foods to try before ya die (US)

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Anonymous wrote:I'm always very surprised by how many people have never had green chili sauce like the kind you get in New Mexico. I don't think any food is "essential" but it's weird to me that lots of people know about Skyline chili, for instance, but not NM green chili. One is a disgusting novelty food from a region of the country known for bad food, the other is a delicious and versatile condiment with a rich history and based on an agricultural crop (Hatch green chilis) that are considered genuinely high quality.

+1 Hatch is the real deal.

Skyline is to chili what Bens Chili Bowl is to chili dogs.

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Anonymous wrote:Hush puppies and boiled shrimp from the lower NC coast.
NC pulled pork bbq sandwich with slaw from Smith’s Red and White.
Lutheran men’s peanuts in the glass jar.

Really good hush puppies and cornbread are amazing. I still remember the restaurant in my grandparents town that had the best cornbread. Nothing else has come close.

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Smoked sable fish.
Kippered salmon (Murray’s Sturgeon Shop in NYC will have both of these)

Lobster Norfolk
Scallop Norfolk (I need to find a new source for this, I used to get it at Crisfield’s in Silver Spring)

Frozen custard. — Kohr’s is good

Garrett’s popcorn — Chicago Mix (Chicago — with shops at the airport)

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Fish you caught yourself that day.

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Fried chicken

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Grilled oysters in SC.
Christmas chili on anything in NM.

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Anonymous wrote:Are fried green tomatoes good? They don’t really tempt me.

I had them in Boston of all places, maybe that was my mistake but they were nothing to write home about

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Anonymous wrote:Grilled oysters in SC.
Christmas chili on anything in NM.

Are these similar to chargrilled oysters in New Orleans? I think the NOLA version is just butter, herbs, cheese and maybe some hot sauce. So simple, but so good.