20, 2002, 11:18:17 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Krusher
Today is Fajita Tuesday at my local Tex-Mex lunch spot.
Anyhow I was wondering whats your favorite local food?


Krush


Messican all the way over here in Arlington where I work Krusher ;) There's a restaurant off 360 called Marianos that's authentic.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Apache on August 20, 2002, 11:18:23 AM
Nifty, is Della's Mexican Rest. still around in Pensacola? It was the best Mexican food I've ever eaten. It was there late 60's early 70's.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Ripsnort on August 20, 2002, 11:23:18 AM
Nifty, don't EVER tell my wife you cook with St.Michele, she'll throw an empty bottle of California wine at you (one she just used for cooking with...) :)  Then she'll say this (http://www.siberkat.com/thewavs/wrongm.wav) to you.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Sandman on August 20, 2002, 11:26:54 AM
Barbecued kitten.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: hblair on August 20, 2002, 11:42:24 AM
Barbecued kitten yes, but don't forget poison gassed dog as the main course. Finger lickin' good.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Sandman on August 20, 2002, 12:02:42 PM
LOL :D
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: SirLoin on August 20, 2002, 12:05:02 PM
I love Tai food..Yummy..:)
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Saintaw on August 20, 2002, 12:09:52 PM
"Onigiri" (Japanese rice ball with filling), although, hard to find those in Belgium...

Othr than that, it usualy consists of Khebab, Burger, Chicken Khebab...

I'd have to side with the froggies for the wine though.... mhhh ...
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: funkedup on August 20, 2002, 12:14:15 PM
I don't live there anymore but I'll have to go with Chicago italian beef sandwiches and Vienna Beef hot dogs with the orthodox condiments.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Ripsnort on August 20, 2002, 12:17:27 PM
Damn Funked, now your getting me salivating for one of those famous Philly Cheese steak sandwiches..best food I've eaten was the 2 years I lived on the East coast...
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Monk on August 20, 2002, 12:19:39 PM
Now that you mention it....a Meatball "Grinder":)
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: loser on August 20, 2002, 12:37:09 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Epsilon 5
Poutine!


hells yeah, nothing like covering all food groups in one sitting.
:D


poutine is the ultimate meal.  And with the 3000 calories and 50 grams of fat in one plate you dont have to eat for days!
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Masherbrum on August 20, 2002, 12:37:27 PM
Nothing like grilling Brats, Sauerkraut and drinking a cold Import.  Nothing.  The wife even dove one time when I dropped a Brat, she caught it.  She's a keeper.

Karaya2

I usually hit up the Red Robin by us.  Ragin' Cajun Chicken Burger or the Five Alarm Burger.  Keep the fries a comin'!
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Ripsnort on August 20, 2002, 12:42:09 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Masherbrum
The wife even dove one time when I dropped a Brat, she caught it.  She's a keeper.

K1


ROTFLOL! You SURE that was a brat she was diving for? :D
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Monk on August 20, 2002, 12:44:01 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Masherbrum
Nothing like grilling Brats, Sauerkraut and drinking a cold Import.  Nothing.  The wife even dove one time when I dropped a Brat, she caught it.  She's a keeper.
 


WTG ......Sauerkraut, gives me the chills tho:)  Neighbor makes homemade SK, stinks half of Southern Germany up:eek:
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Pei on August 20, 2002, 12:45:00 PM
Curries!
Rogan Josh
Jalfrezi
Dopiaza

I miss a good old fashioned UK-Pakistan-Indian fusion.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: SOB on August 20, 2002, 12:56:35 PM
Back home to Wisconsin - Brats boiled in beer, then cooked on the grill.  Drop 'em in a rye bun with saurkraut, onions and mustard and enjoy!

Can get close here in Oregon, but this god-forsaken place doesn't know what the hell a rye hot dog bun is.  Here they come in enriched white crap or, if you're lucky, wheat.


SOB
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Monk on August 20, 2002, 01:01:05 PM
;)
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Masherbrum on August 20, 2002, 01:03:25 PM
SOB, How long do you boil them in Beer?  I've never tried that and sure as hell would love too!  If you wouldn't mind, I'd appreciate it.

Karaya2
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: -dead- on August 20, 2002, 01:07:32 PM
Yam Cha onna lazy Sunday afternoon is pretty damn fine.
Especially ham shui gok, and the dread chicken's feet.

Jiu Yim Lai liu ha is good, too.

For desert :
Ji Ma Wu, Hap Tou Wu, Jia man tao

Moving up North a ways into the motherland:
Dan Dan Mian
Gung Bo Gai Ding
Tian Ya
are all very nice

and then there's Sashimi & Teppanyaki Kobe Beef & cold Soba noodles, and a load of other Japanese food,
and Vietnamese food,
and Thai food,
and Korean food,
and Malay food,
and...
and...
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: keyapaha on August 20, 2002, 01:11:24 PM
nothing beats pinto beans,collard greens,corn bread,and fried green tomatoes   also a large glass of ice cold milk.:)
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Braz on August 20, 2002, 02:04:17 PM
Sushi for me please,

If I was in Austin, it'd be County Line BBQ, but I've learned to love me some raw fish. :eek: Spicy tuna handrolls, shrimp tempura with peanut sauce, washed down with lashings of ice cold Asahi beer. Mumm.

Dinner sounds good at Rips and Nifty's house. I'd bring some Kali wines for a taste off! :cool:

Damn... now I'm hungry.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Elfenwolf on August 20, 2002, 02:08:12 PM
beer battered deep fat fried Twinkies. Ummmmmm............Ain't nothing better.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: MrBill on August 20, 2002, 02:19:26 PM
Round these parts, whatever wanders by in rifle range.
The natives call road kill armadillo "Possum on a half shell" :D
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Ripsnort on August 20, 2002, 02:41:02 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Braz


Dinner sounds good at Rips and Nifty's house. I'd bring some Kali wines for a taste off! :cool:

Damn... now I'm hungry.


Your on. If you wander up, bring your poison and I'll pick some of my poison up.  Pike Place market is 30 min away, roughly $5 a lb. for Dungeoness, $15 for Snow crab.  Butter clams in wine sauce....damn, I just had lunch and now I'm hungry again!
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: straffo on August 20, 2002, 02:45:25 PM
Blanquette de veau ....



and ...




and ...






and ...




you havn't guessed yet ? :D





I'm french you know .... :p



ok ... I'll stop the suspens now :)




my all time favorite is snails with a lot of Garlic butter and a fresh Baguette :)
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Ripsnort on August 20, 2002, 02:49:19 PM
Why you froggies enjoy eating invertebrates is beyond me Straffo! :D  However, when I come to Europe, I fully expect you to direct us to a fine French restaurant with you and yours accompanying us....just hold the Snails, I'll take some extra wine instead. :)
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: straffo on August 20, 2002, 02:55:06 PM
We eat  invertebrates because they are defenseless :)

The Snails got really little horn compared to a beef so it's less dangerous than a T-Bone ;)

in fact snail + butter + garlic is just a PC way of eating load of butter and garlic + a little meat inside ...
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: funkedup on August 20, 2002, 02:57:43 PM
MONK STOP POSTING PORN!!!!
:)
(I'm drooling here!)
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Ripsnort on August 20, 2002, 03:02:58 PM
Quote
Originally posted by straffo
We eat  invertebrates because they are defenseless :)

The Snails got really little horn compared to a beef so it's less dangerous than a T-Bone ;)

in fact snail + butter + garlic is just a PC way of eating load of butter and garlic + a little meat inside ...


My reaction... (http://www.siberkat.com/thewavs/gdgdm.wav)
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Daff on August 20, 2002, 03:13:01 PM
Mmmm..snails...
Oysters!
Sushi!
Unadon
And I wont say no to a nice steak either!

Daff
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: midnight Target on August 20, 2002, 03:24:56 PM
pssssssssssst Rip.

Crabs are invertabrates too.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Ripsnort on August 20, 2002, 03:29:38 PM
Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
pssssssssssst Rip.

Crabs are invertabrates too.


Oh..(Rip walks away whistling....), Hey, at least they're not your ordinary Garden variety! :D
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: midnight Target on August 20, 2002, 03:35:35 PM
I'm sure you meant to say Mollusks.

Then again there are some Mollusks that I really like to eat:

Oysters
Clams
Abalone - Just a really really big snail
Calamari
Octopus

Your typical garden snail is not much different than the ones used in French cuisine. Just think of it as a 1 shelled clam. :D
Title: Wurstfest
Post by: Krusher on August 20, 2002, 03:43:01 PM
All the talk about brats beer and German food reminds me.

November 2nd a me and a few bikers friends are scooting down towards (from Dallas) NewBraunfauls to the wurstfest.

Any Dallas area bikers want to tag along?
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Creto on August 20, 2002, 03:47:01 PM
Smoked swordfish.  At Jimbo's World Famous Seafood Restraunt Virginia Key, FL!
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Greese on August 20, 2002, 03:52:08 PM
My wife and I love to go to a pub, and enjoy a nice cold brew and a sandwich.  We don't have any good pubs down in LA (we are moving back north very soon.  Since home for us is in Oregon, I consider that "local".

     Any McMenamins (house special steak sandwich, and a hammerhead)

     http://www.deschutesbrewery.com  Best beer, great pub food.

     
     When I get a taste for seafood, my favorite thing to do is go to the Nestucca river on the Oregon coast, rent a cheap boat with some crab pots, crab for a while, and have steamed crab right there at the dock.  Fun time (though hopefully soon, I won't be renting the boat or pots anymore).
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Nifty on August 20, 2002, 03:52:26 PM
Rip, I'm not talking about the Ste. Michelle reserves ($35+)!  Just the basic $10-$15 bottles of chardonnay.

hehe, besides, why drink wine when I've got my home brew!!!  :D  Going through some Honey Porters now.  The Cherry Stout should be ready for drinking this weekend.  :cool:
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: straffo on August 20, 2002, 04:37:46 PM
No need for a restaurant Rip  I've a wife you're safe from bacchelor's kind of food :D
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Charon on August 20, 2002, 05:27:37 PM
Quote
The Cherry Stout
Nifty


I'm a big stout fan, but I can only imagine. Have you brewed this before? Heavy and rich with a sweet edge to cut the bitter?

Charon
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: CyranoAH on August 20, 2002, 05:45:30 PM
Phew where do I start, not to brag, but we do have quite a lot to choose from, and ranging from delicious upwards.

- Gazpacho (cold veggie soup)
- Spanish Omelette
- Paella
- Arros negre
- Fideuŕ
- Jabugo Ham
- Fuet (some kind of saucisson)
- Botifarra amb allioli (beef sausage with local garlic sauce)
- Andalusian small calamari
- and a long etc...

Feel free to come here to check if what I say is true, you won't regret it ;)

Daniel
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: HFMudd on August 20, 2002, 05:48:39 PM
Coffee...
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Epsilon 5 on August 20, 2002, 05:50:47 PM
Quote
Originally posted by loser


hells yeah, nothing like covering all food groups in one sitting.
:D


poutine is the ultimate meal.  And with the 3000 calories and 50 grams of fat in one plate you dont have to eat for days!


It's missing the second group about fruits and vegs .. but drink some orange juice and you're set :D

When I take one, I take it big :D

(http://www.la-grange.net/2002/03/12-poutine.jpg)
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Braz on August 20, 2002, 06:58:02 PM
Sushi for me please,

If I was in Austin, it'd be County Line BBQ, but I've learned to love me some raw fish. :eek: Spicy tuna handrolls, shrimp tempura with peanut sauce, washed down with lashings of ice cold Asahi beer. Mumm.

Dinner sounds good at Rips and Nifty's house. I'd bring some Kali wines for a taste off! :cool:

Damn... now I'm hungry.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: loser on August 20, 2002, 07:15:39 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Epsilon 5


It's missing the second group about fruits and vegs .. but drink some orange juice and you're set :D

When I take one, I take it big :D

(http://www.la-grange.net/2002/03/12-poutine.jpg)


Les pommes de terre ne sont pas de légume?

Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: eskimo2 on August 20, 2002, 07:17:18 PM
Tomatos and other stuff right out of the garden.

eskimo
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Toad on August 20, 2002, 08:07:18 PM
Kansas City BBQ!

Sure, you can do it yourself.. but when you're out drinking it's great to hit one of these:

1. Jack's Stack
2. Haywards
3. Zarda
4. Gates
5. KC Masterpiece
6. Arthur Bryants

.......... in that order too!  ;)
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: whgates3 on August 20, 2002, 08:08:06 PM
good east coast pizza...i've been out west for ~8 years (Tucson & Portland, mostly) w/out encountering the real deal
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: thrila on August 20, 2002, 09:02:01 PM
I love pasties, i grew up on the things.:D

I really enjoy a cream tea too......mmmmmmmmmm.....:)
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: midnight Target on August 20, 2002, 09:41:41 PM
Quote
Originally posted by thrila
I love pasties, i grew up on the things.:D



Now wait a minute there mister! When you say Pasties do you mean those pie like things with meat and turnips and other root vegetables baked inside? Because that happens to be one of my wifes childhood favorites, but she is from the UP of Michigan.

She says they used to make Pasties for the miners to take down into the mines (iron ore). Frankly I can't stand the things.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Vulcan on August 20, 2002, 10:20:23 PM
Bluff Oysters: http://www.bluff.co.nz/html/oystering.htm

Whitebait Fritters: http://www.fishing.net.nz/editorial/index.cfm?view=yes&editorialID=232

Paua (I think you guys call it Abalone).
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: lord dolf vader on August 20, 2002, 11:21:51 PM
mongolian BBQ

if you have had it you know what i mean .

i havent seen a resturaunt. its like a chain since i was in the navy . my mouth is watering thinking about it.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: SirLoin on August 21, 2002, 03:02:28 AM
Quote
Originally posted by eskimo2
Tomatos and other stuff right out of the garden.

eskimo


I bet Eskimo is going "Mmmm!"

:D
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Thrawn on August 21, 2002, 03:13:30 AM
Going to have to with loser on this one.  Poutine is the bomb.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Nifty on August 22, 2002, 01:20:12 PM
Charon, I haven't tried this one before.  I used about 3/4 of the bittering hops, so I'm hoping that with the cherry flavoring will produce a smooth stout.    It was a fast fermenter, but it still stayed in secondary for 3 weeks.  been in the bottle for almost 2 weeks now.  Hopefully will be ready to go on the weekend.

I think I'm going to do a cream stout next.  uses a lb of lactose along with the malt extract for the sugar content.  :)  Might even get frisky and bottle with raspberry flavoring.  ;)   At any rate, it'll be fun because it won't be an ingredient kit like I usually get.
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: SOB on August 22, 2002, 07:35:45 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Masherbrum
SOB, How long do you boil them in Beer?  I've never tried that and sure as hell would love too!  If you wouldn't mind, I'd appreciate it.

Karaya2


Method 1:

Get some beer, preferably cheap beer (I generally go with PBR, just to be a good Amurrican), and a large onion.

Chop up onions to whatever size you'd like to eat them, and throw them in a big pot with the brats, then dump in enough beer to cover 'em and then dump in another can for good measure.  I always add some pepper and salt.

Bring to a boil, then lower the temp so the beer doesn't foam over - cook until the brats are cooked through, then transfer them to the grill to brown 'em.

Serve in your bun of choice with the onions, saurkraut if you so desire, some spicy horseraddish and stone ground mustard.


Method 2:

Season the brats with pepper, then brown them on all sides - you can do this on your grill if you've got a gas grill, if you've got charcoal I'd recommend just doing it in the oven under the broiler.  You don't need to cook 'em through, just get 'em good and browned.

Place browned brats in a single layer in shallow pan(s) - square cake pans work good for this - & throw in plenty of chopped onions.  Season with plenty of pepper and salt to taste, then fill with beer until the brats are covered.

Transfer to a hot grill for 30-45 minutes (depending on how hot your gill is).


Both methods produce a different brat, but come out tasting yummy yummy yummy!


SOB
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Bonden on August 22, 2002, 11:43:46 PM
Fresh Bay Scallops, scallop stew, casserole
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: Raubvogel on August 22, 2002, 11:56:33 PM
mmmmm....Gyros from a little corner stand in any German city. Nothing finer after a hard night of drinkin'
Title: Favorite regional food
Post by: loser on August 23, 2002, 01:30:29 AM
Quote
Originally posted by SOB


Method 1:

Get some beer, preferably cheap beer (I generally go with PBR, just to be a good Amurrican), and a large onion.

Chop up onions to whatever size you'd like to eat them, and throw them in a big pot with the brats, then dump in enough beer to cover 'em and then dump in another can for good measure.  I always add some pepper and salt.

Bring to a boil, then lower the temp so the beer doesn't foam over - cook until the brats are cooked through, then transfer them to the grill to brown 'em.

Serve in your bun of choice with the onions, saurkraut if you so desire, some spicy horseraddish and stone ground mustard.


Method 2:

Season the brats with pepper, then brown them on all sides - you can do this on your grill if you've got a gas grill, if you've got charcoal I'd recommend just doing it in the oven under the broiler.  You don't need to cook 'em through, just get 'em good and browned.

Place browned brats in a single layer in shallow pan(s) - square cake pans work good for this - & throw in plenty of chopped onions.  Season with plenty of pepper and salt to taste, then fill with beer until the brats are covered.

Transfer to a hot grill for 30-45 minutes (depending on how hot your gill is).


Both methods produce a different brat, but come out tasting yummy yummy yummy!


SOB


*leans over, grabs chest, has heart attack*

damn that sounds good